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We’ll be kicking off the meeting at 8:30 Saturday morning. However, a continental breakfast will be set up by 8:00.

The format this year will be more of a roundtable, with the following agenda items. Come prepared to offer your thoughts and suggestions so that we can all learn from each other.

Reviews:

- Board of Governors meeting — JT
- Western Region Fall Meeting Report — Cindy McLeod Sprit Mt

Roundtable discussion

Last year's topics included:

• New Patroller Selection/”Seasoned” Patroller Transitions
• Data Management and Insurance Carriers
• Secondary Patrollers—what are they, what are the requirements?
• Wearing the colors on the hill. Who can, and who can’t?
• Signing on
• Helmets—are you considering patroller “mandatory”? What are states doing?
• Radio Communications
• Section Chiefs—what is their role?
• Senior program and PR role?
• PR perception on awards process
• Management/patrol relations
• volunteering and working at a ski area
• OEC update
• Radio Communications, Fundraising, Recruiting, Retention, Alumni, Helmets, Incident Command Training
• BOG meeting review.
• Weeding out patrollers who no longer can or are willing to be effective patrollers.
• Who wears the red coat and cross? Secondaries. Signing-on.
• Helmets, Secondaries, fund raising
• Snowmobile usage, Management / Patrol relations
• Awards - getting more submissions, perception from Prs on awards process
• Liability issues with visiting patrolers
• Senior program and PDs/PRs Section Chief - what is the role and how can it be better utilized?
• Formation of a region event patrol. Maybe just a list of patrollers interested in other first aid volunteer activities. Looking to stimulate Nordic patrolling interest, need to get people more involved in event type activities. E.g Birkie patrol, High school races, etc.
• Award procedures
• TES and SES in region so far.
• SES and TESs planned in region next season
• Identifying Nordic patrollers, or Alpine patrollers who cross-country ski
• Secondary Patrollers
• Aging patrollers
• Liability of Visiting Toboggan Trainers. TES/SES expectations across the Region.
• what are other areas doing for training during the ski season,
• Most Nordics are also Alpine patrollers, would like to see more Alpine patrollers getting involved in Nordic.
• I am open and interested in the agenda items listed above. I dont see that Powder Ridges PR , Eric Brown has registered so I can cover for him. In addition, want to discuss some awards with Tom Gray and JT. Hopefully I am not too late and will pay any meeting costs on site. Look foward to seeing you. Mark Holtan
• I would like to see what the PRs have to say.
• How do we get more interest in Nordic Patrolling?
• those listed above sparked my interest to attend

Come prepared to defend, support, or just be contrarian. The more opinions we have the more each of us will learn.

Lunch which will be served at Mt. Kato.

We look forward to seeing you at the upcoming PR Retreat at Mt. Kato on Saturday, April 16.

Rich Krause

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