CLUB AND COUNCIL HISTORY PRIZE 2008

John Watson, History Chairman
 

The Association launches in 2008 a solicitation for club, league and council histories.  The objective of the annual program is to capture important information about skiing from the skier's perspective and especially that of the club skier.  Selection for the prize will be based on digital presentation of club or council history according to a set of weighted criteria and judged by knowledgeable ski historians.

All submissions must be for unrestricted release and become the property of the Association.  Multiple focal points for ski history will be designated as holders of the information.  These holders may make the histories available on a loan basis from time to time.  

The selection is not for outstanding club or council, although it is anticipated that some material may be common to both types of presentations.  Think of these histories as museum or library reference resources. 

Criteria are posted on the Association web pages with the 21 April deadline for submissions and address for mailing to the judging panel. Winners will be announced at the FWSA annual meeting and the cash prize awarded to the selected submission.   The prize may be received by the originator or donated to the charity or program of their choice in their name.  The prize is provided courtesy of Ben Newmarker, Mary Liz Azevedo and John Watson.  A memento will be awarded to the selected submission with recognition letters to others. 

Criteria will include the following.  Submissions should try to cover as much detail as available against these weighted criteria.  It is more important to capture your history than to "check off all the squares".  Liberal use of photos and graphics is encouraged.  These submissions are paperless and should be readable with standard applications from CD or DVD.

.         Basic organizational identity, location and service area, corporate status, and mailing address, both postal and electronic (5)

.         Objectives and purposes of the organization, mission and vision statements (if available), plan for the future (10)

.         Membership profile, numbers, demographics (10)

.         Timeline.  Founding, significant events during your history to date (20)

.         Annual event menu and descriptions -  recreational, social, competitive, community service, travel (20)

.         Description of major events and achievements from your timeline (20)

.         Highlighted member profiles and special interest connections (5)

.         Appendices may include (5)

.        governing documents such as by-laws, articles of incorporation, operations manuals

.        Officer and member rosters, both historic and current

.         Accessing information on your media, ease of navigation, indexing (5)

Notify me at of intent to enter for this prize.  Check FWSA News, the Councilman and the web pages for updates to the above.  Please forward to anyone who should enter but who may be "off the net".  We have a colorful and robust history – let’s tell the world!