Thursday, April 29, 2010
The 2010 US Figure Skating Govening Council begins
The 2010 US Figure Skating Governing Council's informal start was Wednesday afternoon (2/28) when many of the delegates began to arrive at the venue (Hilton, Costa Mesa, CA.) The Board of Directors meeting part one was on Wednesday evening, with the second and final part this morning due to end in a few minutes. Yesterday evening was the opportunity for our Club delegates to confer on the issues, and confirm our plans to attend various seminars the next day. It was all done in a very informal and relaxing manner. This morning (Thursday, 2/29) our club delegates began their assignments of attending their pre-assigned seminars/classes. This morning I attended "Skating in the Schools" seminar. It is a new US Figure Skating program under the banner of Basic Skills. It has been showing tremendous success in several regions, and now we are all getting educated on how to use this program as a tool to promote figure skating in our local communities, to increase Club membership, and to build better and stronger partnerships between Clubs, Skating Rinks and our local School Districts. All it takes are willingness by the Club to start the program with help from Club volunteers, especially those with education experience at any level from pre-school to college, and the know-how of the ways to take advantage of the resources that US Figure Skating has allocated to this program. Everything from starter kits, to liability coverage, to guide lines using the wheel that have already been invented. If you are interested in learning more, please go to the Basic Skills page of the the US Figure Skating website and look for "Skating in the Schools." Feel free to contact me for more detail information. As you might have guessed I am sold on this idea!
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Hi Kia, I have to agree with your post… Our Club, including you and I have been the recipients of both the positive and negative aspects of invoking community support. In my opinion this is far more of an action venue than a discussion topic… When you have time please pass along the links and contact information of the organizations and people that were presenters on the “Skating in the School” seminar, I think the corporation operating our Club’s home ice is doing a great job on this topic, this year I participated in a Local HS event, a City Government sponsored non profit event and a rink sponsored Christmas show, two of the three events were hockey oriented, and the latter was Rink sponsored. I would like to see more visibility for my Club and Association… We’ve got some “catch up” to do to get up to speed on both “Skating in Schools” and Community participation… Thanks for sharing. Don
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