Miscellaneous

AP_Misc1971_Part5

S 1\1 0 \" KIN G SKI S C H 0 0 l Nov. 30 I 1971 STUDY AND INTENTION [From not8s on lecture by L. Ron Hubbard Aug. 18, 1966] Teaching is an easy field for suppression. the student needs and wants to asslmulate. the ski slope re~uires that he handle its Text books rarely relay the material He is given the 'correct' method whi Ie conditions. Customari Iy the student is supposed to be very impressed by al I the data on the subject despite the fact that I ittle of It is important for him. The school with the most difficult exam does not produce the best or most learnbd students. Exams typical Iy re~uire the 'c8rrect' method and overlook practical application. Teachers tend to assume that the student knows \"hat he is going to do wi th the material. Sooner or later we must ask ourselves, "Is this really helping the student to ski? Is the subject ethical?" \::e must obset~ve what the student does with the material given him. Much material is given about bad habits, disasters, what not to do,and less about h~v to succeed and enjoy it. Hence the student finds the disasters rather than success in prBctice. This is a suppressive rendition of the su~ject. Our minds are dangerously susceptible to this type of suppression. Disaster mongers Insert al I that can go wrong and make the subject so frightentlng, thA student doesn't dare try it or does so with great reservation. Even those v~o have ext ens i ve exper I ence become prone to such fears If,then ac tuc: I I Y It cou I d never be that bad. In genera! dunger~ of much magnitude can be handled by very obvious actions or cornman handling rather than special, obscSe, or impossible skills. It's good to know Jacts ubout dans}ers and how to handle them, but not to dev!11 on them. Those "ho have been taught suppressively often bring such concepts with them when they study unsuppressive material. Thus most students study for examination not for the subjects uSe or ,"hat he \d II do with it. Yhls is the reason for fai lure and departure from the profeSsion after certific~tion. A suppressive study can be studied to be passed but can not be appl led. Text books also tend to be written such that only an expert can understand tho first sentences. TeGchers tE?nd to fa I lov..; the same procedure. .'E necessar i I Y 00 beyond the common engl ish language I!!hen \./e try to unc'2r-stand and define unkno\'.'n$. So neVi terms are inevi table I f progress is to occur. "~Ie have to createv.'ords as they are needed to express ne~ conceQts not covered in language thus far. ~'~ su:fsr for lack of a dictionary on our subject. "e COLI I d make L'9 a sk i techn i ue 1 n great deta II, create undef i ned ';"ords to express its concepts, teach It, and have students pass tough exams on it and the ~hole thing sti II be impractical enough to be useless. Study this techni(;ue 'or <.lprlication and everythin9 that doesn't aaply, 1,;8'ould i,uestlon ~nd clarify. Terms would cease to be understood only vaguelY or misunder­stood entirely. I f you had a frame of mind that makes you try to apply everything you study I you' I I get to be c pro. "'e need to be able to correct our O':!n misunderstandings. This is possible only throu9h appl ication. }\sk yoursel f, "Does this materl"j ampl j fy my understE::ndin~j? Does it have ;::p~iicction? Ho',! can I apply this?" If negative ansv','ers result, the matet-ie:! is either suppressive or misunderstood. Thus ',va must accurately define '/,'h"1t cem be oppl ied '::I:d discard "'hat cun't. '~at is the intention of the student in the study? To study for exam Is complete fo I I y! That has noth i ng to do "'i th app I i cat ion. Hence] I I exams must concern on I y application. School~ 'Forms' [Demonstration or finished final] are nearly impossible for even the pros to perform correctly. Th~t is pretty heavy suppression in itself. "hat must it be like fOI- students? Our schools knO\'.' th£::t the bright students dro~ out but don't understand ':',hy. ,t is thdt they are not given l,'.lhat they c,:n cqply end tllet is \:hDt fhey \iant. Teke the cut-ve out of this touching and there \','111 be more use mcde of school;;. ?resent the mDterial uS it '.I(]S researchsd ene' I:.?i::ve out tho vi;.;s c,nd "dditions.'hat works work::l. 'Jh")t doesn'j', doesn't. Students kno':' this. :.:ven concentrotion on dan~lers wi II only bring thern beck for a "hi Ie before they 01vo it u') or find it is just not so. PerhEJps in conclusion \.'e should note i-h~:t the ','(ilel- \ho re:)resr..;nts til::; subject so ;::s to be used, is usUc'l I y rJrrnncd. HO'.1 ml:ch e<:~s i '2r it is to rHlc i n unh?ul-d. "illi;:YI1 Cri<;ss, )irecTor ---------- FROM ~ ~l INSTRUCTOR TO INSTRUCTOR -------November 1971-------- Aspen Weekend Thanks to the organizational efforts of Larry Mullin, Bill Burgess, Craig Jacobie, and Bill Lacouter" the 1971 Seminar in Aspen was one of the most informative and enjoyable annual meetings ever attended by a record 300 members. In addition to the usual seminars, guest speakers John Fry of Skiing Magazine and Pete Wingle of the U.S. Forest Service participated, and for the first time representatives of various ski manufacturers were on hand with their equipment to discuss, advise, take orders, and sell: in short, a firsthand opportunity to pick out your equipment for the winter! After retiring President Mark Addison opened the seminar Saturday morning, John Fry spoke on "The American Ski Instructor." This was followed by an open forum on the topic "What's in the future for instructors?" with panel members Bill Burgess, moderator, John Fry, Max Dercum, and Ken Zimmerman. After lunch, seminar sessions began. Pierre Lucot, former Rossignol rep and presently with Basque Sports in Boulder, gave an excellent demonstration and lecture on ski care and maintenance. A panel consisting of Ron Krenzel, Rolf Dercum, Bill Duddy, Ken Zimmerman, and Bill Clark fielded questions on the Graduated Length Method-and here some interesting discussions ensued! "Modern Ski, Boot, and Equipment Manufacture" was the title for a discussion group headed by Bob Kendall (Lange Company), Bob Brown (Wolverine World Wide), Jim Griffin (K-2), and Blaise Colt (Hanson Boot). One of the most significant comments here was Roby Albouy's opinion that we, as professional ski teachers, must have a solid foundation of knowledge of the many types of ski equipment on the market and their individual characteristics in order to advise our students. Mark Addison, Duane Roehling, Robel Straubhaar, and Horst Abraham clH!haired a group discussing "RMSIA­Where are we going? What are we doing?" Mark feels that RMSIA must set a course to benefit the member, and that we should look upon certification as a beginning rather than an end. Robel talked about certification and answered some sticky questions. Horst Abraham gave us a view of the technical revolution already under way in ski instruction. Saturday evening was everyone's "night on the town" - and what better place than Aspen? Most ended up at the Aspen Inn where such notables as the infamous Lacouter brothers, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Gagne, Bob Kendal, Bob Brown, and many others danced to the blasting of a rock band! The South Shall Rise Again In an overwhelming power play from the Southern District, Duane Roehling of Los Alamos was elected RMSIA president "-atilt 8tH Burgess of Angel Fire vice-president. Seriously though, we are lucky to have these two fine, dedicated members to serve us for the coming year. Duane Roehling, 38, ski school director at Los Alamos (thirty miles west of Santa Fe), is married and the father of three girls. A physicist at the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, Duane has served the past as chairman of Long Range Planning for RMSIA and also on the Methods Committee. Out of ten ski instructors at Los Alamos, an impressive nine are certified. Duane feels that we must consciously plan for the future of our ski instructors' organization in order to keep up with change in methods, technology, and education. He is also particularly interested in establishing better communicaion with the smaller ski schools. A man of humor and many talents, Bill Burgess, 34, is the ski school director at Angel Fire. He is also the promotion director for their 2500 acre real estate development, a commercial artist, and a debonair bachelor. Bill has taught skiing for the past fourteen seasons, and was named Honor Graduate from the U.S. Army Cold Weather and Mountain School in Alaska. He has been a full time ski teacher since 1960 and joined RMSIA in 1966. Both men have proven themselves to be fully capable of keeping the momentum of the past administration going in a progressive manner. Bill Burgess and Duane Roehling discuss tactics at Summer BOD Meeting in Vail. other New BOD Members Don Welch, of Vail, was elected to the BOD as the member­at- large. The response from the membership showed that they are interested in who represents them. Tom Long was elected as representative from the southern district; Mike Lorton of Winter Park will represent the front range; Ron Krenzel was elected to fill Tom Patterson's unexpired term; and Big Brother Bill Lacouter decided to let Scooter try his hand with the BOD. In his last speech to the membership, Mark Addison expressed great hopes for the future of the RMSIA. With a progressive board of directors, it will be easy. Technical Talk Horst Abraham, RMSIA's technical vice-president, is writing a new manual which is to become the Vail Ski School manual, the future RMSIA manual, and the draft for a new PSIA manual. He attended a meeting last spring in Germany of the International Ski Instructors' Association (RMSIA dues make you automatically a member), and feels that it was difficult to acomplish much because so many established personalities and methods were involved. We are more flexible, he thinks, and so why not "start the revolution from here!" Basic principles will be re-structured to two or three basic skills, the stem turn will be eliminated, and a "basic christy" will become the early goal. Wide Track will definitely be a tool. Horst stresses his need for lots of feedback and new thoughts, so do not hesitate to contact him: Horst Abraham c-o Vail Ski School Vail, Colorado 81657 Insurance PrograID Your Board of Directors recently adopted a Group Term Life and Hospital Major Medical program. This was presented at the annual meeting in Aspen. Applications were available there, but you will also be receiving more information in a direct mailing soon. For further information, contact: L.H. "Tommy" Thompson, CLU 2037 - 13th Street, Suite 8 Boulder, Colorado 80302 Ski Instructors Wanted A job opportunity exists for two certified people with at least one year's teaching experience at Wolf Laurel, a ski area in Mars Hill, North Carolina. The guarantee is $300 per month, free accommodation and meals, with 40 percent of regular classes plus 40 percent of private lessons. For more information, contact: Fred Tappin, Ski School Director Wolf Laurel Big Bald Mountain Mars Hill, North Carolina 28754 PH. 704-689-5071 1971-72 Certification Candidates for certification this season will still be examined on the black manual of the RMSIA Ski System, but there is now an additional page to be inserted. Obtain this from the Executive Secretary, P.O. Box 4, Steamboat Springs, Colorado 80477. Although the certification committee feels that it is mainly the ski school's job to train their instructors for certification, extra training clinics will be held this year at Winter Park and Sante Fe. RMSIA examiners will clinic interested instructors and this is an excellent opportunity for those from smaller ski schols who may normally lack the accessibiltiy of an examiner or other qualified person to train them .. Another innovation this winter is an examination for those wishing to become apprentice examiners. ,The application deadline was October 31st and the test will take place November 14th at Vail. Don't Forget ... that all interested instructors are invited to watch the demonstration of the 1972 exam skiing maneuvers and to participate in the workshops following the demonstrations at Vail on November 18th at 10:00 AM. See a Pro Jon Hanson of the Colle and McVoy Advertizing Agency is doing an excellent job of promoting the PSIA. Jon, a former ski school director at Red Lodge, Montana, knows what skiing and advertizing are all about. You may see such ads as this one used as fillers in many leading magazines, and know that Jon has been successful in twisting another arm. Future RMSIA Memebrs A recent letter from California states that Fort Ord isn't the place you would expect a great skier to be born, but John Hendryson, former assistant director at' Lake Eldora and then Powderhorn, said that his son Shane has all the makings of a great instructor: great moves, balance, acented speech, and a tremendous capacity for drink. Anyway, he tells us Shane Gault was born Septmeber 10th at Fort Ord where John is paying his dues. Shane's mother is Sue Church Hendryson, who is also an RMSIA member. It is their second child. Bob Dorf, Supervisor at Vail, reports that a mini schusser has joined his family. Bob's wife Patti presented him with the tax deduction September 29th and informed him that her name was Heather Lynn. Bob says she will only be available for private lessons this winter on a limited basis. INSTRUCTOR TO INSTRUCTOR is a publication for members of the Rocky Mountain Ski Instructors Assn. of the Rocky Mountain Division of the United States Ski Assn. Edited by Bob Dorf, Box 322, Vail, Colo. Executive Secretary Rudi Schnackenberg, P. O. Box 4, Steamboat Springs, Colo. 80477. Sue Duddy, Vail, CO., contributing editor. . . · . " .... ~. - ' 'f<~ . o , , .~. ~ ~·'f . ...!. ,-. ......... ~ .,..,.;.·. lf . '- , _." Ap 'lSIA CLINIC was held at Snow Badn fol"' the Earl Miller -: .... sJd'·Schoot' on December 19. 1971. ~ '- ~I, .,".,., '~.," ~:: . .: '. ;~ '.~ :. . .... ~. V' .• ' ... . ".,', t, '.~ .. .. ' : \~. r Thefelinic va8 eonducted by Lou Lorenz ~th the assistanee of Biu n~akin8. Marv casey, Al Ellis and ~t8.rk ParJdnson. 55 ~ ~ :~ ~le attended the clinic and of the 55;' 41 ' .'ere r.egistered , , - ,,1!th the Association at the clinic. , :;:~ ~ .l,',: ··..'..... . X;'f·;· ·· I • . :, ,:j ' . . ~~J/. " ~ - , ~ TotAl elq)ensea alllounted to $202.50. $101..2 5 of l-1hich will be , Pdcl by the Hiller Ski School leAving a .~ expense to the A •• Ociation of $101.25. f II ' l:: " q,: ~ ,', , " .. ~, i '.1 , r A,praisal: Clinie participants ware inquisitive and the clinic was "a suceeS8. · r, ; v. ..... ,1; • • ~ . " ',: \ ; ' .:.: ,. ' .~..: " - l:Y: , " --' ! .! . J ...... 1;. ~ - , ~. ~ , ..( , , - .'.- · J. " .... ' ',I :. : .'~ . , ,.,' ' l .i · . ~., " f· , .' ~ ,~ ' .. ~ ,.};.:,:- , ' " ,"" . '.' ,. :~: :'1 . ,~ , " !.~. " . : ..... ," , , " ,. .•. ,.' ~ ' ;:. ..... . r .... ~ --- -------------~ ~~ Vagabond SPOI" Phone [phone] Customer's Order No. Sold To Address 2J1J Pttdeys Wtty SIIIt lfJke Cify, VIIIII ''f101 SOld,_BY'I"T' tx C.O.D. CharQe On Acct. Mdse. Ret. Pd. Out I 1====7======== DESCRIPTION PRICE TAX TtiANI\ ""-()U Please keep this copy for reference. TOTA No. 00566Rec'd by UARca INC. ----~~------------------------ TinED SKJ Tb\Cl.JEH r. s. 1. A. INTERMOUNTAIN SKI INSTRUCTORS ASSOCIATION December 30, 1971 Mr. Edwin J. Pond 428 South Main Street Salt Lake City, Utah 84101 Dear Ed: One of the biggest things I regret aside from baving to give up the job as President of I.S.I.A. is the fact that the burden of running I.S.I.A. has fallen on your shoulders. This bothers me a great deal, and it was one of the main stumbling blocks in my decision to resign. I would like to apologize for pulling the rug, but it was absolutely necessary that I resign when I did. Ever since the election in Burley when I was elected President and you accepted the job as Secretary, I have had a great deal of respect and admiration for you, and this has grown since that time. Your help during my year and a half has been tremendous, and I would like you to know that I sincerely appreciate everything you have done. I am only sorry that I had to thsnk you by resigning and leaving you with the burden. After giving the re-election situation some thought, I feel that since you are running the organization, you should be elected President as soon as possible. If it is your desire not to continue, then in the Spring, the B.O.D. can have an election. It would be my recommendation, then, to hold a B.O.D. meeting as soon as possible. Ny interest in the Association and my desire to be part of it remain. I have a sincere interest in helping, and I enjoy wod.ing with you, Fred, Lou, and the rest of the B.O.D. I hope that I can contribute in some way, and I also hope that you won't hesitate to ask for my help. I would like to wish you luck and success in running the Association, and I will do everything I can to support and help you. Sincerely, -</l (i0{P Clark T. Parkinson CTP: ld CEllnFIED SKI TEACHER I. S. I. A . BY-LAWS OF INTERMOUNTAIN SKI INSTRUCTORS ASSOCIATION TABLE OF CONTENTS Page ARTICLE I. OFFICE.......... . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 ARTICLE II. MEMBERSHIP 1 Section 1. Classification ........................... 1 A. Voting ....................... 10. IO •••••••••• IO. 1 B. Non-voting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1. Retired................................. 2 2. Honorary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 2 3. Registered Apprentices .•....•••...•.•.•. 3 Section 2. Annual Meetings ...........•.............. 3 Section 3. Special Meetings ........•......•....•.... 3 ARTICLE III. BOARD OF DIRECTORS.......................... 4 Section 1. Section 2. Section 3. Section 4. Section 5. Section 6. Section 7. Section 8. Section 9. Section 10. General Powers ...... " ... ................. . Number, Tenure and Qualifications ...•.... Vacancies .................................. . Regular Meetings ........................ . Special Meetings ........................ . Qt10 r\JIIl. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Manne r 0 f Ac t i ng .•....•.•.•.•..•.•••..... Removals ................................ . Compensation ............................ . Chai nnan ............................... . 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 ARTICLE IV. EXECUTIVE OFFICERS ••••••.•••••..••....•••..•• 6 Sec t ion 1. NlJ[tibe r. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . 6 Section 2. Election and Term of Office.............. 7 Section 3. President................................ 7 Section 4. Certification Vice President ••••••••...•• 7 Section 5. Technical Vice President ••...•••••••....• 7 Section 6. Administrative Vice President ••..••..•..• 8 Sectbn 7. Communications Vice President ............ 8 Section 8. Advisory Councils ........................ 8 A. Ski School Directors ••••••••••••••••.•••.••. 8 B. Past Presidents .••••.•...................... 8 Section 9. Division Functions................. • . • • • • 8 Page ARTICLE V. C£RTIFICATION. • • • • • • • • • • • • . • • . • . . • • • • • • • . • • • • • 9 ARTICLE VI. ETHICS. • . . • • • • • . . . • • • • • . • . . • . . . . . . • • • . • . • . . .• 10 Section 1. Section 2. Section 3. Rights and Privileges .•...•.••••..•••...• 10 Expulsion •••••••.••.•.•.•.•.•••.•....•.•• 10 Procedure •••.•....•..•.•.....•...••....•• 10 ARTICLE VII. WAIVER OF NOTICE ••••••......•••••.....•.•••. 12 ARTICLE VIII. AMENDMENTS ••..•••.••.•••••...••••...•..•••. 12 ARTICLE IX. FISCAL yEAR •••.•••...............•..•.••.•.•. 12 ARTICLE X. DUES. • . . . . . • . • . . . • • . • . • • . • . . • . . . • • • • • . • . . . . • •• 13 ARTICLE XI. CONTRACTS, LOANS, CHECKS AND DEPOSITS •••..••• 13 Section 1. Section 2. Section 3. Section 4. Contracts. • . . • • . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . • . . . • • •• 13 Loans .••••.•........•....•.....•.•.•.•... 13 Deposits •.......................•••....•• 14 Checks and Drafts .•................••.••. 14 ( ( «( ( «( BY-LAWS OF INTERMOUNTAIN SKI INSTRUCTORS ASSOCIATION ARTICLE I OFFICE The Board of Directors shall designate and the Association shall maintain a principal office. The location of the principal office may be changed by the Board of Directors. The Association may also have offices in such other places as the Board may from time to time designate. shall be: The location of the principal office of the Association 7234 Jonathon Circle Salt Lake City, Utah 84121 ARTICLE II MEMBERSHIP Section I. Classification A. Voting. In order to attain a voting membership in this Association, a person shall have passed the requirements for Cer­tified Ski Instructor or Associate Ski Instructor as provided by the Certification Policy; or hold the rating of Certified Ski Instructor, and be a member in good standing in any of the recognized professional ski instructors' organizations, and have paid the current I.S.I.A. dues, and/or initiation fee as required by the current policy. The yearly (2) maintenance of said active voting membership is dependent upon said instructor having taught a minimum of twenty (20) hours of ski in­struction in the season next preceeding the current season, payment of the current dues and attendance at a recognized clinic every two years. A default by said instructor in any of the aforementioned requirements shall be grounds for expulsion from the Association. B. Non-voting 1. Retired. There shall be a Retired status for members 'who are Certified or Associate Ski Instructors, who by application to the Board of Directors request Retired status. Retired members will be entitled to wear a badge that will so designate the word "Retired", ( ( and will be issued a membership card bearing the word "Retired". Re- ( tired members shall be allowed to attend all functions of the Association. ~ Retired members will pay annual dues of one-half (1/2) of the regular dues rate for voting members. Retired members will not be eligible to hold office in the Associatioh. To obtain active status again, Retired members must recertify. 2. Honorary. The Board of Directors shall have the auth-ority to bestow Honorary Membership upon any person or persons that have performed a deserving service to the sport of skiing and/or to the pro­fession of ski instruction. Such Honorary members shall be allowed to attend all functions of the Association, and to receive all Association publications. Honorary members shall not be required to pay dues, how­ever, they shall not be allowed to be an officer of the Association. Such individuals, designated by Resolution of the Board, shall receive ( 1« (3) from the Association a badge and card designating their honored status. 3. Registered Apprentices. Individuals desiring to become Certified Ski Instructors, and who are sponsored by a recognized Ski School Director may obtain a Registered Apprentice status with the Association by proper registration and payment of current I.S.I.A. dues. Such Registered Apprentices shall then be entitled to receive all publications of the Association and to attend all meetings of said Association, however, such registered status will not qualify said individuals to hold any office in the Association. Section 2. Annual Meetings. The Association shall hold an Annual Meeting of its members at a place and hour to be determined by a majority vote of the members at a preceeding Annual Meeting. If no such determination is made, the time, place and hour shall be determined by the Board of Directors. Written notice of the time, place and hour of such meeting shall be given by mail or telegraph to each n,ember at least ten (10) days prior to the day thereof. The presence of a major­ity of the members, or twenty five (25) members (whichever shall be the smaller) shall constitute a quorum at any Annual Meeting. The presence of a majority of said quorum being present shall be necessary in order to conduct the business of the said meeting. Section 3. Special Meetings. Special Meetings of the members may be called at any time by the President or a majority of the Board of Directors. Written notice of such meeting stating the place, date and hour of the meeting, the purpose or purposes for which it is called, and the name of the person by whom or at whose drrection it was (4) called shall be given. No business other than that specified in the notice of the meeting shall be transacted at any such special meeting. ARTICLE III BOARD OF DIRECTORS Section I. General Powers. The business and affairs of the Association shall be managed by its Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may adopt such rules and regulations for the conduct of their meetings and the management of the Association as they deem proper. Section 2. Number, Tenure and Qualifications. The number of Directors of the Association shall be fifteen (15) as provided for in the Articles of Incorporation. Each Director shall hold office for a term of three (3) years and until his successor is elected and qualif­ied, and shall be eligible for re-election. The terms of the Directors shall be arranged so that five (5) Directors shall be elected to a thre{ (3) year term each year. Any member of this Association who is an Assoc­iate or Certified Ski Instructor in good standing with this Association shall be eligible and qualified to become a member of the Board of Directors, providing that not more than twenty-five (25) percent of the Board of Directors at anyone time may be Associate Ski Instructors. Directors shall be elected by the members that are eligible to vote as determined by these By-laws. Section 3. Vacancies. A vacancy in the Board of Directors shall be deemed to- exist in the case of death, resignation, or the re­moval for cause of any Director. Such vacancies, occurring between t \ , \ , , (5) the Annual Meetings shall be filled by a vote of the majority of the Board in a Special Meeting called for the purpose of filling the vac-ancy. Section 4. Regular Meetings. A regular meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held without the necessity of notice and within two days of and at the same place as the Annual Meeting of the members. The Board of Directors may provide by Resolution the time and place for the holding of additional regular meetings without other notice than -this Resolution. Section 5. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the order of the President, or by one­third (1/3) of the Directors. Notice of the time place and purpose or purposes of each special meeting shall be given by the Administrative Vice President by mailing the same, or by telephoning or telegraphing the same at least five (5) days before which the meeting is to be held. Notice need not be given if waived by the Board members in writing, or if he be present at the meeting. Section 6. Quorum. A majority of the members of the Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but less than a quorum may adjourn any meeting from time to time until a quorum shall be present whereupon, the meeting shall be held as ad­journed without further notice. At any meeting at which every Director shall be present, even though without any notice, any business may be transacted. Section 7. Manner of Acting. At all meetings of the Board of Directors, each Director shall have one vote. The act of a majority (6) present at the meetlng shall be an act of thp. Board of Directors, unless provided otherwise by these By-laws, provided a quorum is present. Section 8. Removals. Directors may be removed for cause only at any time by a vote of two-thirds (2/3) majority of the Board of Dir­ectors. Such vacancy shall be filled by the Directors then in office, to hold office until the next annual meeting or until his successor is duly elected and qualified. The Board shall also have the authority to remove any of the other officers that it has the authority to elect or appoint upon sufficient cause as determined by a majority of the Board. Section 9. Compensation. By resolution of the Board of Dir­ectors, the Directors and other officers as determined by the Board, may be paid their expenses, if any, for attendance at each meeting of the ( y Board of Directors. Section 10. Chairman. The President of the Association shall ( ( ~rve as Chairman of the Board of Directors, and shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed at time to time by the Board of Directors. As Chairman, the President may only vote in the event of a tie. ARTICLE IV EXECUTIVE OFFICERS Section I. Number. The officers of the Association shall be a President, a Certification Vice President, a Technical Vice President, an Administrative Vice President, and a Communications Vice President. Such other officers as deemed necessary may be elected or appointed by ( I( (7) the Board of Directors. In its discretion, the Board of Directors may leave unfilled, for any such period as it may determine, any office ex­cept those of President and Certification Vice President. Section 2. Election and Term of Office. The officers of the Association shall serve for terms of one (1) year. Officers may succeed themselves in office, however, the President shall be limited to three (3) consecutive one (1) year terms. The President shall be elected by -the Board of Directors, and the elected President shall nominate and the Board approve other officers of the Association. Each officer thus elected shall hold office until his successor shall have been duly elec­ted and shall have qualified, or until his death, or until he shall re­sign, or shall have been removed in any manner herein provided. Section 3. President. The President who shall be a fully Certified Ski Instructor and a member of the Board of Directors shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Association. He shall preside at all meetings of the Association, and he shall be the Chairman of the Board of Directors. The President shall be responsible to the Board of Dir­ectors for the management of the Association and shall be deemed to have those executive powers necessary to effect that management. Section 4. Certification Vice President. The Certification Vice President shall be a fully certified member of the Association, and it shall be his duty to direct the Associations' certification policy. Section S. Technical Vice President. The Technical Vice President shall be a fully certified member of the Association, and it shall be his responsibility to direct the Associations' technical func­tions. (8) Section 6. Administrative Vice President. The Administrative Vice President shall assume all the duties of the President when the President is absent, incapacitated or ineligible for the office, and shall serve as the acting President until the President returns or un­til the vacancy is filled as provided in the By-laws. The Administrative Vice President shall also be responsible for the general administration of the Association. The Administrative Vice President shall supervise the office of the Executive Secretary which shall be responsible for the logistic support of the Associations' functions. Section 7. Communications Vice President. It shall be the responsibility of the Communications Vice President to direct the Assoc-iations' communications. Section 8. Advisory Councils. A. Ski School Directors. All member Ski School Direc-tors within the territorial limits of I.S.I.A. shall have membership on this council. It shall be the duty of this council to advise the Board of Directors on matters concerning the Association as they relate to the various ski schools. The Directors shall appoint from their membership, a Chairman who shall serve at the pleasure of the council. B. Past Presidents. Every past President of I.S.I.A. shall be a member of the Past Presidents' Council. It shall be the duty of this council to advise the Board of Directors on policy consideration. ~ \ The members shall appoint from their membership a Chairman who shall serve at the pleasure of the council. Section 9. Division Functions. Each of the aforementioned \ l( Ii( (9) four divisions of I.S.I.A., Certification, Technical, Administrative and Communications shall have those functions assigned to said division as determined by the Board of Directors. Each Division Vice President shall have the responsibility to nominate for Board approval the Com­mittee Chairmen or Department Heads necessary to accomplish the assign­ments delegated to him by the President. Each Chairman or Department Head .thus approved by the Board shall have the responsibility to select those individuals that will be required to accomplish his assigned task. Said selections by Chairmen and Department Heads are subject to approval of appropriate Division Vice Presidents. ARTICLE V CERTIFICATION The Association shall have the power, and it shall be the duty 'ilf the CertificatiuD '15 '-2 rrcsj_r!<,P~. 10 Oltanize allu administer a syste!!l for the certification and examinati on of 51:; instructors. Said systE'm shall be approved by the Board of Directors. Any changes in said sys­tem must be approved by the Board. From time to time the Certification Vice President shall report to the members of the Association and to the Board on the operation of the system, and he shall in any event make such report to each annual meeting of the Association. The Certification Vice President or his designee shall from time to time appoint an ex­amining Board to conduct certification examinations. No examiner shall use or permit the use of the fact that he is or has been appointed in connection with the advertising or publicity of any merchandise or any (10) service whatsoever. It is understood that the decision of the examiners appointed as herein provided shall be final with reference to any cer­tification, and that the certificates issued pursuant thereto will be granted and issued by the authority of the Intermountain Ski Instructors Association. The Association under the direction of the Certification Vice President shall have the power to own, opera~e, manage or conduct schools for the training and instruction of ski instructors. ARTICLE VI ETHICS Section I. Rights and Privileges. The rights and privileges of members in this Association pursuant to Article 6 of the Articles of Incorporation shall be subject to the procedures herein set forth. Section 2. Expulsion. Any member who is alleged to have intentionally deviated from the Code of Ethics set forth in sub-para­graph C of Article VI of the Articles of Incorporation shall be subject to expulsion from membership in this Association. Section 3. Procedure. An allegation of any members violation of the Code of Ethics shall be submitted to a member of the Ethics Com-mittee in writing, subscribed by a member making such allegation. There-upon, the Ethics Committee shall be called to regular session, and upon resolution of the majority of said committee, duly constituted, that there is good cause to proceed with a hearing, then a formal charge shall be made in the name of the organization, stating with particularity the alleged violation, and the written charge shall be served upon the (- c \. ( ( (11) member concerned by certified mail at his record address. The written charge shall set a time for hearing, not less than five or more than ten days after service aforesaid, stating the time and place for such hearing, and informing the charged member that he has the right to ap­pear and defend the allegations made. At the time designated for hearing aforesaid, the Ethics Com­mittee, duly constituted, shall hear and determine the merit of the allegations made, with due opportunity for the defending member to be heard; and the said Ethics Committee shall likewise hear and determine any allegation of prejudice within their committee, and provide for substitution upon the committee as may be necessary to maintain itself duly constituted. The Ethics Committee, upon due deliberation shall determine the merit of the allegations, and shall refer their findings, together with recommended disposition to the Governing Board in writing. The Governing Board, upon receiving the findings and recommen­dations aforesaid of the Ethics Committee, shall be authorized to invoke such discipline as the case shall warrant provided, however, that upon a recommendation of the Ethics Committee that the matter be dismissed, then the Governing Board shall forthwith dismiss the matter. The Gover­ning Board, duly constituted, shall by majority vote determine any ex­pulsion, and the member shall be advised in writing of such determination. No member subjected to expUlsion in the manner herein provided shall be eligible for reapplication to membership without the express approval of the Governing Board, duly constituted by majority Resolution. (12) ARTICLE VII WAIVER OF NOTICE Whenever any notice is required to be given to any member or Director of the corporation under the provisions of the By-laws, or under the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, or under the provisions of the Utah Non-profit Corporations Act, a waiver thereof in writing signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equiv­alent to the giving of such notice. Attendance at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meetings, except where attendance ~ is for the express purpose of objecting to the legality of that meeting. ( ARTICLE VIII AMENDMENTS These By-laws may be altered, amended, repealed, or new By-laws adopted by a majority 0: the entire Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting. Any By-law adopted by the Board may be repealed or changed by action of the members. ARTICLE IX FISCAL YEAR The fiscal year of the Association shall be fixed and may be varied by resolution of the Board of Directors. At present the fiscal year of the Association shall run from July 1st to June 30th. ( (13) ARTICLE X DUES Dues, fees "and fines will be fixed by the Board of Directors as the need arises. If any member of the Association shall become thirty (30) days delinquent in the payment of his dues or other charges, he shall be notified by the Administrative Vice President. If the account is not paid within sixty days of such notice, upon order of the Governing Board, his membership in the Association may be terminated and he shall be so notified. ARTICLE XI CONTRACTS, LOANS, CHECKS AND DEPOSITS Section I. Contracts. The Board of Directors may authorize any officer or officers, agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute and deliver any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the Association, and such authority may be general or confined to spec­ific instances. Section 2. Loans. No loan or advances shall be contracted on behalf of the Association, no negotiable paper or other evidence of its obligation under any loan or advance shall be issued in its name, and no property of the Association shall be mortgaged, pledged, hypoth~ ecated or transferred as security for the payment of any loan, advance, indebtedness of liability of the Association unless and except as auth­orized by the Board of Directors. Any such authorization may be general (14) or confined to specific instances. Section 3. Deposits. All funds of the Association not other­wise employed shall be deposited from time to time to the credit of the Association in such banks, trust companies or other depositories as the Board of Dir8ctors may select, or as may be selected by any officer or agent authorized to do so by the Board of Directors. Sec.tinn 4. Checks and Drafts. All notes, drafts, acceptances, checks, endorsements ane evidences of indebtedness of the Association shall be signed by sucr officer or officers or such agent or agents of the Association and in such manner as the Board of Directors from time to time may determine. Endorsements for deposit to the credit of the Association i~ ar.y of its duly authorized depositories shall be made in such manner as the Board of Directors from time to time may determine. These By-laws were dulv adopted by the Board of Directors of Intermountain Ski Instructors Association on December 3, 1971. Edwin J. Pond Administrative Vice President I.S.I.A. CER.nFIED SKI TEACHER I. s. I. A MiN BY-LAWS OF INTERMOUNTAIN SKI INSTRUCTORS ASSOCIATION TABLE OF CONTENTS Page ARTICLE I .. OFFICE................................................................................. 1 ARTICLE II. MEMBERSHIP 1 Section A. B. Section Section ARTICLE III. 1. Classification ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Voting •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Non-voting ............................................................. .. 1. Retired ............................................................ .. 2. Honorary •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 3. Registered Apprentices •••••••••••••••••• 2. Annual Meetings ................................................. .. 3. Special Meetings ••••••••••••••••••••••••• BOARD OF DIRECTORS •••••••••••••••••••••••••• 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 Section 1. Section 2. Section 3. Section 4. Section 5. Section 6. Section 7. Section 8. Section 9. Section 10. General Powers ............ · .................................... .. Number, Tenure and Qualifications •••••••• Vacancies ....................................................... .. Regular Meetings ••••••••••••••••••••••••• Special Meetings ••••••••••••••••••••••••• Q\J.Ort.ml ............................................................. . Manner of Acting ............ ! ............................. .. Removals ........................................................... .. Compensa tion ........................... ' .. ....................... .. Chai rm.an ........................................................... . 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 ARTICLE IV. EXECUTIVE OFFICERS ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 6 Section Section Section Section Section Section Section Section A. B. Section 1. NtDn.ber.......................................... 6 2. Election and Term of Office. ••••• •••• • • ... 7 3. Pres ident. . . • • . • • • .. • • • . . . • • • • • • • • • • . • • . . . 7 4. Certification Vice President ••••••••••••• 7 5. Technical Vice President ••••••••••••••••• 7 6. Administrative Vice President •••••••••••• 8 7. Communications Vice President ••••••••••••. 8 8. Advisory Councils ••••••.••••.•••••••••••• 8 Ski School Directors •••••••••••.••••••••••.• 8 Past Presidents .•••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 8 9. Division Functions ••••••••••••••••.•••••• 8 Page ARTICLE V. CERTIFICATION ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 9 ARTICLE VI. ETHICS. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . • • • • . • • . • •• 10 Section 1. Section 2. Section 3. Rights and Privileges •••••••••.•••••••••• 10 Expulsion •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 10 Procedure. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• 10 ARTICLE VII. WAIVER OF NOTICE •••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 12 ARTICLE VIII. AMENDMENTS ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 12 ARTICLE IX. FISCAL yEAR................ . • • • • • • • •• • • • • • • •• 12 ARTICLE X. DUES ••••••••••••••••••••••••.••••••••••••••••• 13 ARTICLE XI. CONTRACTS, LOANS, CHECKS AND DEPOSITS •••••••• 13 Section 1. Section 2. Section 3. Section 4. Contracts •••••••••••••••••••• ~ ••••••••••• 13 Loans •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 13 Deposits ••••.••.••••••••••••••••••••••••• 14 Checks and Drafts •••••••••••••••.•••••••• 14 BY-LAWS ~. INTERMOUNTAIN SKI INSTRUCTORS ASSOCIATION ARTICLE I OFFICE The Board of Directors shall designate and the Association shall maintain a principal office. The location of the principal office may be changed by the Board of Directors. The Association may also have offices in such other places as the Board may from time to time designate. shall be: The location of the principal office of the Association 7234 Jonathon Circle Salt Lake City, Utah 84121 ARTICLE II MEMBERSHIP Section I. Classification A. Voting. In order to attain a voting membership in this Association, a person shall have passed the requirements for Cer­tified Ski Instructor or Associate Ski Instructor as provided by the . Certification Policy; or hold the rating of Certified Ski Instructor, and be a member in good standing in any of the recognized professional ski instructors' organizations, and have paid the current I.S.I.A. dues; and/or initiation fee as required by the current policy. The yearly (2) maintenance of said active voting membership is dependent upon said instructor having taught a minimum of twenty (20) hours of ski in~ struction in the season next preceeding the current season, payment of the current dues and attendance at a recognized clinic every two years. A default by said instructor in any of the aforementioned requirements shall be grounds for expUlsion from the Association. B. Non-voting 1. Retired. There shall be a Retired status for members 'who are Certified or Associate Ski Instructors, who by application to the Board of Directors request Retired status. Retired members will be entitled to wear a badge that will so designate the word "Retired", and will be issued a membership card bearing the word "Retired". Re­tired members shall be allowed to attend all functions of the Association. Retired members will pay annual dues of one-half (1/2) of the regular dues rate for voting members. Retired members will not be eligible to hold office in the Association. To obtain active status again, Retired members must recertify. 2. Honorary. The Board of Directors shall have the auth­ority to bestow Honorary Membership upon any person or persons that have performed a deserving service to the sport of skiing and/or to the pro­fession of ski instruction. Such Honorary members shall be allowed to attend all functions of the Association, and to receive all Association publications. Honorary members shall not be required to pay dues, how­ever, they shall not be allowed to be an officer of the Association. Such individuals, designated by Resolution of the Board, shall receive (3) from the Association a badge and card designating their honored status. 3. Registered Apprentices. Individuals desiring to become Certified Ski Instructors, and who are sponsored by a recognized Ski School Director may obtain a Registered Apprentice status with the Association by proper registration and payment of current I.S.I.A. dues. Such Registered Apprentices shall then be entitled to receive all publications of the Association and to attend all meetings of said Association, however, such registered status will not qualify said individuals to hold any office in the Association. Section 2. Annual Meetings. The Association shall hold an Annual Meeting of its members at a place and hour to be determined by a majority vote of the members at a preceeding Annual Meeting. If no such determination is made, the time, place and hour shall be determined by the Board of Directors. Written notice of the time, place and hour of such meeting shall be given by mail or telegraph to each n~mber at least ten (10) days prior to the day thereof. The presence of a major­ity of the members, or twenty five (25) members (whichever shall be the smaller) shall constitute a quorum at any Annual Meeting. The presence of a majority of said quorum being present shall be necessary in order to conduct the business of the said meeting. Section 3. Special Meetings. Special Meetings·of the members may be called at any time by the President or a majority of the Board of Directors. Written notice of such meeting stating the place, date and hour of the meeting, the purpose or purposes for which it is called, and the name of the person by whom or at whose dkection it was (4) called shall be given. No business other ,than that specified in the notice of the meeting shall be transacted at any such special meeting. ARTICLE III BOARD OF DIRECTORS Section I. General Powers. The business and 'affairs of the Association shall be managed by its Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may adopt such rules and regulations for the conduct of their meetings and the management of the Association as they deem proper. Section 2. Number, Tenure and Qualifications. The number of Directors of the Association shall be fifteen (15) as provided for in the Articles of Incorporation. Each Director shall hold office for a term of three (3) years and until his successor is elected and qualif­ied, and shall be eligible for re-election. The terms of the Directors shall be arranged so that five (5) Directors shall be elected to a thret (3) year term each year. Any member of this Association who is an Assoc­iate or Certified Ski Instructor in good standing with this Association shall be eligible and qualified to become a member of the Board of Directors, providing that not more than twenty-five (25) percent of the Board of Directors at anyone time may be Associate Ski Instructors. Directors shall be elected by the members that are eligible to vote as determined by these By-laws. Section 3. Vacancies. A vacancy in the Board of Directors shall be deemed to exist in the case of death, resignation, or the re­moval for cause of any Director. Such vacancies, occurring between (5) the Annual Meetings shall be filled by a vote of the majority of the Board in a Special Meeting called for the purpose of filling the vac­ancy. Section 4. Regular Meetings. A regular meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held without the necessity of notice and within two days of and at the same place as the Annual Meeting of the members. The Board of Directors may provide by Resolution the time and place for the holding of additional regular meetings without other notice than this Resolution. Section 5. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the order of the President, or by one­third (1/3) of the Directors. Notice of the time place and purpose or purposes of each special meeting shall be given by the Administrative Vice President by mailing the same, or by telephoning or telegraphing the same at least five (5) days before which the meeting is to be held. Notice need not be given if waived by the Board members in writing, or if he be present at the meeting. Section 6. Quorum. A majority of the members of the Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but less than a quorum may adjourn any meeting from time to time until a quorum shall be present whereupon, the meeting shall be held as ad­journed without further notice. At any meeting at which every Director shall be present, even though without any notice, any business may be transacted. Section 7. Manner of Acting. At all meetings of the Board of Directors, each Director shall have one vote. The act of a majority (6) present at the meetlng shall be an act of thp. Board of Directors. ·unless provided otherwise by these By-laws. provided a quorum is present. Section 8. Removals. Directors may be removed for cause only at any time by a vote of two-thirds (2/3) majority of the Board of Dir­ectors. Such vacancy shall be fille~ by the Directors then in office. to hold office until the next annual meeting or until his successor is duly elected and qualified. The Board shall also have the authority to remove any of the other officers that it has the authority to elect or appoint upon sufficient cause as determined by a majority of the Board. Section 9. Compensation. By resolution of the Board of Dir­ectors. the Directors and other officers as determined by the Board. may be paid their expenses. if any. for attendance at each meeting of the' Board of Directors. Section 10. Chairman. The President of the Association shall serve as Chairman of the Board of Directors. and shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors. and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed at time to time by the Board of Directors. As Chairman, the President may only vote in the event of a tie. ARTICLE IV EXECUTIVE OFFICERS Section I. Number. The officers of the Association shall be a President. a Certification Vice President. a Technical Vice President. an Administrative Vice President. and a Communications Vice President. Such other officers as deemed necessary may be elected or appointed by (7) the Board of Directors. In its discretion, the Board of Directors may leave unfilled, for any such period as it may determine, any office ex­cept those of President and Certification Vice President. Section 2. Election and Term of Office. The officers of the Association shall serve for terms of one (1) year. Officers may succeed themselves in office, however, the President shall be limited to three (3) consecutive one (1) year terms. The President shall be elected by ·the Board of Directors, and the elected President shall nominate and the Board approve other officers of the Association. Each officer thus elected shall hold office until his successor shall have been duly elec­ted and shall have qualified, or until his death, or until he shall re­sign, or shall have been removed in any manner herein provided. Section 3. President. The President who shall be a fully Certified Ski Instructor and a member of .the Board of Directors shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Association. He shall preside at all meetings of the Association, and he shall be the Chairman of the Board of Directors. The President shall be responsible to the Board of Dir­ectors for the management of the Association and shall be deemed to have those executive powers necessary to effect that management. Section 4. Certification Vice President. The Certification Vice President shall be a fully certified member of the Association, and it shall be his duty to direct the Associations' certification policy. Section 5. Technical Vice President. The Technical Vice President shall be a fully certified member of the Association, and it shall be his responsibility to direct the Associations' technical func­tions. (8) Section 6. Adminiatrative Vice President. The Administrative Vice President shall assume all the duties of the President when the President is absent, in~citated or ineligible for the office, and shall serve as the acting President until the President returns or un­til the vacancy is filled as provided in the By-laws. The Administrative Vice President shall also be responsible for the general administration of the Association. The Administrative Vice President shall supervise the office of the Executive Secretary which shall be responsible for the logistic support of the Associations' functions. Section 7. Communications Vice President. It shall ~ the responsibility of the Communications Vice President to direct the Assoc­iations' communications. Section 8. Advisory Councils. A. Ski School Directors. All member Ski School Direc­tors within the territorial limits of I.S.I.A. shall have membership on this council. It shall be the duty of this council to advise the Board of Directors on matters concerning the Association as they relate to the various ski schools. The Directors shall appoint from their membership, a Chairman who shall serve at the pleasure of the council. B. Past Presidents. Every past President of I.S.I.A. shall be a member of the Past Presidents' Council. It shall be the duty of this council to advise the Board of Directors on policy consideration. The members shall appoint from their membership a Chairman who shall serve at the pleasure of the council. Section 9. Division Functions. Each of the aforementioned (9) four divisions of I.S.I.A., Certification, Technical, Administrative and Communications shall have those functions assigned to said division as determined by the.Board of Directors. Each Division Vice President shall have the responsibility to nominate for Board approval the Com­mittee Chairmen or Department Heads necessary to accomplish the assign­ments delegated to him by the President. Each Chairman or Department Head .thus approved by the Board shall have the responsibility to select those individuals that will be required to accomplish his assigned task. Said selections by Chairmen and Department Heads are subject to approval of appropriate Division Vice Presidents. ARTICLE V CERTIFICATION The Association shall have the power, and it shall be the duty Qf the Certification Vice Presirlent to organize and administer a system for the certification and examination of ski instructors. Said system shall be approved by the Board of Directors. Any changes in said sys­tem must be approved by the Board. From time to time the Certification Vice President shall report to the members of the Association and to the Board on the operation of the system, and he shall in any event make such report to each annual meeting of the Association. The Certification Vice President or his designee shall from time to time appoint an ex­amining Board to conduct certification examinations. No examiner shall use or permit the use of the fact that he is or has been appointed in connection with the advertising or publicity of any merchandise or any (10) service whatsoever. It is understood that the decision of the examiners appointed as herein provided shall be final with reference to any cer­tification, and that the certificates issued pursuant thereto will be granted and issued by the authority of the Intermountain Ski Instructors Association. The Association under the direction of the Certification Vice President shall have the power to own, opera~e, manage or conduct schools for the training and instruction of ski_ instructors. ARTICLE VI ETHICS Section I. Rights and Privileges. The rights and privileges of members in this Association pursuant to Article 6 of the Articles of Incorporation shall be subject to the procedures herein set forth. Section 2. Expulsion. Any member who is alleged to have intentionally deviated from the Code of Ethics set forth in sub-para­graph C of Article VI of the Articles of Incorporation shall be subject to expulsion from membership in this Association. Section 3. Procedure. An allegation of any members violation of the Code of Ethics shall be submitted to a member of the Ethics Com­mittee in writing, subscribed by a member making such alleg~tion. There­upon, the Ethics Committee shall be called to regular session, and upon resolution of the majority of said committee, duly constituted, that there is good cause to proceed with a hearing, then a formal charge shall be made in the name of the organization, stating with particularity the alleged violation, and the written charge shall be served upon the (11) member concerned by certified mail at his record address. The written charge shall set a time for hearing, not less than five or more than ten days after service aforesaid, stating the time and place for such hearing, and informi~g the charged member that he has the right to ap­pear and defend the allegations made. At the time designated for hearing aforesaid, the Ethics Com­mittee, duly constituted, shall hear and determine the merit of the allegations made, with due opportunity for the defending member to be heard; and the said Ethics Committee shall likewise hear and determine any allegation of prejudice within their committee, and provide for substitution upon the committee as may be necessary to maintain itself duly constituted. The Ethics Committee, upon due deliberation shall determine the merit of the allegations, and shall refer their findings, together with recommended disposition to the Governing Board in writing. The Governing Board, upon receiving the findings and recommen­dations aforesaid of the Ethics Committee, shall be authorized to invoke such discipline as the case shall warrant provided, however, that upon a recommendation of the Ethics Committee that the matter be dismissed, then the Governing Board shall forthwith dismiss the matter. The Gover­ning Board, duly constituted, shall by majority vote determine any ex­pulsion, and the member shall be advised in writing of such determination. No member subjected to expUlsion in the manner herein provided shall be eligible for reapplication to membership without the express approval of the Governing Board, duly constituted by majority Resolution. (12) ARTICLE VII WAIVER OF NOTICE Whenever any notice is required to be given to any member or Director of the corporation under the provisions of the By-laws,. or under the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, or under the provisions of the Utah Non-profit Corporations Act, a waiver thereof in writing signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equiv­alent to the giving of such notice. Attendance at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meetings, except where attendance is for the express purpose of objecting to the legality of that meeting. ARTICLE VIII AMENDMENTS These By-laws may be altered, amended, repealed, or new By-laws adopted by a majority of the entire Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting. Any By-law adopted by the Board may be repealed or changed by action of the members. ARTICLE IX FISCAL YEAR The fiscal year of the Association shall be fixed and may be varied by resolution of the Board of Directors. At present the fiscal year of the Association shall run from July 1st to June 30th. (13) ARTICLE X DUES Dues, fees 'and fines will be fixed by the Board of Directors as the need arises •. If any member of the Association shall become thirty (30) days delinquent in the payment of his dues or other charges, he shall be notified by the Administrative Vice President. If the account is not paid within sixty days of such notice, upon order of the Governing Board, his membership in the Association may be terminated and he shall be so notified. ARTICLE XI CONTRACTS, LOANS, CHECKS AND DEPOSITS Section I. Contracts. The Board of Directors may authorize any officer or officers, agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute and deliver any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the Association, and such authority may be general or confined to spec­ific instances. Section 2. Loans. No loan or advances shall be contracted on behalf of the Association, no negotiable paper or other evidence of its obligation under any loan or advance shall be issued in its name, and no property of the Association shall be mortgaged, pledged, hypoth­ecated or transferred as security for the payment of any loan, advance, indebtedness of liability of the Association unless and except as auth­orized by the Board of Directors. Any such authorization may be general (14) or confined to specific instances. Section 3. Deposits. All funds of the Association not other­wise employed shall be deposited from time to time to the credit of the Association in such banks, trust companies or other depositories as the Board of Directors may select, or as may be selected by any officer or agent authorized to do so by the Board of Directors. Sectinn 4. Checks and Drafts. All notes, drafts, acceptances, checks, endorsements and evidences of indebtedness of the Association shall be signed by such officer or officers or such agent or agents of the Association-and in such manner as the Board of Directors from time to time may determine. Endorsements for deposit to the credit of the Association i~ any of its duly authorized depositories shall be made in such manner as the Board of Directors from time to time may determine. These By-laws were dulY adopted by the Board of Directors of Intermountain Ski Instructors Association on December 3, 1971. Edwin J. Pond Administrative Vice President I.S.I.A. CHAMEER OF COMMERCE Park City, Utah S4060 Four Seasons :Resort T.ltphone(B01) 649·9117 To: ISlA BOARD OF DIRECTORS p. O. lIoz 7BB frou : 1>AVID CHAPLIN Ncwsl (; ttc!r Editor (CODil'llunications Cor.oltlltta e) Date: D]l;EHBER 3, 1971 REPORT FOR 1970 - 1971 Publications: FOUR EDITIONS OF THE ISlA NEWSLE'l'TER the ISlA PROMOTIONAL POSTER: "LOOK FOR THE BADGE" Events: Arrangements for the Exaainer's Clinic Dec.rAber, 1970 The ISlA Free Part1 at Solitude Februar1, 1971 This production was accomplished with the capable help and hard work ot the following committ •• m.abers~ R. 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THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF CENTRAL SKI INSTRUCTORS ASSOCIATION ~ ~\W1~[L~1f1f~[ffi ROUTE I, BOX 65, SLINGER, WISCONSIN 53086, PHONE [phone] EDITOR: JACK BRINER CSIA WORKSHOP/CLINIC Held at Big Powderhorn November 27 & 28 Jim Anderson The 1971/72 workshop is one that will be remembered, by those who attended, as the beginning of a new phase of ski instruction in our division. Over 250 Full, Associate and Registered instructors were in attendance and it appeared that although the now wasn't exactly what was ordered, it was enough to get the job done. (Ed. note: many referred to the base as "2 inches of heavy frost" .). The primary order of business at this year's workshop was the introduction of the revised teaching sequence and exam­ination maneuvers for this season. By now you should have received a copy of these changes and at first glance you may be a bit concerned. Don't be .. .. because as you more carefully examine this mat­erial, you will see that the basics are still there. Dennis Raedeke, who is the head of The CSIA Technical Committee and ran the clinic again this year, stressed the point that the changes will allow us to get our students to parallel much faster than ever before. As you will note, with the introduction of the wide-track position, a student will also be able to identify with his instructor much faster than with our former technique. "You might say," said Dennis, "that instead of having the student trying to look like the instructor, which is almost impossible, we have tried to hit a happy medium and have the instructor look a little more like the student." A few other changes you will note, are the use of foot turning or steering and an abstem christy which is used prior to the wide track parallel with anticipation. The workshop officially got underway Saturday with an on-the-hill demon­stration of the new maneuvers. Follow­ing this was a hill demonstration of the Cliff Taylor "Instant Parallel" method by Dick Tash, Director of the GLM program at Aspen Highlands. After these demon­strations, the whole group was divided into three groups consisting of ski school directors, Associates and Registered, and Fulls for skiing and discussion of the new teaching approach. At 3 o'clock a general meeting was held in the lodge to go over the new teaching sequence step by step and changes were made resulting in the copy which has been sent to you. cont'd on page 4 Workshop at Big Powderhorn MID-DECEMBER, 1971 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FROM THE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE Dennis A. Raedeke Why did the Technical Committee change its mind and introduce a new technique and method? It was felt that when we were going to make a change we would make the com­plete change. The committee could see that something was in the offing. Manuals have been exchanged between the chair­man of the PSIA Technical committee, Horst Abraham, and each division technical V.P. The second draft looked very good. With this draft we were able to do two things. First we have a logical sequence for teaching. Second we have a method in writing form that we could correct to our liking and send out to the membership. Is the 20 page draft that the membership received in the mail the final word for CSIA? No! The draft that was sent out was a stop gap method of getting out information in the fastest way. The Committee felt that the membership wanted something in written form. The technical committees of each region will have to meet and discuss the changes. After technical meetings both on the snow and on paper the committee will produce a new manuel that will be ready some time next fall. How does our division compare with other divisions? After reading news letters from other divisions we find that they have made some changes. In general CSIA has made the most sweeping changes in the country. I n almost every case the other divisions will make the same changes we have, but next year. I think the other divisions would have made a greater change if they would have received the technical draft earlier. Our work shops are later than most divisions. cont'd on page 4 MESSAGE FROII THE PRESIDENT By now all of you should have received a copy of the PSIA draft of a teaching guide written by Horst Abraham, Chair­man of the Technical Coordinating Com­mittee of PSIA and containing some suggested changes by our CSIA Technical Coordinating Committee_ I hope you will agree with me that CSIA made a wise decision not to take a "wait and see" attitude and that we would be remiss in our duties to our students and the skiing public if we did not use this simplified teaching method during the coming 1971/72 season_ Professionalism. Some comments made to the Board of Directors deal with the reputation and image of the ski instructor - - locally and nationally. Such as: They have the reputation of being "free loaders", only in the business for benefits and not primarily interested in their profession, which is to be a good teacher of skiing; or, that many instruct­ors feel that the industry (manufacturers, ski shops, ski areas) owe them something because they have passed a test and acquired a pin. While this may be true of certain individuals, it is certainly not a valid criteria of our profession_ The majority of ski teachers are without doubt serious, ethical, conscientious individuals, de­serving of respect for their dedication to the sport of skiing_ However, each one of us should be aware that our individual conduct reflects on our entire profession. Possibly we have become too blase and take for granted the various privileges offered to us without showing our appreciation_ For instance: a_ It would please manufacturers to hear from an instructor that he liked their product, or if he was able to offer some constructive criticisms. b_ For the privilege of skiing free, or at a reduced rate at a ski area, a note of thanks, or a few personal words to the management reflecting appreciation would surely be welcomed_ c. Ski shop owners would appreciate our consideration if we were not to ap­pear during their busy hours, and they would also welcome a word of thanks for whatever they do for us. Let us not feel that we have the right to demand. Rather, let us show our apprec­iation to others who have shown us that they appreciate our part in the overall picture. It should be realized that manu­facturers, ski areas, ski shops, ski instructors each in their own way con­tribute to the growth of our sport and the success of anyone eventually in some way will be of benefit to the others. We can all live in harmony together if we show consideration for each other. Best wishes for a successful season. THE ETHICS COLUMN By Adi Binder, Chairman, Ethics Committee - CSIA In the past years of CSIA existence, a relatively small number of violations of the Code of Ethics have been processed by the Ethics Committee (your CSIA Board of Directors). A total of four complaints were received to date, three of which were dismissed and one was found a violation and has been acted upon. If, at any time, anyone wishes to file a complaint, he must do so in the follow­ing manner: 1. All complaints must be in writing and must be filed with the Chairman of the Committee (Adi Binder, 510 East Beaumont, Milwaukee, Wis. 53217) or sent to the CSIA office. 2. All possible evidence (pictures, letters, printed matter, etc.) should be sent along with the complaint. After preparing a presentation to the Committee, the Chairman will answer all complaints and will advise the decision in writing. He will also return all materials used in the presentation, if so indicated by the complaintant. The following is a reprint of our adopted Code of Ethics. CODE OF ETHICS A Professional Sk i Instructor: 1. Subscribes to the principles and pur-poses of the United States Ski Assoc­iation and its regional associations. 2. Realizes that his prime obligation is to the skiing public and to the students who pay for his best ski teach­ing efforts; 3. Seeks constantly to maintain and improve his competence as a teacher of one of the world's finest outdoor sports through a program of educational advance­ment and examinations offered by his association; 4. Directs his students in practices and procedures that will be the utmost benefit to the student other than those which might be merely expedient; 5. Adopts demonstrable, positive improvements in the art of sk i instruction and discards after mature reflection and trial those which do not serve to up­grade skiing and its instructors; 6. Always deports himself in a manner which will reflect credit upon his pro­fession and his associates; 7. Adopts with enthusiasm the high standards of the profession and the responsibilities placed upon him by the code and requirements of the CSIA; 8. At all times conducts himself in a manner which will truly reflect the high degree of public trust placed upon him because of his professional status; 9. Is fully aware that intentional deviation from this code and internal discipline could result in the loss of his instructor's credentials and rating and result in expulsion from membership in this organization. CORRECTION: The November Newsletter omitted the names of Gary Nelson and Tunk Dunning from the list of examiners in the Western Region. ARE YOU A PROFESSIONAL? "A mercenary does something for money. A professional does something well enough to justify the price he asks for his services." Bi ll Russell. " Li ke other good professionals, ski teachers are where you find them. Some teachers are renowned for their ability to help beginners over the inevitable initial awkwardness, others perform miracles with habitual stemmers, and just as many are not worth the filings from your steel edges when it comes to teaching women, say, or kids, or the latest techniques." Doug Pfeiffer. These men are both saying the same thing, and Bill Russell's comment is just as pertinent to ski instructors as it is to basketball players. Doug Pfeiffer, Editor-in-Chief of SKIING Magazine, who describes himself as "an ex on-the-slope" instructor of twenty years, was one of the organizers of PSIA ten years ago at Whitefish, Montana, and knows what he's talking about from actual experiences. Mercenaries: "Revolution in Ski Teach­ing" and "Had a Good Lesson Lately?" in the November issue of SKIING are must reading for you. (The pro­fessionals have already read it.) By permission of Doug Pfeiffer and SKIING Magazine, a portion of "Had A Good Lesson Lately?" is reproduced here. Copyright 1971, SK II NG Magazine Had a Good Lesson Lately? By Doug Pfeiffer A BAD INSTRUCTOR WILL: Let you fall a lot. Tire you out before your lasso" is over. Show off, to the extent that his demon­strations of what you should be striving for are so perfect (i.e., feet and legs almost glued together) that there is not the remotest chance you'll achieve any semblance of imitation. Talk too much, wasting your precious ski ing and learning time. After all, your muscles learn only by doing. Keep telling you what you are doing wrong instead of what you should do or how to correct your alleged mistake - i.e. You're sitting back! You're learning in! You're turning too much. Choose, often quite unwitt ingly, difficult locations where the snow is either too hard or too soft, or the shape of the terrain improper for the exercise or maneuver, or where there is simply too much traffic to allow you to concentrate on the task at hand. Entertain you without teaching you, which is better than a lot of lessons you might get. Try to inculcate style and body manner­isms (positions) instead of basic skills and natural movements. Let you get cold. Not inspire you to try your hardest or to out-do yourself. Try to teach you final forms - something which took him five years to master. Leave you frustrated, tired, defeated - with no sense of accomplishment, a feel­ing of time wasted, without fun, joy, or progress. A GOOD INSTRUCTOR WILL: Size up your equipment immediately to know whether or not it is safe and to assess your limitations because of it. For example, if your bindings are too far forward, he may want to stress less for­ward lean for you, or if too far back, lay extra stress on using forward lever­age. Similarly, too much camber is a giveaway to the knowledgeable instructor that extra emphasis will have to be placed on up-unweighting for the owner of those skis. Tell you what to do right, and when to do it: Exactly when, such as "Spring up the moment your feet feel the heaviest". Have you work on only one concept or error at a time. Look for the keystone mistake, instead of symptoms. Instead of "get your hands forward" when you sit back too much, he will say, "try kneeling down", or "push your knees ahead of your toes", or "move your hips ahead of your heels". Teach you skills, such as: how to con­trol your edges; how to apply leverage to your front inside edges, or back inside edges as needed; how to shift your weight from side to side. Give you exercises designed to improve certain specific movements, such as pole planting, edge setting. Give you plenty of kinesthetic clues, such as: feel the pressure on your upper little toe, or your lower big toe, feel the pressure on the side, or front, or back of your boot. Actually make you ski better than before, even if only on the incubator slopes. Give you freedom to experiment and learn for yourself. Drill you hardest on your weaknesses. Prescribe exercises for you to practice on your own. Give individual attention to everyone in class, and not only to the prettiest. Make frequent, clear, easy-to-imitate demonstrations. And if the instructor is really good, he'll do much more than that. He'll even let you have a good time while you learn. 1972 SCHEDULE DATE EVENT AREA CITY & STATE Feb. 4, 5 Precourse Boston Mills Cleveland, Ohio Feb. 6 Examination Boston Mills Cleveland, Ohio Feb. 26, 27 Precourse Wintergreen Spring Green, Wis. Feb. 26, 27 Precourse Trollhaugen Dresser, Wis. Mar. 4, 5 Examination Trollhaugen Dresser, Wis. Mar. 6, 7, 8 Precourse Nub's Nob Harbor Springs, Mich. Mar. 9, 10 Examination Nub's Nob Harbor Springs, Mich. Apr. 12 thru 15 PSIA Annual Congress To Be Announced SKI SCHOOL DIRECTORS Ray T. Stemper Meetings of the Ski School Directors in both the Eastern and Western Regions were held in conjunction with the Fal l Workshop/Clinics. At the Western Region meeting, President Otto Hollaus reiterated that his primary goal this year is to establish a current mailing list of all Ski School Directors in CSIA and to formulate an effective Ski School Director's Program. The most important discussions at the meetings concerned the sensitive relation· sh ip between the "roving" ski school, the area sk i school director, and the area owner. The roving ski school is totally dependent on the area owner granting them permission to teach in the area. If area owners refuse permission, the roving ski school is literally forced out of business. The area ski school operating as an independent contractor is also totally dependent on the area owner to either renew or terminate his contract. One method of improving the relation· ship and understanding between the area owners and the sk i schools is to improve the communications on the local level and mutually solve problems as they arise. To implement th is concept, sectional sub·committees have been formed with in each Region. These sub· committees will meet in the near future and outline the programs they wish to establ ish under the Ski School Director's Committee. An instructor exchange program between ski schools was discussed and encouraged to broaden the scope of the individual instructors, but such a program is to be worked out by the individual ski schools. Central Ski Instructors Association Route 1, Box 65 Slinger, Wisconsin 53086 NOTE: Report on Eastern Workshop/Clinic and results of Exam inatio ns not received at time of printing. WORKSHOP (Cont'd) There was a discussion on the wisdom of introducing the changes for this year versus waiting for a later date. The con· sensus was that because there was a good representation at the workshop, the changes would be more easily achieved at this time when the instructors were together and could ski it through , analyze, and discuss. Similar changes are being made in other divisions and The Technical Committee wanted our division to be ahead of the changes rather than beh ind . I n other words, would there really be a better t ime to change than during this workshop. After the general meeting, the group adjourned to a very nice cocktail party in the lodge and as you might guess, with the cockta ils came more discussion. Sunday morning it was back on the hill for further work until it was time to say farewell to the 1971/72 workshop and what a workshop it was! TECHNICAL (Cont'd) What about GLM? Many schools in CSIA will have either the Headway program or the Cl iff Taylor method. The question about GLM is not the graduated length part but the fact that these two systems teach the direct parallel method . There are sti ll questions about the fact that the people being taught the direct parallel method use both the wide track and the snowplow type posit ions. If this is the case why not develop a method that teaches them these maneuvers during the teach ing sequence. One of the projects of the technical committee wi ll be to melt the two systems into one system that would use the best facets of both. SECTION 2 SKI-IN Gary Nelson, Section Representative for Section 2, Western Region, has scheduled a SKI-I N to be held January 15, 16 at Port Mountain, 3 miles south of Bayfield, Wisconsin . All members of CSIA are invited. Call or write Gary at Port Mountain, Bayfield, Wis. 54814, Tel. 715· 779·3372, before January 6 and he will take care of making your reservations. His report follows. What is a sk i-in? It is a graduation above and beyond the ordinary bounds of sk i­ing. It is where performance skiing happens and its adaptations learned and programed to provide each Ski School with a sequential methodology designed to enable the instructor to teach advance sk iing maneuvers to group classes. During the last few years constant exper­imentation has led to the development of a logical progression of exercises to aid the instructor to teach skiing maneuvers to the general public. We all realized the success of these efforts after attending the Rallys at Big Powderhorn and Boyne Mountain this fall. I n an attempt to continue this pro­fessional endeavor, Section II of the West.ern Reg ion of Central has taken a sudden and exhilarating step in arranging a Ski-I n at Port Mountain designed to present a fun·filled weekend in bridg ing t he transitions from basic sk iing to per· formance skiing. Th is program includes: G.L.M., Basic Speed Ski ing, Val uable Terrain Maneuvers, Symnastic Maneuvers, and Touring. Those scheduled to monitor the Ski·in are: Per Guldbrandsgaard, Paul Mascotti, Gary S. Nelson, Denny Raedeke, Dr. Rich Scott and Bob Terrel. BULK RATE U.S. POSTAGE PAID Milwaukee, Wis. Permit No. 1353 ~ ~ J* The teaching ski pro always seems to get the jump on recreational skiers each year with his pre-season antics. And while the skiing public casts an envious eye at the fully loaded ski racks, instructors are heading for the hills and the annual fall clinic. IT'S SHAPE UP TIME It's clinic time again and for many of us, the friendly Ski School Di­rector is going to have some surprises th is season. New little wrinkles like how do you stand up on three foot skis and why do you sit down on certain turns? Just like final finished forms in 1961, instructors are faced with a 10 year progression to high-backed boots, narrow waisted skis and the necessary technical adjustments. But it's more than adapting a tech­nique to fit your boots. It's a whole new way of looking at ski teaching. How can the student learn faster and what can help him? How can we cut the drop out rate in ski school and is it true that blondes have more fun? No single teaching system has all the answers but PSIA is investing a suitcase full of money and a lot of va lua ble ti me to try and find out. The signs of change have been around us for the past few years. Progressive ski pros have been searching for a better, faster way to get their students skiing easier. The resu Its are not rea Ily a new technique so much as new methods and it hasn't come from the PSIA Board_ It's come from t he working instructor. Feed back from division clinics, ski school bull sessions and from world-wide technical meetings have been dully recorded with the Tech- (Continued on page 2) PUBLIC RELATIONS CAMPAIGN CONTINUES As the snow begins to drift around the old ski school sign, many ski school directors this season will be­come stars. It 's all happening be­cause of a nifty press kit that will soon be mailed to the nations ski writers, newspapers, radio and tele­vision stations. Among other things, the kit con­tains a list of ski school directors and the media has been invited to con­tact them. Since the directors and their staff know more about sk iing, teaching, snow conditions, roads and after-ski fun spots than almost anyone, it makes good sense for them to pass this information on to a breath lessly-waiting ski public. I n a few weeks we shou Id begi n to feel the effects of this new kind of personal P.R. work. By the way, if your friendly radio station doesn 't contact you, why not call them? See if there is anything you can do for them. Fix up a couple of key people with some complimentary lessons and make every attempt to blow your own horn. It works and it's one more way to bring more people to skiing and to ski school. CLIF TAYLOR MAKES TV DEBUT Clif (Instant Parallel) Taylor, who has been working with his own style of short ski learning for more than 20 years will appear on the David Frost Television show, during the week of December 13-17, 1971. He, his short skis and a unique ski si mu lator are schedu led to teach young Mr. Frost the joys of skiing and the easy way which it can be learned. Check local listings for time and station in your area. PRESIDENT'S REPORT "WHAT'S NEW" by Judge Jimmy Johnston "Listen all you tired, frustrated stem-turners. The pros from PSIA are on the move with new teaching ideas that will put smiles on your faces and give you an all -new feel­ing of control and confidence. It's the 'new technique' and it's here now at your favorite ski school. Step right up and be the first in your block to ski what you've been missing." Forgive me if I sou nd like a car­nival barker but we are surrounded by change and there ~something new under the clear winter sky. But before we start shouting from the rooftops, let's be careful about what we say. Let's not give the public the idea that PSI A is contin­ually dreaming up new techniques in an attempt to force the ski pub­lic to take lessons. We are not mak­ing change for change sake. What we are doing is updating the Amer-ican Ski Technique, especially as it applies to method. Part of this "method" updating is the research being done on GLM. As you know, PSIA is offic­ially supporting the short ski con­cept because we feel it helps the student learn faster and have more fun. As Jerry Muth once said, "We're taking out the tears." On-the-hill teaching experience by ski schoo ls across the country will be invaluable in helping the Technical Committee coordinate new methods and ideas. Through this kind of experimentation, we can develop additional ideas and all for one purpose - helping the student. In short, change is in the air. Every ski instructor I've talked with lately says something about the " new technique." Most ski pros are looking forward to it and so is the public. They are ex­cited about what they've heard concerning the various G LM ap­proaches and they should be. But I feel there is a need to be cautious so that unfounded claims are not made. There is no such thing as "instant" parallel. The beginning student still needs a certified instructor to show him the way and guide him through the maze. I suggest we all adjust to the fact that PSI A has entered a new era in sk iing where change and updating will be done continu­ously. I think it's a very healthy atmosphere for both instructors and the ski public. But let's re­member one thing : We haven't come up with a " new technique" so much as we've updated our American Techniq ue with many " new improvements." Let's hope the " new improvements" will insure our students of a pleasurable and fun experience. One that will keep them skiing the rest of their lives. IT'S SHAPE UP TIME (Continued from page 1) nical Coordinating Committee under Horst Abraham. The result of their work will be seen in about two months when all members re­ceive the first draft of a report on teaching methods. A nd, just so you know it will be changed and up­dated as more feedback is received, it will be issued as a loose-leaf with replaceable pages! The report is not an official PSIA pronouncement but rather, a starting point for discussion. Are methods all that startling? It depends on who you talk to and how resistant to change they are. For many instructors, the concept of one basic christy and the learning of basic skills, (i.e. slipping, sl iding, and skidding) are something they've taught for years. For others? We'll have to wait until spring and hope that everyone can approach the methods with an open mind. Your Technical Committee has been doing a lot of head scratching but, according to one member, very little head nodding. No one is ready to accept anything and even the simplest, most accepted theories are thrown up to the cold, cruel light of critical self-examination. I n other words, do we really need to teach a snowplow stop or is that something that merely wastes the student's class time. In the meantime, when the old, comfortable styles of teach ing seem to change during the clinic, keep smiling. At least with some of the new ideas you don't have to keep your boots touching all the time. (ed. note: Tune in next issue for the further adventures of Captain Christy and his side kick, Linked Recovery as they continue the never-ending search for truth, justice and the American Way.) ATTENTION: SKI THEORETICIANS! The PSIA Biomechanics committee is soliciting papers and information on current and past biomechanics work re­lated to skiing and ski instruction at all levels. If you have been working in any area of body mechan ics, equ ipment analysis, psychology of teaching and learning skiing, let us know. Send in­formation - if no paper available, t hen name and description of your work - to: Dr. Juris Vagners, 13710 Riviera Place NE, Seattle, Washington 98125.