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FWSA SAFETY
& HISTORY CONTESTS FWSA Safety
Person of the Year Contest 2010 due 4/19 Win free 6
day vacation for two at FWSA Safety
Person of the Year The FWSA Safety
Program is looking to name the 2010 Safety Person of the Year. The
winner of the 2010 contest to be named the FWSA Safety Person of the
Year will receive a trip for two to Aspen, seven nights lodging and
six days skiing plus rentals at any of the fabulous mountains in
Aspen. The winner also will also receive roundtrip airfare for 2
people (airlines may vary depending on departing city and may not be
direct). The purpose of
the FWSA Safety Person of the Year sponsored by Aspen Skiing Company
is to recognize the person who shown safety leadership by doing the
most to effectively promote snowsports safety awareness.
Judging will be done by an esteemed group of safety experts
and leaders of FWSA. Promoting
safety means may include any examples such as the following:
writing safety newsletter articles, creating safety banners
or signs, speaking or arranging for professional or
semi-professional safety speakers at club meetings, creating a
committee to think of ways to raise safety awareness, volunteering
for the Ski Patrol or similar on-mountain safety related activities,
learning and then teaching members safety practices, showing safety
videos at meetings or on trips, creating a written club safety
policy, creating similar club or council contests for prizes
rewarding safety involvement, reaching out and cooperating with ski
areas to jointly promote safe skiing, just being a constant
proponent of safe skiing. The deadline
for entry for selection is April 19, 2010. Entries should preferably
be made electronically to Richard Lubin (FWSA Safety Chair) at
botaboardr@sbcglobal.net and Scott Bowker (FWSA VP Public Affairs)
at sbowker.fwsa@gmail.com with FWSA Safety Person in the email
subject line. Entry
form available at www.fwsa.org, go to Awards section. FWSA Western
Ski Heritage Contest 2010 due 4/19 Win free 5
day vacation for two at Steamboat FWSA Annual
Western Ski Heritage Award Sponsored by
Steamboat Springs Ski Resort in conjunction with FWSA History
Committee The
Association's Western Ski Heritage program will annually recognize
the best effort in the prior year that communicates the
contributions to skiing from the community at large. The prize is
sponsored by Steamboat Springs Ski and Resort Corporation and is
awarded at the annual Convention held each June. Steamboat Springs
itself is an area rich in the history and personalities involved in
the development of skiing in the West. Steamboat Springs, home of
champagne powder, will annually make available a skiing vacation to
the top history contender for the Western Ski Heritage Award. The purpose of
the Association's Western Ski Heritage program is to raise the
awareness of skiers and non-skiers alike of the contributions made
by individuals, groups and companies to all aspects of skiing -
competitive as well as that of outdoor winter recreation and
fitness. A parallel purpose is to convey the positive role skiing
has had in its contributions to the communities in the West. It
recognizes outstanding effort in the area of ski history to find,
preserve, document and share the history of skiing in the West. The award is
open to an individual or a group leader (it is not restricted to
Association membership) and can be self-nominated or nominated by a
club or club member. Materials and history programs will be
evaluated against the objectives of the program by individuals
selected for their knowledge of the history of Western skiing and
that of the Association. Evaluations of history efforts will be
conducted each spring in preparation for the annual convention. A
variety of methods may be used to achieve the objectives of the
program. This can include any of the following:
original documentation of facets of snowsports (in the
legendary Bill Berry tradition); organization histories (club,
council, league,
company, etc); videos; photos; books; field trips; speaker programs;
descriptions of past major events. The winner
receives a 5 day vacation for two from the sponsor Steamboat Ski &
Resort Corporation including 5 day lift tickets to Steamboat, 5 days
of rentals, half day lesson for two, and 5 nights lodging. The deadline
for entry for selection is April 19, 2010. Entries should be made
electronically to John Watson (FWSA History Chairperson) at
geospace@pacbell.net with a copy to Scott Bowker (FWSA VP Public
Affairs) at sbowker.fwsa@gmail.com with FWSA Western Ski Heritage in
the email subject line. Hard copy addendums, documentation, articles
or other media entry substantiation should be identified to John who
will provide further instruction. John Watson’s mailing address is: |
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