www.skatecncr.comm
Form 100 be completed in its entirety with full address, phone
and email address and sent to me immediately following your AGM.
I also require two club contacts that I can rely on to check their email
on a regular basis. I will always distribute incoming Skate Canada
rule changes or other information by email and experience proves that it
works best to have two contacts per club in case one person is away or
someone’s computer goes down.
I would appreciate receiving the above information as soon as possible.
To help with planning your club fee structure for next season, I have been
advised that the Skate Canada member registration fees have been
increased to $30 plus insurance. While this seems to be a substantial
increase, it is still $20 lower than the average membership fees of what
other comparable sports organizations currently charge their members.
The previous fee of $14 was in effect for the last 15 years and so was
long overdue for an increase.
The insurance fee will continue to be approx. 80 cents per member.
If your club is having a summer school or would like to announce club
information/activities on the CNCR site, please send to Webmaster Linda
Bryant for posting. She can be easily contacted through a link on
the CNCR website.
You
are reminded to assign a member of your executive to check both your
incoming club email and postal box on a regular basis during the
off-season.
If
your club is actively looking for coaching staff for next season or
advice about contracts and how to properly conduct contract
negotiations, contact Barb Stott at the BC/YT Section Office
(604-205-6960)
And as usual, please feel free to contact me at anytime with club
administration issues, or any questions that are of concern or need
clarification.
Darlene Dorsey
CNCR - South Central Area Rep.
CNCR
SOUTH-CENTRAL AREA
NEWSLETTER # 1
2007-2008 SEASON
Hello Everyone;
thh. Thanks to all of
you who sent club delegates to attend on behalf of your club and also to
those who couldn’t attend but sent their club proxy to the meeting.
I
am very pleased to announce that Donna Neufeld is our new Region
Chairman.
I
have once again taken on the position of South-Central Area Rep. and
will also continue on as the CNCR Tech Rep.
Leslie Woodbeck of the Houston FSC was elected as Region Secretary.
The
other executive board positions will remain as last year. There are
still several directorships available, anyone interested in joining the
Region board is encouraged to contact Donna or myself..
thh you
can contact the Section office or Region Chair Donna Neufeld for a
replacement.
The
forms must be signed as instructed, but please leave the Delegate
or Proxy designate names blank. The person carrying your proxy
will complete it.
Remember, the Skate Canada AGM proxy form is club specificc and
numbered, meaning it cannot be re-issued easily, so please look through
your incoming mail today… sign and submit the form that was sent to your
club from the National office to Donna or myself, (fax #747-0008)
All
athletes love to see their accomplishments recognized publicly and why
not?….they’ve worked really hard all year to achieve their goals.
If your club has test day results that you would like to see posted on
our website, please have the skaters parents sign the consent form and
have your test chair remit the test results to our Webmaster Linda
Bryant for posting. She can be easily contacted through a link on
the CNCR website.
www.skatecncr.com
If
your club is looking for coaching staff for next season or advice about
contracts or how to properly conduct contract negotiations, contact Barb
Stott at the BC/YT Section Officee (604-205-6960)
As well Donna and I are
always available to help you with any club administration issues that
may arise.
Darlene Dorsey
CNCR - South Central Area Rep.
CNCR
SOUTH-CENTRAL AREA
NEWSLETTER
#3
2005-2006 SEASON
Thanks to all those who attended the
SAGM in person and to those who were unable to attend but who sent
their clubs proxy form to me so that I could represent your club.
For those who did not attend, the CNCR Board of Director Report packages
and meeting minutes will be mailed to you.
One important reminder to all clubs…If
you are planning to attend any Region or Section meeting you MUST have
your clubs proxy/delegate formed signed by two officers of your club,
and the ‘delegate’ information filled in. Unfortunately several club
presidents (not from our area) arrived at the meeting without a
completed delegate form and so had to sign in as ‘Observers’….. which
unfortunately meant that their club did not have a vote.
Skaters Lottery-There
were numerous questions raised about the cancelled Sweepstakes. With
regards to the refunding of tickets, we were advised to be patient,
that it will take quite awhile to fully complete but we were assured
that every ticket holder will be contacted either by telephone or by
letter. Contact will be made in the order that clubs remitted their
tickets to Section & chosen Option #2- (Section to contact the ticket
purchasers)
Some club presidents have mentioned
that they cannot find their club copy of the BC/YT Section Membership
Manual…This is a white binder which contains helpful information on a
wide variety of topics, such as ethics, insurance, skater development,
club management, test days, competitions and much, much more. It was
sent free to EVERY club in the province several years ago. It is clearly
stated on the first page that the manual is intended to remain as
property of the club…… NOT of any president or executive member.
So if your clubs manual is missing,
please contact the former president and ask them to return it or if that
fails you can order a second copy from the Section office…however there
will be an approx. $25 charge to replace your copy. Each year the
clubs are sent updated information to insert in their binder…
Cruise Lottery
: The trip was won by Leonard Patterson of Dawson Creek…Congratulations
to him and thanks to every one of you who purchased a ticket. Also
congratulations and thanks to Susan Slater, our hardworking CNCR
fundraising director, who made sure that every ticket was sold, ensuring
maximum benefit to the Region.
All proceeds of CNCR fundraising
efforts go towards Skater Development programs for our Regions’
skaters.
An exciting opportunity for her and
the knowledge she acquires will be a great resource for our region.
We are fast approaching that time of
year when the CNCR will have its Annual General Meeting and election of
officers for the 2006/2007 season.. We are always looking for new
volunteers to fill the various directorships.
Anyone having an interest in joining
the Region board please do feel free to contact me..
All positions are available including
that of South Central Area Rep.
We require a host for next years
Regional Championships & Pacific Skate Qualifying competition and also
for the two South area Centralized test dates scheduled to be held in
Jan. and March 2007....Dates to be determined by BC Section in mid Feb.
Please discuss the possibility of hosting one of these events with your
board.
st, and the Section AGM is scheduled for May 5thh
in Vancouver…If you will not be able to attend please send me your signed
proxy form as soon as you receive it.
That’s all for now-Happy
Skating
Darlene Dorsey
CNCR - South Central Area Rep.
CNCR
SOUTH-CENTRAL AREA
NEWSLETTER
#2
2005-2006 SEASON
High Performance seminar
We were pleased to have Andre Bourgeous, (BC Section, Skaters Development)
as well as Scott Davis (former USA Champ) travel to the north to work
with our seminar skaters over the 3 days..
The parents information session Saturday evening was also very well
attended. Andre spoke on the importance of instituting
‘individual’ training programs for the athletes. And Sarah Petrisor of
the PGFSC did a power point presentation on the topic of creating a
Policys & Proceedures manual for your club.
The PGFSC has worked very hard over the past few years to update and put
policy’s in place meant to provide guidance when confronted with the
conflicts and pit-falls which seem to face the majority of our clubs
these days.
The Prince George club has generously offered to share their work with any
of the CNCR clubs who wish to have a copy. It really is a
worthwhile document and while not all policy’s will apply to every
skating club it is a valuable resource that could be used as a starting
place for the better management of your own club..
If you are interested in obtaining a copy, please contact the PGFSC
directly and they will mail it to you.
Regional Championships::
The correct dates are Jan 27/29premiumm.
(You can always cancel any you don’t need later)
Thin Ice:
All clubs are encouraged to remit articles recognizing your skaters
accomplishments to the Section Skaters Magazine-“Thin Ice”. However, all
articles must be submitted thru’ Jennifer Kennedy using the
template that was sent to all clubs. Please do not send
your articles directly to the Section office or they will be returned.
Club Coaches:
Come Skate With Us::
Nicole Collins, the new director, is working on updating and revamping
the program. If your club still has one of the old Come Skate With
Us kits, she would appreciate them being returned to her.
Tests:
CNCR Website::
Please advise all your members of the wealth of information posted on
our website.
Everything you never thought of can be found in that one location,
including links which will take you directly to Skate BC, Skate Canada &
all Region clubs having their own websites....
http://www.skatecncr.com
Adult & High School Competition:thh. Always lots of fun. I would
like to hear from any clubs who have Adult skaters registered with their
clubs.
Clubs are asked to
please encourage and work with your senior club skaters to choose an
member to represent your club. Look for further information
from CNRC Athletes Rep. Ashlee Machuik.
Region Minutes::
Minutes of CNCR Board meetings & Director reports are available to member
clubs.
That’s all for now-Happy
Skating
Darlene Dorsey
CNCR - South Central Area Rep.
CNCR
SOUTH-CENTRAL AREA
NEWSLETTER # 1
2005-2006 SEASON
I hope you all had a
wonderful, restful summer and welcome you back to what looks to be
another busy skating season.
I’m sure you are all
pre-occupied with getting your clubs registration event organized for
the new skating season.
Just a reminder that in
order to post any skaters test results on our Region web site, your test
chairperson needs to have a Consent Form filled in and signed by the
skaters parent or guardian.
The signed consent must
be submitted and on file with our webmaster Linda Bryant.
Consider attaching the
consent as part of your test skaters registration form.
You should have
received two copies of the 2005/2006 edition of the CNCR Caribooster.
This booklet is full of
valuable information meant to assist your club in navigating through the
requirements of Skate Canada.
Please post one copy on
your bulletin board for your general membership. I’m told that several
of the clubs make extra copies to distribute to each of their Executive
Board members.
Also, please refer
regularly to the Club Monthly Checklist page, which is
designed to help you meet your clubs obligations in a timely manner.
When remitting forms
and requested information we would appreciate having those forms
completed in a neat and clearly readable document.
It’s frustrating and time consuming to receive information that cannot
be read whether due to weak penmanship or poor fax equipment.
and
myself asap.
The next CNCRegion
Board meetings will be held in conjunction with the Regions High
Performance Seminar to be held Sept 23-24th in Prince George.
Open to all levels of skaters.
(If you haven’t
already registered, there MAY be a few spots still available for late
entrys.)
If you have any
concerns or questions for the Region Board about policies or anything at
all please contact me as soon as possible.
I understand that many
of our area clubs have had a change of leadership this season.
Welcome to all of the
new executive board members, I’m sure you’ll find that you have taken on
a challenging but also an extremely satisfying position.
If the Region can be of
any assistance to you please don’t hesitate to give me a call.
I don’t promise to have
all the answers but I do promise to find the correct information and get
right back to you.
That’s all for now-Happy
Skating
Darlene Dorsey
CNCR - South Central Area Rep.
CNCR
SOUTH-CENTRAL AREA
NEWSLETTER # 8
2004-2005 SEASON
I’m just home from the CNCR Board meetings with some items of interest to
report.
The Section Voluntary Donation Motion Passed:
Unfortunately not all of the other area clubs were as attentive as the
South Area clubs were in remitting their proxies as requested. Only one
of our South Area clubs neglected to submit their proxy. And so while
Val fought the good fight and cast those proxy votes that she did
receive in the manner requested by the clubs, the motion did pass at the
Sections AGM.
Hopefully each club will now realize just how important and in fact,
critical their proxy vote is..
Speaking of Proxy/Delegate forms. The only forms we have received for
the Skate Canada AGM is from Mackenzie and I understand that the Spruce
City FSC is sending a delegate to attend the National meetings.
We would appreciate the other clubs looking through your mail to find your
Proxy. It is club specific and numbered. Audrey Heffell is
attending the AGM so please sign your clubs form, leave the Delegate and
Proxy designate names blankk and fax to Audrey (563-5806) who
will carry your proxy or delegate designation.
The Section Voluntary Donation is $7 per ‘skating’ member. I realize
this seems like a lot when you are planning your registration fees but
do keep in mind that the Skate Canada registration fees have been frozen
at $14 for over 8 years. Most other sports organizations are
currently charging up to $30.
Two dollars of this fee will return to the Regions to be used towards
Skater Developmental Programs
Skaters
Lottery Sweepstakes:stt. Her fax is(
250) 569-2642.
Apparently if your order is not received by the deadline, your club
tickets may arrive later than you had expected and just may miss
arriving in time for your clubs registration date. So please,
do it now.
Note:thh highest
ticket seller in the province. Way to go Annie!
Skater
Calendars Can be
pre-ordered by contacting Susan Slater (Mackenzie FSC)
Form
100’s-Please complete and remit your
clubs Form 100 to Val immediately following your AGM.
Centralized
High Tests: The Nechako FSC has
been awarded the Jan. 28/29 Centralized test date.
Clubs wishing to submit
a bid to host the March 25/26th date, please contact me and
have the ice tentatively confirmed. **NOTE: The policy regarding High
tests was revisited and a motion passed stating that ALL High tests MUST
be taken at a Centralized High Test session. There are 4 scheduled
throughout the region during the winter season. Nov.-Chetwyn,
Jan.-Vanderhoof, Feb.-Pr Rupert and March-Unassigned.
High tests will no
longer be permitted to tag onto clubs low/intermediate test dates..
Region Skater
Development Seminar Funding Available:
Come
Skate With Us:See page 15 in Caribooster.
Field
Training Programss: Funding available
to help cover any loss to the host club to a maximum of $1095.
Northern
BC Winter Games: To be hosted by the
community of 100 Mile. If the number of registrations warrants it, a
qualifying skate-off should be held within each ‘zone’ – to be organized
by that zones clubs.
High
Performance Seminar: Tentatively
scheduled for Sept 23,24th. Mark these dates on your
calendar.
That’s
all for now………Have a wonderful summerr.
That’s all for
now
Darlene Dorsey
South-Central Area Rep
CNCR
SOUTH-CENTRAL AREA
NEWSLETTER
#7
2004-2005 SEASON
Our season is almost at
an end and I’m sure many of you are looking forward to a
well-deserved break.
It has been a busy but overall quite successful season.
thh
was again a showcase for many of our Region athletes. CNCR sent 47
skaters and returned with 21 medals and many personal best performances.
Excellent results!!
A complete listing of
all the competitors placements can be found on the CNCR website.
Preliminary Men
Bronze Graham Perra
Quesnel FSC
Senior Bronze Ladies
Silver Amy
Martens
Nechako FSC
Intro. Interpretive
Bronze Chelsea Slater
Mackenzie FSC
Silver Interpretive
Gold
Erin Kryschuk
Mackenzie FSC
Silver Interpretive
Silver
Breanne Morris
Prince George FSC
Preliminary Skills
Gold
Mikaela Moore
Spruce City SC
Preliminary Skills
Bronze Jessica Weins
Nechako FSC
Junior Bronze Skills
Bronze Chelsea Slater
Mackenzie FSC
Senior Silver Skills
Gold
Erin Kryschuk
Mackenzie FSC
Of special note: Kelsey
Minhinnick from the Terrace FSC has earned the right to compete in the
Gold Triathlon Event at the StarSkate Nationall Championships in
Charlottetown PEI.
March 31/April 3.
A wonderful and exciting accomplishment.
th.
I am very pleased to
report that Val Collins will serve another term as CNC Region Chairman.
And I will again be your
South Central Area Rep.
A reminder that clubs
should distribute the CNCR Scholarship application forms to your
graduating skaters asap. They must be received by Donna Neufeld by
the May 15thh deadline.
The Region has confirmed
plans to hold a Primary judge’s clinic in Pr. George April 22-24.
Please advise and
encourage any of your senior skaters or former skaters to attend.
They hope to be able to
provide some financial help for travel OR accommodation expenses.
There will be a 2-3 day
coaches seminar in Vancouver re: the new judging system in June. Clubs
are asked to encourage and support your coaches to attend this important
seminar.
The Prince George
FSC and the Spruce City SC advise that they have joined forces to offer
the ”Leading Edge Summer School” program in July-mid August. For
further information please contact the PGFSC email address or Chris
Gagne at 962-0206. If any other clubs will be hosting a summer
school program, please feel free to send your information to the
WebMaster for posting on our site.
That’s all for
noww
Darlene Dorsey
South-Central Area Rep
CNCR
SOUTH-CENTRAL AREA
NEWSLETTER # 6
2004-2005 SEASON
Not many of our South
Central Area clubs took the opportunity to honor a club member
but hopefully next year
there will be a more balanced nominee representation from all
area’s of the Region. I
know of many skaters deserving of such recognition.
It really was a very
difficult choice this year. And we were pleased to note that the
majority of award nomination submissions were much better prepared and
documented than in past years. There were a few who neglected to include
letters of recommendation and support for their nominee which in the end
did make a difference.
And unfortunately, there
were a couple of nominations submitted after the deadline.
The Region will soon
announce the very worthy and commendable award recipient’s.
All athletes love to see
their accomplishments recognized publicly and why not?….they’ve worked
really hard all year to achieve their goal.
If your club has test
day results that you would like to see posted on our website, please
have your parents sign the consent form and remit test results to our
Webmaster Linda Bryant.
She can be easily
contacted through a link on the website.
Also, a reminder that
all submissions for test days (including the initial lists) are
to be submitted ONLY by the club’s test chairperson. Apparently some
test lists have been emailed to the host club by coaches. That is
definitely NOT permissible.
The proper procedure is
for the coach to advise their own club test chairman of any tests they
wish their students to try and their test chair will then submit the
clubs tentative test list the host club. Pulls are also only permitted
through the club test chairman.
When planning your
clubs’ annual carnival or pop concert, you must first have your sanction
application approved by the Region Chairman Val Collins.
http://www.skatecncr.com
Hope to see many of you
at the Region AGM in Terrace, March 5thh.
If you have any concerns
or items that you would like to see discussed or placed on the meetings
agenda please let me know as soon as possible.
And don’t forget to have
your CNCR Proxy/Delegate form signed to be carried by your
club delegate.
If you are unsure if
someone from your club will be able to attend, please fax me your
clubs signed
proxy/delegate form..
CNCR
SOUTH-CENTRAL AREA
NEWSLETTER
#5
2004-2005 SEASON
Happy New Year
Everyone; I trust you all had a wonderful Christmas break.
Just a few reminders to
pass along this month.
th. NO
EXCEPTIONS. Val tells me that she has received NO nominations at all
from any of the CNCR clubs!! I’m sure this must just be an
oversite as I know for a fact that there are many worthy and very
deserving candidates in each of your clubs. Each club was sent a package
advising of several awards available at both the Region and Section
levels. That package also included guidelines and suggestions to
help with your submissions and you might also want to have a look at the
Awards item on page 12 in the ‘Caribooster’.
Our Region Website
is getting a lot of attention lately as more and more of our members
have found it to be a wealth of information. In the very recent past it
was only the club president and executive members who had access to
incoming information. Due to the internet that is no longer the case.
Every member of every club now has the opportunity to educate themselves
regarding the various aspects of figure skating. Even the ‘Caribooster’
is available on line. The CNCR site has loads of information about
the numerous programs available. You can download announcements and
competitions registration forms. Competition schedules and event
groupings are posted immediately following the draw..
Looking for a test
day to attend ? Check the website for test dates and locations.
And remember if your club has received permission to hold a
low/intermediate test day, you should try to book enough ice to invite
and accommodate your neighboring clubs. Take a minute to advise
our web master and have your test day listed on the site. You can
even follow the links to other Region skating clubs who have developed
their own sites. We are so fortunate to have such a well developed and
current website.
Check it out:
http://www.skatecncr.com
CNCR
SOUTH-CENTRAL AREA
NEWSLETTER #4
2004-2005 SEASON
Many thanks to Lindy
Steele and her little band of dedicated volunteers.
Some items coming out of
the meetings:
-The 2005 Regional
Championships have been awarded to the Fort St.John FSC, (December 2ndd-3rd)
-Congratulations to
Ashlee Machuik of Quesnel who was chosen to be the new CNCR Athletes Rep
-Clubs are reminded
again to send in your current Club Constitution to Audrey Heffell asap..
If yours hasn’t been
updated lately, its time to assign a committee to get to work on that..
-The number of ‘high’
level competitions allotted to our region and where they will be
scheduled
was discussed.
Williston Skate will always be “high“ and located in the Central area in
October.
Elaine Nustad, Judges
Training Director, spoke about the very serious shortage of judges that
the CNCRegion is currently facing.
To summarize: Our
region only has 15 qualified judges to service this huge region from Wms
Lake, north to Dawson Creek and Ft Nelson and west to Prince Rupert. Of
those, there are just two High judges, 6 intermediate and 7 primary
level judges. Of these there are some who refuse to travel outside their
home community, several have very young family’s and find it difficult
to get away often and there are a few who only accept invitations to
judge at one or two competitions &/or test dates during the season. Our
region has 5 competitions each year,
4 High test days and we
receive approx. 40 requests for low/intermediate club test days.
If we aren’t able to
increase the numbers of judges, then more and more testing requests will
be refused. Unfortunately it has already started…… One or two judges
just can’t do it all.
Clubs are asked to keep
in mind that when a judge agrees to go to your
