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Show MR,. J. K. SMITH, JR. WEST YELLOWSTONE MONTANA ' DEAR K.: 8711 EAST SOUTH lEMPlESTREET SALT LAKE CITY 2, UTAH JUL Y 10, 1 952 l'HE PROBLEM OF' THE, PLAN, or NA T I ONA.l eERT I f I CAT f ON WH J eN WROT~ TO YOU ABOUT IN MAY ,AND YOU GAVf ME N OP'NIO~ ' ON JUNE 4. HAS , BEEN A~EAL HEADACHE fOR ME>. A·( THE' NAT '.·ONAL CONVENTION ,' ATTENDED ACOMMtTTEE THAT 'OfSCUSSfO THE PROB-LEM Of NATIONAL ,CERT ~f ICAT tON. THE REPORTWJCH fOLLWS tS· THE RESULT ' Of THIS MEEtING. THfS REPORT WAS ALSO TO INCLUDE· THE PROGRESS. OF CERTtflCATrON ANO THE fNO£PENDENT tNS,TRUCTOR$' GROUPS IN THE UNfTEO STATES. IT IS No.J SU8M"·TTEO fOR YOUR APPROVAL. BEFORE YOU STAPT THE TEDIOUS JOB Of READING THE REPORT, , WOULD LIKE TO EXPLAIN THE SITUATION TO YOU. rIPST, THE NATIONAL SKI ASSOCIATION DOES NOT WANT TO CONTROL THE SKI TEACHlNG PROFESSION. HawE'VER, THE SKIING PUBLIC or THIS COUNTRY IS DEMAND ING THAT SOMEONE DO SOMETH ING ABOUT TH IS SITUATION OF A DifFERENT CERTIfiCATION IN EACH DIVISION AND NO CORRELATION BETWEEN. SECDNO, MOST PEOPLE IN THE NATIONAL 00 NOT WANT TO SEE A NAT IONAL U.rlE'D T£CHNIQU~_ BUT THEY 00 WANT TO SEE THE ctRTrrlCATION PROCESS ' STANDARDIZED. THAT ~AMS THAT THERE WOULD NOT BE A STANQM?[HZATION OF TECHNIQUE BUT THERE WOULD BE ON SK I ING ~BILITYJ PRESENTA TION~ DEMONSTRATION~ CLASS CONTROL AND OJAGMOSIS. THE fACT IS THAT THE NATIONAL HAS GIVEN THE TEACHERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS THEIR 'OPINION AND 'tDEAS. THEY HAVE GIV£r,~ USA r qEE HAND TO AFFILIATE OUR ASSOCIATIONS AWD TO COORDI-NATE OUR LINES OF CONMUNtCATIONS. THIS REPORT IS ONLY A PROPQtAL FOR A NATIONAL AfFILIATION WITH DIV ISIONAL CONT~OL THAT WILL ENABLE US, THE TEACHERS OF THIS COUNTRY, TO WORK WITH THE AMATEURS TOWARDS SOME METHOD OF BETTERING OUR PROFESSION AND THE SERVICE RENDERED TO OUR CLIENTEL. THIS IS ALL tXPLA INEO IN THE REpORT . 2 J. K. SMITH, JR. JUL Y: 10,1952 f APPOINTED YOU TO BE ' ON THE TEMPORARY NATIONAL' COUNCIL. lHIS 'DOES NOT t-£AN THAT 'YOU WILL HAVE' TO EMGAGEYOURSELF · IN. A LOT Of OETA ILED WOP!(;BUT' IT DOES MEAN··THAT. YOU . ~n LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNiTY TO ·EXPRESSYOUR OPU.sJONS: AND· OF'f~R YOUR CRITICISMS. , THE' NATIONAL COUNC IL. IS COMPOSED OF SOME U~FLUENTIAL INDt'VIDUALS IN' THE SKI WORLD .. ' TIiE'REfORE , ANY PLAN THAT ~ EMBARK UPON SHOULD ,BE, REPRE'.SENTED BY PEOPLE LIKE YOtJ.... .,r .'H E 'fAil NChflT '5 . OUR . OWN fAULT' ANO WE CERTAIN1:.:YDESERVE TO HAVIt:~HE NATIONAl: 'NT~RVENE ' W J TH ,SOC I AL ,'S~ ' ';:;:-'''~AS ,YOU :'SAY. ' REMEMBER"K, 1HAT YOU '· AND .f Nmi HAVE· AN OPPORTU..,'llY TO DEVELOP A PLAN Of NAT10NAkAFfl~IATION " THAT U(L BE" A. tRIBUTE .' TO ' OUf? PROrESS ION'.. TH "5' RE pORT 'JS NOT GO i 00- TO at THE LAW; IT IS .lO BE. 'QU!F.f 'WORKING PLAN TOR ' DfSCl)SS~. ·ON ...: P1.~ AS£" 'GiVe;· .4 T' YOUR "J~ TTeNT 1 ON;- I ' RE'ALt ZE.THAT. YOU AREaUSy". SO TAKE YOUR ·T J. ~ ON fl'. ':1 ~~D() .,WANl ·YOUROPtNJ ON' BEtAtjS£.· 'YOUf? IDEAS ' ARE $OUNIl ANQ, ·.YOURGR I T tt'ISMS 'CONSTRUCTJ,VE"., ·YOU ~ HAVE HAC> A GOODDEAt OF. EXPER'EN~E' :, IN SKt,'NG !I(,, ~ SO WHY NOT .' l~T 'SOME or/,THE' OTtiER T[AC"'[~$ aEMtF'.tf T GV THAl <I. RESPECTfULLY ' SUBMI Tn: 0., .W ILL I AM R. -LASH TEMPORARY SECRETARY, NAT I ONAL (OUNC I L-" Of SKI ,NSTRUCTORS Of, :AMERI CA tv'1R 4 NE t.S ON A. Bn-~NE 1"T SUNVALL[YSKI CLUB BUN VALLEY, IDAHO nEAR MR~ BENNtTT; 871~ EAST' SOUTH TEMPLE 'STREET SALT L~KE CITY 26 UTAH JULY 28, "1952 ' A" COt-1MtTTEE tvlEET INGOf .,THti,NAT I ONAl SKI . AS~ OCt Ar: oN" \iAS HELD JUNE , 5 r '952 , ~T E'STE$PARK, COI,.O~AOO ... TO > C(lN3 IDEB ' TH~ ~ ISSUE' Of ·" A NAT tONAL ' PLAN Or'. S l~ I , TEACHER . (ERT I F l ,e,AT I ON. ' , AT1HAT . T t.ME' I AGREED lO SUBMIT,lO 'THE," ti!E:M8E~S 'Ot . THAl J,,/[E ·rINGAND '· OIHER . INTERESTED , t NDI vtDUAL,S A PROGRESS ... REPORT. , ,TH IS WAS 10 : .lLLUS ·~ TR,ATE THE (,ERTlrt (.ATlON PROSLEt.. .1 ANDOEVELOPMENT · IN' THE' · INOE' .... · PENDENT 'NS1'RucroRS' GROUPS I NTHE UN nED S TAT~S. · TH1C REPOFn' 1 S NOW PRESENTED rOf( YOUR CONS I OEr~A r ION. ' YOUR POSITION , IN THIS MATTER or SK'TEACHER CERTi f ICAT)ON I ~~ ' AS \ I~~ PORTANT As YOUR ASSOCIATION WITH THE NSA ANOYOUR POS i TION I NVOUR 0 t V 1St ON. . YOU ARE" ACQUA I NTED VJI TH THE', PROBLEMS OF THE 51< I TEACH ING PROFESS ION AND · YOU ,ARE VERY CLOSt IN IT.SRfL.AT I ONSHIP WITH ORGANIZED ,SKI lNG, , THIS EXPERIENCE CQULO :BC- INVALUA8LE TO THE SKI TEACHING PRorrSSION AND THE NATIONAL SKI ' ASSOC I A1"ON IN PRESENTING A pt...At-LOF NATIONtlL CERTIFICATION ' THAT \~ILL BE AG.REEA6LE TO .ALL prOPLECONCERNEO IN 'ALL DIVISION. . ' ,((You WOULO DO ' ~JlE : THE HONOR OFREVIEHI NG THISr,EPOF'Tjl1~ WILL CERTAI NLY BE APPRECIATED. , POSS /SLY THE INSTRUCTORS ' PLAN HAS SOME' , UNOf.S H~A8LE' AS PECTS, : OR PF: f~ HA PS Tt lCRE HAVE: DEEN A fn~' WORTI-MHILE IDEAS E.XTENDED .. ' Ht ANY CASE, A fEW CRITIC I Sl\-B ~t.qLL HELP ORGANIZEO-SI'\11NG TO fORMULAlf A SUiTABLE ,PLAN or , ct ~ T'fl .. " CAr'ION THAT CAN sf PRESENiEO 'lO TI-jENATI ONAL CONVENTION NEXT ", · S P~I NQ ~ , MR •. BE NNE' TT, . WOULO YOl) PLE. AS E 0 I VE TH' S ,(Ol)H A rTr: ~n ION. ~ESPECTFULLY SUBMITTt'D, WILLtM,1 P. LASH TEMFORARY SEC !~ ET AR Y' t~AT IONAl CC}'JNC IL OF SK t' I.N5TRUCTORS OF AMER leA MR. JUNIOR BOUNOUS V 1 Ce: "'PRES. " IS IA R.f .0 " 2 PROVO, UTAH DEAR JUNIOR, 814 EAST SOUTH TEMPLE STREET S LT LAKE CITY 2, UTAH . JULY 28 J 1952 ' YOU ATIENOED A COiviMll1'EE MEETING Of THE NATIONAL SKf ASSOCIATION JUN~ 5, 1952, CONCERNING .THE PROBLEM OF A NATIONAL· Pt.,.AN 'OF SKI TEACHER CERTIFICATION . YOU WILL RECALL THAT I AGR££O TO SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE MEMBERS Of THAT tvEETING ANO OTHER .INTERESTED I NO I V fDUALS. TH IS ' WAS , TO · BE A PROGRESS-RE PORT ON THe: ;CEF?T·' f 1- CAT f ON PROGRAM I N THE UN I TED SlATES AND THE· OEVELOPt.£NT Of THE I NOEPENDENT I NSTRUCTORS.' GROUPS. TH IS IS NOW:" f'R£SE'NT£'DfOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. . ' JUNIOR,· I HOPE YOU WILL REALIZE',WHY r L ISn:D K. SMITH ASA MEMBER OF THE TEMPORARY COMMITTE£ . Of ALL THE INOIVIDUALS ' IN THE 1N.1.'ERMOUNTAIN HE IS THE ONLY ' CNE WHO MIGHT GIVE US SOM( OPPOSI-TION, ' POSS ISLY IT IS WELL THAT SOME ONE IS CAUTIOUS. ' IN ANY CASE, , fEEL. THAT If WE .INCLUDE HIM IN THE ACTIVITIES, HE WILL BE MORE INCLINED TO FEEL THAT HE' IS pART OF THE PLAN. THEREfORE, POSSIBLY HE WILL ' NOT.GIVE US ANY OPPOSITION. UNDEP THE' PRESENT SET-UP WE PLAN TO INCLUDE TWO MORE fJ£MBERS FROM ,EACH o I V IS t ON ON THE COMM IlTEE BOARD OF THE NAT IONAl COUNe I \..., . SO WK ~ILL ALL GET A CHANCE' TO BE OF SOME HELP. THIS TEMPORARY SOARD , ISt-£RELY A ME"ANS Of .'EDU£ATION Of THE: .pRINCIPLe;' INTERESTS. '{OUR :PERSONAL CO~NTS ' ON THIS PRESENTATION WILL' Bt App~f:C'4TrO~ PERHAPS THERE ' HAVE BEEN SOMEWORTH ... WHfLE' IOE~'S · EXTtNOED,OR POSSIBLY lHERE ARE SOME. PHASESTHAT 'WOULD sEEM '. IMP~ACTICAL~ IN ANY.· EVENT,'" I, HAVE TR IED ··"TO 'INCL..UDE EVERYONE WHO. H~S" CONiR 'SUTEO TO THf·' CERT.JF"ICATION ·f>ROBLEMONE WAY' ORANOTHER.OON'T YOU THINK·.·'THAT: THIS WIL..L , 6ETHt: BEST WAY TO GAIN ;THE ~ ATTENTION Of ALL ' THE' "WHEELS". A fEW ·,CRITICISMS WILL B(' Of GREAT HE"LP TO ,US If ,ALL WHO RECEIVE COPIES or. :.nos REPORT COOPERATf:. YOU CAN .BE 'A-GREAT HELP f3Y' ASSIST' NQ ME ' IN REV lEW INGTHESE COMMENTS. ' , I WILL ' APPRE CIATE' 'HEARING rROM YOU THE ' NEXT 'TlME YOU ARE UP THIS WAY. RESPECTfULLY SUBMITTED, VII LL I AM R. LASH, ttcFlErARy"j "'J NATIONAL COUNCIL Of SKI , I NSTRUCTORS OF AMER leA , '. .-:,r" . MR. ROBERT J. SCH!NCK. V ICE - rPES IOENT, NSA ': ,80, HILLSBORO AVENUE . r:' ~ ; ,'. i"' 814 EAST SOUTH T!MPL£ STREET S LT LAKE CITY 2, UTAH JUl.Y 28, 1952 LOS ANGELES 35, CALIFORNIA DEAR MP. SCHENCK: A COMMITTEE MEETING Of THE NATIONAL SKI ~SSOCIATION WAS HELD JUNE 5, 1952, AT ESTES PARK, COLORADO, TO CONSIDER THE ISSUE or A NATIONAL pl.AN Of SKI TEACHER CERTlfIC~TION. AT THAT TIME I AGREED TO SU[3M I T TO THE MEMBE RS OF THAT ~'£ET I NQ AND OTHER INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS A PROGRESS-REPORT. THIS WAS TO ILLUSTRATE THE CERTIFICATION PROBLEM AND DEVELOPMENT Of THE INDEpENDENT INST~UCTORS' GROUPS IN THE UNITED STATES. THE REPORT IS NOW PRESf:NTtD fOR YQl)R CONS rQ£RATI ON. YOUR POSITION IN THIS MATTEP or SKI TEACHER CERTifiCATION IS AS IMPORTANT AS YOUR ASSOC I AT I ON W tTH THE NSA AND YOUR POS ITI or IN YOUR DIVISION. YOU ARE ACQUAINTED WITH THE PROBLEMS OF THE SKI TEACHING p~OrESSION AND YOU ARE VERY CLOSE IN ITS ~ELA TIONSHIP WITH ORGANIZED SKIING. THIS EXPERIENCE COULD BE INVALUABLE TO THE SKI TEACHING PROfESSION AND T~E NATIONA~ SKI ASSOCIATION IN P~ESENTING A PLAN or NATIONAL CERTIFICATION THAT WILL BE' AGREEABLE TO ALL PEOPL.E .CONCERNED IN AL.L OIVISION~' If' YOU WOULD 00 t.£ THE HON~ or REVIEWING THIS REPORT, IT WIL.L CERTAINLY BE APPRECIATED. POSSIBLY THE INSTRUCTORS' PLAN HAS SOME UNDESIRABLE ASPECTS, OR PERHAPS THERE HAVE BEEN A rrw WORTHWHILE IDEAS EXTENDED. IN ANY CASEJ A FEW CRITICISMS WILL HELP ORGANIZED-SKIING TO fORMULATE A SUITABLE PLAN OF CERTIFICATION THAT CAN BEpflte:5ENTEI) TO Tt£ NATIONAL. CONVENTION NEXT SPRING •. MR. SCHENCK, ~OULD YOU PLEASE GaVE ,THIS YOUR ATTENTIO: RESPECTfULLY SUBMITTED, WILL I AM R. LASH TEMPORARY SECRETARY NATIONAL COUNCIL or SKI ,oNSTRUCTORS Of' AMrR leA ----_______- -uz-..:,...._.. _' ________ • I Mr. Bill Lash) ;'res. I.S.I.A. 874 East South Temple Salt Lake City, Utah Dear Bill: WAYNE W. FOX. M. O. 636 CHURCH STREET EVANSTON. ILLINOIS July 28, 1952 Thanks very much for sending me your very .fine brochure" Proqress Report on the Development of the National Council of Ski Instructors of America". Would you please send a copy of it t o Mr. Merritt Cook, President, C.U. S . S .A., 6792 Jean Ave., Chicago, Illinois and to Hans Peppi Teichner, R.I., Cedar, Michigan. .Pepp ,f will probably be appointed as new chairman of the Ski Instructors Certification Committee this yearJ t- 'fk- e..U. 5.S-A,. i gain, many thanks - and best wishes. Sincerely, Wayne W. Fox, M. /) . WWF:ms J ,: :,. " ;. ~ I .', 'l ~,.' ~ , ':" "' ... ~ ... . ~{I-" ~ .• , "'." ,' . . I MR. T. LEE MCCRACKEN PRESIDENT. NRMSA BOX 607 'OILLON, MONTANA D. EAR MR. MCC~ACKEN a 814 EAST SOUTH TEMPlE STREET . 5 L T LAI CITY 2 • UTAH JULY 28. 1952 , .. A COMMITTEE MEETING Of THE NATIONAL SKI ASSOCIATION WAS HELD JUN£ 5 .. 1952. AT ESTES PARK. COLORADO, TC CONSIDER THE' ISSUE' or A NATIONAL PLAN OF' SKI TEACHER CERTifiCATION. AT THAT Tn£ f AGREEOTO SUBMtT TO THE M[MB[RS or THAT t€ETING At() OTHER INTERESTED JNOlVIDUALS A PROGRESS-RE9OPT. THIS WAS TO ILLUSTRATE THE CERTifICATION PROBLEM AND DEVEl~NT OF' THE INDEPENDENT INSTRUCTORS' GROUPS IN THE UNITED STATES. THE REPORT :.;- .:- f " ", J;, ~.Ij.' I S NOW PRESENTED fOR YOUR CONS .DERAT ION. ' .. ::. ! ,.-.'. ,-. ;,.'. .' ;.1 " • f ;! ~ • " .. ' . ~~. ' ' ( . " .. : .. :", YOUR POStTfON IN THIS MATTE'? Of SKI· TEACHER CERTlfrCATION IS n' AS IMPORTANT AS YOUR ASSOCIATION WITH THE NSA AND YOUR "". POSITION IN YOUR DIVISION. YOU ARE ACQUAINTED WITH THE PROB- . ... LEMS Of' THE' SK t TEACH' NQ . PROF'ES.S ION AND YOU ARE VERY CLOSE ., .. ' IN ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH ORGANIZED SKIING. THIS rXPE'RIENCE 'COULD BE 'NVAlUABlE TO 'THE' SKI TEACHING PROfESSION AND THE NATIONAL SKI ASSOCIATION IN PRESENTING A PLAN Of NATIONAL CERTlr'C~ION THAT WILL BE AGREEABLE TO ALL PEOPLE CONCERNED IN ~lL DIVISIONS. I r YOU WOULD DO f€ THE HONOR Of PEV tEW I NG TH IS REpORT, IT WILL BE APPRECIATED. POSSIBLY THE INSTRUCTORS' PLAN HAS SO~ UNDES IRA8LE ASPECTS, ~ PERHAPS THERE HAVE BEEN A fEW WORTHWHILE IDEAS EXTENDED. IN ANY CASE, A rEW CRITICISMS WilL HELP ORGANIZED-SKIING TO fORMULATE A SUITABLE PLAN Of CERTIFICATION THAT CAN BE PRESENTED TO THE NATIONAL CONVENTION N[XT 5~INQ. MR. ~CRACKEN, WOULD YOU PLEASE GIVE THIS YOUR ATTENTION. RESPECTfUllY SUBMITTED, WilLIAM R. lASH TEMPORARY SECRETARY NATIONAL COUNCIL or SKI INSTRUCTORS Of AMe:R ICA -_._ ... - ... -._ ... _ ... _---_._-- • I MR~GEORG£ E. KE~TING 923 EASTSINTO SPOKANE, ,WASH I NGTON DEA R, GE ORaE 2 814 EAST SOUt.H TEMPLE STREET S LT LAKE CITY, UTAH JULY 28, 1952 &:NCLOSED IS THE PEP()RT' t Pf?OM,ISED ,YOU. POSSIBLY YOU CAN p~SS IT AROUND 10 SOME" OF'THESKI INTERESTS YOU COME' IN CONTACT ,WITH., ANY PUBLIC1TY 'THAT WE CANOBTAJN Wl,lL BE A'PPREGIATE'D. ' HOW DID YOU rAPE YOUR ,l~ST , NIGHT IN . ~IN rALLS? l'MSURE lHAT IT WAS ,AN JNTERiSTING , EXPERIENCE~ IT SEEMs THAT 'YOUR LAST FEW HOURS "HEn~ 'A~E' AL.WAYS EVENTFUL. WE' HAV£N~T BEEN TO THE LAND ,OF' THE PLENTY SINCE THE" FOURTH. rATE' HAS BEEN UNKIND TO ME:'ANO I WAS FOReEOTO FINO SOME EMPL.OYMENT. IN ANY ; CASE', THE RENUf'l£R~T'ON ,HELPS BY THE' WEEKLY ALLOTMENT OF' LIQUOR • . f HAVE"GIVENUP SMOKING BECAUSE THAT ALLOWS : tof: $2.00 A WEEK MORE fOR BEER; , , I HAVE NOT HEA~D HOW ,CLANCY" IS GETTING 'ALONG. THE' OLD'::'SAVING dS THAT NO NE\t/S IS GOOD NEWS.- MAYBE ' ITS A SORE SUBJECT AND WE .. , DON'T HSAR ANYTHING ABOUT HIM. YOU 'CAN BE ASSURED' THAT MY 8POTHER-IN-LAW WILL. ,TAI<E CARE OF EVERYTHlf'.G.H£IS:A' NICE GUY ANYWAY. I'DO NOT HAVE ANY EXCITING DRUNKS TORE:PORT. ,ALTHOUGH WE HAVE 'BEEN 'TIPPING T.-£ BOTTLE SOfl.£OURING THEW[EK .. ONE CANNOT HAVE , THE' REAL AFFAIRS WITHOUT HIS OLD fRIENDS. Pf?06ABLY A GOOD TH I NG. . , SINCE' YOU ALWAYS ANSWER YOUR MAIL PRoMPTLY .. I WILL_'BE, EXPECTING TO , HEAR FROM YOU. . ' ' BILL P.5. ' GUESS I'LL BE AROUND FOR ANOTiiER YEAR. GOOD 't£WS FROM ,THE: DRAfT BOARD • . MR. ROBERT C. JOHNSTONE PRESIDENT, SRMSA . 2360 NEWPORT STREET PENVER, .COLORAOO O£AR, twf? JOijN5TOt'lEa 814 EAST SOUTH: TEMPL£ STREET S LT LAKE ' C I ,TY a, UTAH JULY 28, ''952 ACOMMtTTEE MEETING OJr,' THtNAr,ONAl. SKI ASSOCIATION WAS HELD JUNE 5,1952,: AT E'STE'S ' pA~K"COLORAbo, TO CONSIO£R :'TH[ ISSUE Of "A NATIONAL PLAN OF' SKI ,TEACHER .CERTtrl~ATION. '. AT 'THAT Tt~ I AGREED T05UBMI T10 THt' ME"MBE~ or THAT ,MEeT I NG ANt) · OTHER INTE~£'STuO INO I V I DUAl-S 'A PPOQR£'SS~EPORT . ' TH IS' WAS TO ' ILLUS .... TRATtr THE C£.RTlftCt*TJON f:>PoBUM AND D£VELOPriENT Of :THf .'fNDE ... PENDiNT ,NSTRUCTORS' GROUPS IN THE UNITED sr,tTlrs. THt MpORi IS N(M. pRESENTED rooyOtJA coos H)ltRATt ON. ' YOUR post"fOf\CIN TfitSMATTtR vF SKI': TE;ACHER CERTlftC'ATION IS , AS , IMPORT~NT, AS YOUR AS'SOCI ATI ON WlTH THE' , NSAAND YOUR POSlTl ON. IN 'YOUR OIV.lStON.YOU 'ARE ACQUAINTED WITH THE PROBLEMS or THE SKt TEACHIN(}PROfESSlClN AN[), 'YOU,: ARE VERy CLOSE' IN ITS ~ELAT'ON' ... _ SHIP.,WITH ORGANIZEO S~II. NQ • . THIS' EXPERIENCE COULPBf iNVALUABlE TO THt SKI. TEACHING PROrE'SSlON ANO :" TH[ , NATIONAL SKt ,ASSOCL4TION, IN PRi$ENTING A PLAN OF' NATIONAl. c:e:,RT,rICATIONTHAT ' WIl.1.. Sf AGRE£A6l,E ,1'0 ,'ALL PE,OPL.~ CONCERNED '~ 'N , ALL. , D t V IS I ONS" IF" YOU t..'OULOOQ ME' 'THe HONOR Of' R[VI£WfNGTH1$ RtPORT" rrwlLL, at .APPRECIATED. · POSSIBLY THE': INSTRUCTORS' PLANlfAS, SQt.£ UNDE"-' S if?ABLE, ' ASPECTS, OR. PERIiAPS ',TtiERE HAVE , .BEEN .·A .. fEWWORTHWHI LE" .'IOEASEXTENQED.' , I,N ANY CAS,It~ A:rEWCRITICISM$ Wll.l :HELP ORGAN ... I ZEO-SKIING '"TO fORMuLATE ,A', $UJTABLE PLAN , Of , CERTfFICATI ON THAT .CAN 6£ PRESENT£O TO rH£NATtONAL CONVENTION NEXT SPRING. MR. JOHNSTONE,WOULO VOUPLSASE,' GIVe: THISYQUR ATTENTJON. RE;SPEtTfUL.lY SUBMITTiD, \-iILLIAM R. LASH TEMPORARY SECRETARY NATfONAL COU~ICfL. or ,Sl<J .INSTRUCTORS ' OF ' AMERI CA ~'O Ju l:r 52 ~ ". r. l3 i 11 1.): r. Fir~t l~t m9 c~mm~dd y~u f~r 'he ~xceJlent work th~t I ~ V~ ~tuji~0 th~ Dl~n Dr2S?~ted by Tomm! in tha rep~~t h "'Ie S::\,;:::.i, [uve ~.2 I V1x~)l~incd h"f:::;Y".:.r\l"ther v 1 '?V' , u n i ,j U ;:; :J r ;:1 '1 n i Z~ t i em " ~ ..... ~ . ~n6 ~it~ our 2x~2ri~nc9 ~n~/~e~ ~~~nt in fo1owln~ co~m2nt8. The first io U:;;"t the org:J!1:i.zation if' still in tha ~'12A. ~nr1 it'1 divi~ion"'. ~hc feallnp her- iE th~t a stronp star /," ~ ".('l~rd /'0/"'\ __ :0 L ..:... '-, ... ,_ I.. ~.~ ~) i ') c:. Thht main arguem~nt 1s t~e The. then;) c,)l1cerni r ,e.; th,t runnin:!. ':lll the Vial.y thr:Ju~'h v;ill of C0urse ',j i th th'l t i l~ mind I would likt" to pr"loent 1~ very rou~h 1 form ~ couni3r Drono~~l to you to look OVRr. I t hi nll: t hD.. t I don" hhve ttl':.' e.c jefinit8 d·~t;e y'2t but vjould lil-::f': to extC!t\tlan invlt'.~t10n to nrotlems. K~QP it in mind anyhow. T'er if'n't much ~nor,= t,] y,rit.:; n::;'1". I :10 c tht,? ide iJ.;;J II! I ~'. , , ' ' , . " ' 814 E~ST SOUTH TEMPLE STREET 5 LT LAKE CITY 2. UTAH JULY 9, 1952 > : ,". ," ,', MR: £[)W 1 N [). EATON, pRES IO£NT ::~', NAT.ONAL SKI ASSOCIATION or At-£RICA 'SOUTH MAIN STREET , EAST GRANBY JI CONNECTltUT OEM~MR. E~TONJ , " . r; '1 ... '. :. .' • j , ' " ,.)"{ " ":t·. \' 'J ,\ , • , ~. " ' . .'. ;:' • !' ,,"." /<', A COMMITTEE MEETINQOf, THE N,ATIONAL 5KIAS~OCtAT'Ot"'WAS:HE'LD .., li~' 'JUNE 5, 1952, AT ESTES P.PK, COLO~ADO, TO (eNS IDEA THE ISSUE ~/ or A NATIONAL PLAN Of SKITEACHEP CERTlrICATION. AT THAT TI~ , I AGREED TO SUBMIT, TO TI£ MEMBERS OfTHAT':M[£TING AtI)'OTHER ',c •• , INTERESTED tND1VIDUAt.S· A PROGRESS-RtP~T. THIS WAS' TO';1LLUS, '·'"TRATE Ttf: CERTlflC-ATION PPOBL.EM AND f)£VElOPKNT Of': THE fNOE';. PENO£NT INSTRUCTORS - GROUPS IN THE UNITED !TAT£S. THE' PEPORT , • IS' N"" PRESENTED fOP:' Y()UR:_CONS,DERATION. ".: .. " " ' ':" YOUf?' POS.T10N IN THIS'MATTER Of SKI' TEACHER CERTtflCATtON '. SEEMS TO BE AS ~orOUNDAS YOUP Off ICE AS PRES 'DENT..;' 1 c· ,HAVE TAKEN THE LlaERY or USING SOME' Of YOUR MATERIAL YOU HAVE WRITTEN ON THE SUBJECTS or CERTifiCATION ANO RECPEATIONAL SKIING tN pAST Y£~RS. THIS REfERENCE HAS BEEN' A GREAT"t£lP "lO'K IN COMPILING THIS.NfORNATION. AND I AM SURE 'THAT IT .. W ILL HELP THE REAOER: TO BETlER COMPREHEND THE PROBLEM AT HAN~. '. ,YOUR EXPERIENCE IN ORGANIZEDSKlfNG ANO YOUR-POStTION,AS . ,'" - ; ~/' 'PRESIDENT WILL BE' INVALUABLE, TO'THE SKI TEACHING ~SSION 'AND THE NATIONAL SKl ASSOCIATION 1M ~SENT'NG A, PLAN Of NATIONAL CERTIfiCATION. " : If YOU WOULD 00 ME THE HONOR or PEV.EWING THIS P[PORT, IT WILL '~r' CERTAINLY BE APPRECIATED. POSSIBLY.JHE INSTFUCTORS' ~AN HAS (.,' S()l.£ UNOES H~ABLE ASPECTS, OR PERHAPS THERE HAVE BEEN ,A F£W' WORTHWHILE IOEAS,EXTENOEO~ IN ANY CASE1 A FEW CRtTICISMS wILL JHELP ORGANIZED-SKIING TO F~MULATE A SUITABLE PLAN Of CEPTIflCATtON THAT CAN 8E PRESENTED TO THE N~TIONAL CONVENTION NEXT SPRING. Mr, EATON1 WOULD YOU PLEASE GIVE THIS YOUR ," AllENT tON. ----._-- ~ RES PEt TrULL Y SUBM I TlED ... ' . , . ' WILLIAM R. LASH TEMPORARY SECRETARY NATIONAL COUNCIL Of SKI INSTRUCTORS or AMERICA , " • -I •• ::.:' -. ~ .', ." • I OP: • . WAYNE fOX ~726 PAYNi STPEET -tVANSTON .. JLLINOIS b,f:'\:? OR. FOX I. 814 EAST SOUTH TfMPLt STR(£l S ~T LAKE CITY 2, UTAH JULY 9. 1952 ON JUNE; 5. , 952, AT ' ESTES PAR~ COLORADO, Y?U ATT~NDEO, A, COMMITTEE" MEETING Q' 1'H£NATIONAt.. SKI ASSQC'fAT.ION THAT CONCERN£' D ·Tlof·! PROBLEM OF' A NAT IONAL PLAN Of SK'TEACHER Ce:~T t .. r ICATION. , ' t f " . YOU W tLl FlECAt .. L, I AQREtD ' AT THAT T fM[ ",'TO .SUBMIT TO THEMEM8i~S .Of" THAT MEETING •. AND OTHER . INT~~EST£O J NO tV 'CUAl..S ,A PROGRES$-RE'POI'lT ON THE 'CERTI F' I CAT ION' PROBLE!v1 f N, THE" , UN I Tto S-TATES. . TH IS R£'PORT WAS A !...S 0 TO' INQ.UOr THE DEVELOPMENT · Of THEtNDEPf:NDENT INSTRUCTORS' GROUPS. IT IS NOW :PRESENTE'O fOR YOUR CQNSIOtrRAT ION. '. YOUR . EXPERIENCE INSKt J'NG 'CAN BE' A GREAT HELP TO · 1Hlt. COMPL.f.lION ·OF ANY Pt...AN THE ',INSTRUCTORS AND THE NATION,. L." SKJA9DC, .. IATION SHOULD CHOOSE. SINCE THERE IS NO ONE · "T . P.~2SENT IN THE: CENTRAL WHOM WK ' KNOW, YOU ·WILL SERVE AS OUR INSTRUCTORS' PEPRESENTATIVE AS WELL AS THE' CE~TlfICATlON RiPRE'$E'NTAT.VE'. POSSICLY YOU CAN 5 UGG£ ST TO ME SOM: OTHE'R P£OPLEI~ ' THE : CEN,;. TRAt.· WHO' WOULD . "BE I NTE'RESrrO . IN ' TH IS ,REPORT. If .YOU WOULO DO ME THP: fAVOR OrRE'VIEWJNG THIS ~tPORT .. . IT W'LL:. BEAPPRECIATED~ POSSIBLY THE" INSTRUCTORS'! PLAN HAS SOME UNDESIREABLt' ASPECTS .. OR PE'RHAPS THERE HAVE ' BEEN A,: fEW 'WORTI'MHI.LE · IDEAS PR.£SE'NTEO. 'IN ANY CASE. A jF'EW 'C~lTICISM$ WILL HELP ORGANIZED SKIINQ fORMULATE A SUITABL.E PL.AN fOR ~ CERTifiCATION THAT CAN 8E PRESE~TE'D TO THE' NATIONAL,. CONV~N~ lIoN NE}(T .SPRING. ·PLEAst.' OR. rox~ GIVE THJ$ f?EPORT YOUR J. TTtNT ION. ~ESPEClf'UL.LY . SUSMt TT~D I WILLIAM R. lASH TEMPORARy SECRETARY, NATIONAL' COUNCIL Of SKI INSTRU~TORS Of : .AME~ ItA MR. RICHARD WILSON NAT I ONA L NEW~:.p APE R OF SKI I NG MA GA Z I Nt EDIT OR ' BOX 7858 LAKEWOOD, COlORADO DEAR. t-1R. WILSON: 814 t AST SOUTH ,TE'~PlE - STREET S LT LAKE CITY '2# UTAH , JULY 9, 1952 A COMMITTEE MEETINGOF.THE-, NATIQNAL ,SKI ASSOCIATION WAS HELD JUNE. 5, 1952~ AT ESTES 'PARK, COLORADO, TO CONSIDER 'THE ' 'SSUE OFANATIONA~ PLAN or SKI TEACHER CERTIFICAT ION. AT ,THAT TIME I ~GREED TO sum",r TO -THE MEMBEJ~S OF THAT MEETING AND , OTHER INTERESTEDINOlvlDUALS A PROGRESS --f7EPORT. THIS WAS TO ILLUSTRATE THECERTtF1CATfON PROBl.EM AND DE VElOPMfNT 'Of THE INDEPENDENT INSTRUCTORSt GROUPS IN THE UNITED STATES. iHt: REPORT ' IS NOW PRESENTEPf"OR" YOURCONSJDERATION. S I~~E YOU COVERED THE CONVENT ION WITH AN UNB' ASE'O f NTERESi Of THE PI~ESS, ' I THOUGHT , YOU WJULD PROBABLY BE I NTEREST£D IN \1lHATTHE SKI TEACHERS Of THIS COUNTRY ARE DOING TO ASSIST THE' NSA WITH THE SK I TEAC~R CERT IF ICAT I ON pROGRAM. A PRO-JECT OF THIS TYPE REQUIRES THE ATTENTION OF ALL SKIERS AND THOSE INTERESTED IN 5.<J fNG. CERT IF ICAT rON ·fS A-CuNCEP.N. OF ALL', OF US. THEREfORE' J WE ,MUST RECRU' T THE HELP OF K'N LII~E YOU; YOUR cntTICISt.1S ARE WELCOMED AND ENCOURAGED • .. -I F YOU 'tJOULO DO t<4£ ' THE HONOR or RE v I EW I NG T HIS RE PORT, f T WILL :BE APPRECIATED. - PO$S I SLY THE INSTRUCTORS' PLAN HAS SOME UNDES I RAGLe: ASPECTS" OR PERHAPS THERE - I-IAVE BEEN A FnJ WORTHWHILE IDEAS EXTENDED.'. IN ANY 'CASE, A FE~I CRt.TICIS~ \'<ltLL HELP ORGANIZED-SKIING fOR t~ULA TE A SUITABLE PLAN OF CERTIfiCATION THAT ' CANSE PRESENTED TO THE NATIONAL CONVEN-T ION NEXT SPR 100. . . YOU UNDJUBTEDLY REALIZE THAT A PLAN OF TI-ns NATuqE ENVOLVES ALL THE SKJERS ,.Of THIS NATION AND WILL REQUIRE., UNBIASED PUBLICITY THAT CAN REACH THE SKI TEACHERS, THE SKI ASSOCIATIONS, AND THE RECREAT tONAL SK IERS WHOM WE ARE ATTEt-1PT ING TO BENEF IT. , YOUCAN ' POSSIBLY BE . OF ' INFLUENTIAL ASSISTANCE TO THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE, MR. WILSON" GlVE THIS YOUR 4TTENT ION. RESPECTFULLY SUBM ITTED, vJILLIAt-1 R. LASH TEfv1PORARY SECHETARY" NATIONAL COUNCIL OF SKI INS TRUC TORS OF AMEr~ I CA ' MR. CORTLANDT T. HILL 606 SOUTH HILL Slf-xEET LOS ,ANGELES 14, CALIFORNIA DEAR ~J}R. HilL: 874 EAST SOUTH TEMPLE ' STP.E~T SALT LAKE CITY 2, UTAH JUI .. Y 9, 1952 A COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE NATIONAL SKI ASSOCIATION ~"AS HELD JUNE 5., '952" AT ESTES PARK, COLORADO, TO CONSIDER THE ISSUE OF A NATIONAL PLAN OF ' SKI TEACHER 'CEF<TIF1(ATION. AT THAT T I ME f AGREED TO SUBM IT , TO THE' MEr~8ERS OF T: 'IAT MEET I NG AND OTHER INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS A PROGRESS-REPORT ILLUSTRATI f\l-Q THE CERTIFICATION PROBLEM ,AND DEVElOP~I£NT OF THE INDEPENDENT I NS\fRUCTORS ' GROUDS IN THE UNITED STATES. THIS . IS NOW PRE- ' SENTED fOR YOUR CONS,IOEIMT ION. YOUR POSITION ' IN THIS MA1TER OF SKI TEACHER CERTIFICATION CANNOT 8E OVER-EMPHASIZED. ' YOU WILL DISCOVER AS YOu READ TH.lS REPORT THAT I HAVE TAKEN "THE' LIBERTY OF US ING SOME OF YOUR MATERltiL THAT YOU HAVE \-JRITTEN IN PAST YEARS. THIS REFERENCE HAS EiEEN A, GREAT HtlP TO M:, AND I ' N-4 SURE THAT ' IT \oJ ILL HELP THE READER OF THI!REPOf?T TO Uf\DERSTAND THE PROBLEM AT HAND. YOUP EXPERIENCE: AS CERTIFICATION CHAIRMAN FOR, BOTH THE NSA AND THE fV.ISA \~tLL BE INVALUABLE TO THE SKI TEACHING PROFESSION ANOTHE NAT10NAL SKI ASSOCIATION IN cm ... - PILING ANY PLAN or NATIONAL, CERTIFfCATION. , F YOU \,OULO DO ME THE: HONOR OFl=?E V I E\'1I NO TH I SRE PORT J IT WILL BE APPRECIATED. '; POSSIBLY THE IN5TRUCToms t PLAN HAS ' SQ\1E UNDESIRABLE' ASPECTS, OR PERt'iApg THEf<EHAVE SEEN 501·1£ WORTHWH I LE IDEAS EXTENDED. ' I N ANY CP,SE J It FEW CR IT IC ISMS ' WILL · HELP ORGANIZEO-SKI INGFORMULATE A SUITABLE' PLAN OF CERTIFICATION THAT CAN BE PRESENTED TO THE NATIONAL CON·· VENTI8N BY NEXT SPRING. PLEASE, MR. HILL, GIVe THIS YOU': ATTENT ION. ' RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, , WILLIAM R. LASH, . TEMPORARY SECRETARY, NAT IONAL COUNC IL OF Sf< I INSTRUCTORS OF AMERICA MR. ROGER LANGLEY EXECUTIVE SECRETARY. NSA BOX B BARRE, MASSACHUSETTS DEAR MR, LANGLEVz 874 EAST SOUTH TEMPlE' STREET SALT LAKi CITY 2~ UTAH JULY 9. 1952 JUNE 5. 1952 , AT ESTES pARI<, COLORADO, A COt+1 I TTF:£ MEETING Of THE NAT I ONAl SKI ASSOC I AT I ON WAS 'HELD TO CONS I DERTHE ' ISSUE Of A NATIONAL PL.AN or SKI TE,ACHER CERTIf"'CATION~ ' AT THISMEETINGJ .AGREED 'TO SUBMIT TO THE INlt:"'!ESTE'DDELtGAlES A PROGr~ESS-REPORTOP" THlr CERTI~·ICATION PROBL.EM AND THE FORMULAT ION Of THf: I NDE pENDENT TEA(:HE'RS' 'GROUPS >1 N THE UNITED STATES. T~IS REPORT ISNOWPRESENT~OfOR , YOUR CON-SIOERAT ION,' YOUR POSITION IN TH 'JS MATTER Of' SKI TEACHER CE'~TIFICAiION AND THE ORGANIZATION Of INSTRUCTORS GROUP CANNOT BE OvrREMPHAs fZED. ' YOUR MANY YfARS Of EXPER IENeE ' IN ORGANIZED SK I I NG I S I NVALUABl.E TO 'THE I NTE'REST5 OF THE " SK J TEACH I NG pROFESSION AND THE NATIONAL 'SKI ASSOCIATION'S DIVISIONS. I f YOU \.JOULD 00 M! THE HONOR OF' RE V "I E\~ I NO TM I S ~E PORT, I T WILL 8E APPREC.IATED. POS5JBLY THIS PL~ N HAS SOME WORTHWHILE IDEAS, OR POSSI BLY THERE' ARE .MANY UNDESIRABLE ASPECTS IN - THIS REPORT. IN ANY CAstr, A FE';' CRITICISMS WILL HELP' ORGANIZED-SKIING TO FORM\JLA'rE A SUITABLE PLAN OF CERTfFI·· CATION THAT CAr~ 8f ' PR£SiNTEO TO THE' NATIONAL CONVENTION ,NEXT SpF? I NO. AfTER YOU HAVE STUOIED THIS PAPER, I WOULD ,BE INTERESTED IN KNadiNG HOW YOU fEEL ABOUT PUBLICITY IN, THIS MATTER." YOU UNDOUBTEDLY REALIZE THAT A PLAN Of THIS NATUR£ENVOLVES ALL ' THE SKIEPS OF ,THIS NATION AND WILL REQUIREUNeIASED PUBLICiTY THAT CAN REACH THE SKI TEACHER, THE SI<I ' A5S0C/ATIONS, ANO THE RECREATIONAL SKIER. YOU CAN BE OF' INflUENT IAL ASS I STANCe: TO THIS PRQBLfM. MR. LANGLEY A PLEASE ~H VE' THIS YOUR ATTENTION. RESPECTfULLY SUBMITTED" WILL I AM, R. lASH ,. lEMPO~ARY SECRETARY~ NATIONAL COUNCIL OF SKI INSTRUCTORS Of Ar.ER leA MR. PHIL CLARK, JR. 2090 IVANHOE STREET DENVER 7, COLORADO DEAR PHIL. 814 EAST SOUTH TEMPLE STREET S LT LAKE CITY 2, UTAH JULY 9, 1952 YOU ATTENDED A COMMITTEE MEETING O~ THE NATIONAL SKI ASSOCIATION JUNE 5, '952, CONC£PNING THE PROBLEM or A NATIONAL PLAN F'OR CERT'F"'CATION.··YOU WILL RECALL THAT , AG~EEO TO SUBMIT A PROGRESS-REPORT TO THE' MEMBERS OF' THAT MEETING AND OTHER INTERESTED INOtVIDUALS. THIS REPORT WAS TO INCLUDE THE DEVE'LOP~NT OF' OUR lNOEPEN)ENT INSTRUCTOPS' ORGAN t ZATIONS AND THE pROGRESS OF' CERTIFICATION IN THE UNITED STATES. THIS IS NOW PRESENTED rOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. I WILL EXPLAIN WHY I DECIDED TO SUBMIT THE REPORT AT THIS TIMEs YOU WILL REMEMBER THAT BOB ANO I HAD A COUNTERpROPOSAL AT THE CONVENTION THAT W~S SUBMITTED JOINTLY BY THE F'WSIA AND THE ISlA. AT THAT TIME' TOLD YOU THERE WAS A LITTLE PROBLEM or APPEASING THt F'AR WEST PRESIDENT. ArTER SOME RESEARCH ON THE PROBLEM, I REALIZED THAT THE COUNTER-PROPOSAL WAS AS GOOD AS ANY fOR A BASIS TO GET STARTED ON. I TALKED WITH TOMMI TYNDALL ON THE PHONE AND HE THOUGHT I SHOULD INCLUDE HIS PLAN rOR A STARTER BECAUSE IT IS LEGALLY SOUND. THAT IS, THEY HAD LEGAL HELP ON THE PLAN. t HOPE YOU WILL NOT rEEL THAT I HAvE NEGLECTED YOUR ADVICE ON SOK or THE SUBJECTS THAT ARE covrPfD IN TH£ P£POPT. I HAVE PREPARED THE MATERIAL EXACTLY AS WE DISCUSSED AT THE CONVENTION. YOU WILL NOTICE THAT MANY or THE POINTS IN THE REPORT H.AVE BEEN TAKEN rROM OTHER SOURCES.' I rEL T THAT TH IS WAS NECESSARY TO ENCOURAGE THE PROPER INTEREST FROM EVERY ONE. THIS REPORT 15 NOT A fiNAL DRAfT F'OP A NATIONAL SKI INSTRJCTORS ASSOCIATION aUT IS AN INTRODUCTION ANO A WORKING BASIS rOR ALL PARTIES CONCERNED. THIS REP~T WILL PROBABLY GIVE us A BETTER UNDERSTANDING or HOW TO START OUR PROJECT. fOR EXAMPLE, WE MUST RECRUIT THE HELP OF' ALL THOSE DIVISIONS WHO DO NOT HAVE IN5TRUCTORS~ G~OUPSJ WE MUST rOPM A CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS, .AND WE MUST START IMMEDIATE CQPRESPONOENCE WITH ALL THE RECIPIENTS OF THIS REPORT. PHIL, PLEASE SEND t-£ YOUR CRITICISMS ANO CQMtv£NTS. RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, WILL lAM R. LASH TEMPORARY SECRETARY, NATIONAL COUNCil Of SKI INSTRUCTORS or AMERICA • I ~, . SEPP RUSCHP MT. MANSFIELD COMPANY STOWE: I VERMONT DEAR SEPPa 814 EAST SOUTH TEMPLE STREET S LT LAKE CITY 2, UTAH, ' JULY 9, 1952 JUNE 5, '952, YOU ATTE'NQEO A CO~ITTEi twEETING Of TH~ NATIONAL SK I .ASSOC I ~T ION CONCERN 100 THE PROBLEM OF A NAT I ONAL PLAN OF SKI 'TEACHEP. CER'fIF'ICATION. YOU vJILL ' ~ECALL THAT I At1*:ED TO SUm-4,f T TO THE MEMBERS OF ' THAT MEET I NG A rRoo9ESS·-RE'PORT ON CEPTIFICATION ANO INDEPENDENT INSTRUCTORS' ORGANIZATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES. THIS PEPORT IS NOW PRESENTED FOR YOUR APPROVAL. ' .AL THOUGH YOU AGREED TO SEf?Vr ON THF: TEMPORARY COUNC I L OF NATIONAL SKI ~ INSTRUCTORS ' UNTIL A SUCCESSOR CAN e,ENAMEO, WE" WOULD PREFER TO HAVE' YOU ACT IN THE CAPACITY ' OF ,AN ADVISOR "FTERYOU HAVE NA~D A MAN TO REpLACE yOU. ' (T IS REALIZEO ' THAT YOU ARt:' A BUSY MAN, SEPP. HOWEVER, THE IMPORTANCE OF' YOUR INFLUENCE CANNOT BE STRESSED TOO MUCH, AND YOUR PERSONAL CO~NT5 ; ARE , NECESSARY TO THE ' SUCCESS OF ANY PLAN THE INSTRUCTORS ' AND , THE NAT IONAl SK I ASSOC I All ON SHOULD ' CHOOSE' TO EMBARK UPON. ',' ,YOU ARE A BUS I NESS MAN WITH A FORMAL E~UCATION; YOU HAVE' BEEN .THE DIRECTOR Of ONE' ,or THE, FOREMOST SKt'SCHOOLS IN THE' 'COUNiRYJAND YOU ARt ACQUA fNTED WITH ' THE ISSUE Of (ERT IF 1CA"(JONIN TH IS COUNTRY AND ABROAD.' TH IS rXPERIENCE' CAN BE INVALUA6LE"TO THESKf TEACHERS OF THE , UNITEO STA ITS. " , IF" YOU WOULD DO Mt TH~ HONOR OF REVI,EWING THIS REPOR,T, IT WILL CERTAINLY 8£ APPRECIATED. POSSIBlY ' THE 'INSTRUCTORS' PLAN DOES NOT MEET WITH YOUR APPROVAL, OR PERHAPS ,IT DOES HAVE SOME GOOD POINTS. , IN ANY CASE,A FEW CRITICISMS WILl.. HELP US TO , ORGAN I ZEA SUITABLE PLAN TO FRESENT TO THE NATIONAL SKI ASSOCIATION CONVENTION NEXT SPRING. RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTEO, WILLIAM n. LASH TEMPORARY SECRETARY, NATIONAL COUNCIL 'OF SKI ' INSTRUCTORS OF ,AMERICA MR. TOMMI TYNDALL pRES IOENT # fWS I A 431 WEST SEVENTH STREET LOS ftNGE\..ES, C~L I feRN JA OEAA TOrvNla 814 EAST SOUTH TEMPLE STREET S LT LAKE CITY 2# UTAH JULY 9# '952 rH!RE'pO~T WE D.lSCU5SEo tSNOW PRESENTEDFOf( YOUr? CONSIOERATfON. YOU WILL NOTICE THAT I DID NOT INCLUDE "EX IBIT An ,IN Irs ORIGINAl.; FORM. AT THE NA'TIONAL CONVENTION 806' AND r NOTICED' THAT THE ORGANIZATION CHART WAS NOT EAS ILY ACCEPTEQ. ' 'tit ASKED SEVERAL' INSTRUCTORS THEIR OPINION Of' THe' CHAPT,.TH~Y FELT THAT ALTHOUGH ' IT WELL TOLO THE STORY~ THERE. WAS pROBABL.Y TOO MUCH INCLUJED. THAT IS, THEY THOUGHT rH£" CH~RT LOS r ITS EfFECT I VENESS BECAUSE, TOO MANYSU8-HtADINGS WERE 'LISTED BEL.OW THE MAIN TITLES. . THIS MAY HAVE BEE'N AN E~RONEOUS DECISION NOT TO INCLUDE EKI81T A, ' H();JEVER, MY ·REASON FOR REVISING .YOUR COpy WAS PURELY BECAUSE , THr OOfGINAt., WOULD NOT ' F IT FOR REPORT , , BIND~NG AS NO MARGIN, SPACe WAS AVAILABLE. t ~or A NEW 'SAMPLE COpy W'ITH SMALLER DIVISfONS OF' HEADINGS, THAT WAS , ~LSO INEFFECTIVE, BECAUSE OF" THE 'LfMITE,D spAct~, SINCE THE' LfTHOOPAPHING MACH'INES 00 NOT HANDLE LARGER-SIZE PAPER, f FINALLY rlNISHEDW1TH THE CHARTtNCLUOEO AT THE"[ND OF' THIS REPO~T. If IT DOES NOT SATISFY YOUR DESIP.ES,wtCAN ALWAYS' SEND OUT YOUR COpy LATER WHEN THE PEAOERS ' HAVE ABSORBEO THIS ONE. PLEASE READ THIS REPORT WITH CRITICISM AND WRITE ME YOUR OPINION I~EDIATELY~ ALSO,' TOMMI, IF YOU WANT ADDITIONAL COPIES or THIS REPORT PLE AstLET t.£ KNOW AND I NO I CATE THE NureER DESIRED. RESPE'r.TF,ULL Y 'SUBM 1 TlEO ~ WILL lAM R. LASH TEMPORARY SECRETARY, NATIONAL COUNCIL Or SKI INSTRUCTORS Of AMERICA • MR. J. K. SMITH, JR. WEST YELLOWSTONE MONTANA DEAR K.: 874 EAST SOUTH TEMPLE STREET SALT LAKE CITY 2, UTAH JUL Y 1 0, 1 952 THE PROBLEM OF THE PLAN OF NATIONAL CERTIFICATION WHICH I WROTE TO YOU ABOUT IN MAY AND YOU GAVE ME AN OPINION ON JUNE 4, HAS BEEN A REAL HEADACHE FORME. AT THE NATIONAL CONVENTION I ATTENDED A COMMITTEE THAT DISCUSSED THE PROBLEM OF NATIONAL CERTIFICATION. THE REPORT WHICH FOLLOWS IS THE RESULT OF THIS MEETING. THIS REPORT WAS ALSO TO INCLUDE THE PROGRESS OF CERTIFICATION AND THE INDEPENDENT INSTRUCTORS' GROUPS IN THE UNITED ~,TATES. IT IS NOW SUBMITTED FOR YOUR APPROVAL. BEFORE YOU START THE TEDIOUS JOB OF READING THE REPORT, I WOULD LIKE TO EXPLAIN THE SITUATION TO YOU. FIRST, THE NATIONAL SKI ASSOCIATION DOES NOT WANT TO CONTROL THE SKI TEACHING PROFESSION. HOWEVER, THE SKIING PUBLIC OF THIS COUNTRY IS DEMANDING THAT SOMEONE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS SITUATION OF A DIFFERENT CERTIFICATION IN EACH DIVISION AND NO CORRELATION BETWEEN. SECOND, MOST PEOPLE IN THE NATIONAL DO NOT WANT TO SEE A NATIONAL UNIFIED TECHNIQUE, BUT THEY DO WANT TO SEE THE CERTIFICATION PROCESS STANDARDIZED. THAT MEANS THAT THERE WOULD NOT BE A STANDARDIZA-TION OF TECHNIQUE BUT THERE WOULD BE ON SKIING ABILITY, PRESENTATION, DEMONSTRATION, CLASS CONTROL AND DIAGNOSIS. THE FACT IS THAT THE NATIONAL HAS GIVEN THE TEACHERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS THEIR OPINION AND IDEAS. THEY HAVE GIVEN US A FREE HAND TO AFFILIATE OUR ASSOCIATIONS AND TO COORDI-NATE OUR LINES OF COMMUNICATIONS. THIS REPORT IS ON~Y A PROPOSAL FOR A NATIONAL AFFILIATION WITH DIVISIONAL CONTROL THAT WILL ENABLE US, THE TEACHERS OF THIS COUNTRY, TO WORK WITH THE AMATEURS TOWARDS SOME METHOD OF BETTERING OUR PROFESSION AND THE SERVICE RENDERED TO OUR CLIENTEL. THIS IS ALL EXPLAINED IN THE REPORT. 2 J .. K. SMITH, JR. JULY 10, 1952 I APPOINTED YOU TO BE ON THE TEMPORARY NATIONAL COUNCIL. THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOU WILL HAVE TO ENGAGE YOURSELF IN A LOT OF DETAILED WORK; BUT IT DOES MEAN THAT YOU WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS YOUR OPINIONS AND OFFER YOUR CRITICISMS. THE NATIONAL COUNCIL IS COMPOSED OF SOME INFLUENTIAL INDIVIDUALS IN THE SKI WORLD. THER~FORE, ANY PLAN THAT WE EMBARK UPON SHOULD BE REPRESENTED BY PEOPLE LIKE YOU. IF WE F41L NOW, IT IS OUR OWN FAULT AND WE CERTAINLY DESERVE TO HAVE THE NATIONAL INTERVENE WITH SOCIALISM -- AS YOU SAy. REMEf\1BERK, THAT YOU AND I NOW HAVE AN O[)F)OI<TUNITY TO DE-VELOP A PLAN OF NATIONAL AFFILIATION THAT WILL BE A TRIBUTE TO OUR PROFESSION. THIS REPORT IS NOT GOING TO BE THE LAW; IT IS TO BE OUR WORKING PLAN FOR DISCUSSION. PLEASE GIVE IT YOUR ATTENTION; I REALIZE THAT YOU ARE BUSY, SO TAKE YOUP TIME ON IT. I DO WANT YOUR OPINION BECAUSE YOUR IDEAS ARE SOUND AND YOUR CRITICISMS CONSTRUCTIVE. YOU HAVE HAD A GOOD DEAL OF EXPERIENCE IN SKIING K., SO WHY NOT LET SOME OF THE OTHER TEACHERS BENEFIT BY THAT. e~BMITTED' WILLIAM R. LASH TEMPORARY SECRETARY, NATIONAL COUNCIL OF SKI INSTRUCTORS OF AMERICA |
