NSP Western Region 2012 Spring Board of Governors Meeting and PR Retreat

Welch Village Ski Patrol is looking forward to hosting you this Spring for the Annual Patrol Director Retreat and Board of Governors Meeting.

Two great venues have been secured, and we hope to see you at both events.

< < < Board of Governors (BOG) Meeting is Friday night, April 20, 5:30pm at Al Baker's Classic Americana Restaurant in Eagan, MN. PD/PR Retreat will be Saturday, April 21, 8am-2pm at Schaar's Bluff Gathering Center in the Spring Valley Nature Preserve near Hastings. > > > Both are great venues, and we're looking forward to great meetings.

Please save BOTH of these dates in April — Attendance at the BOG is also highly recommended since these are the meetings where the year is reviewed, dates for the next season's events are discussed and planned, and where you as the Leader of your Patrol receive first-hand information verbally (rather than by an email or having to go and find the information yourself).
	(Photo credits Sue Hayes.)

We also have a small block of rooms at the Best Western Dakota Ridge Hotel next door to Al Baker's. There's a group room rate for us too. http://www.dakotaridgehotel.com Details coming soon...

Ready to sign up? Click here.

Previous years' discussions have 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.
• Posting events exclusive to one patrol on the Region website.
• ASE
• OEC Region updates, SEM/OEC issues, Critical Incident Stress Debriefings
• PR information
• Bringing the Toboggan program to the region ski areas.
• I would like to see what the PRs have to say.
• those listed above sparked my interest to attend

Some additional suggestions and sign-up list so far for the PR Retreat:

• NSP QA Program
  
• Toboggan Refreshers
  
• How to help my patrollers improve- working on the 80%
  
• How does the area insurance review effect me as the PR/PD?
  
• Region Budget matters- raise dues or not?
  

Would you like to attend the PR Retreat? Click here.

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