Events Page
The Events page was updated on 1 July 2010
with a refresher date change and benefit golf tournament. Please check back for
additional Region events as they are
posted.
Check the Events
page for the most current schedule of meetings, refreshers, clinics, courses, and other
events.
We will be happy to add ski swaps, fund raisers, and other patrol events you want
publicized. Just send an e-mail with date,
times, and point of contact (including e-mail address, plus telephone number if the
individual wants the number posted).
New Photo Gallery 
We will now post photos of awards and other region events on a separate Photo
Gallery page. The page was created and last updated on 30 June 2010
with posting of an Emergency Management Module Recertification.
WARNING: because of the large number of images, this page takes a long
time to load over a dial-up or other slow connection.
Section Chief Elections and Call for Candidates
The positions of Southern Section Chief and Eastern Section Chief of the
Western Appalachian Region are up for election this fall. All active
National Ski Patrol (NSP) members of each applicable Section are eligible to
vote for the respective positions. Eastern Section includes Blue Knob, Mount
Pleasant, Sawmill and Tussey Mountain. Southern Section includes Canaan
Valley, Hidden Valley, Laurel Highlands Nordic, and Wisp.
Our Regional By-Laws state...."There shall be three (3) Section
Chiefs, who shall be elected for a two-year term in alternate years. The
Section Chiefs may serve no more than three (3) consecutive 2 year terms.
The Section Chiefs shall perform such duties as shall be given by the Region
Director. The Section Chiefs shall have a vote in all Region and Division
matters as provided by the Regional By-laws and the Division By-laws. The
Section Chiefs shall hold no other elective office in NSP...The Section
Chiefs will be elected by the current voting members in each of their
respective Sections. This election process will be overseen by the Region
Election Committee Chairman in accord with Section 3.5."
Deadline for nominations is 1 July. Platforms provided by the candidates
will be posted on the region's web presentation at www.patrol.org/war/news
by 15 August. You will have the opportunity to vote for the Section Chief
position at your fall refresher. Deadline for voting is 1 November, the date
of the last refresher in the region. The results will be announced by 15
November.
The overall Section Chief election schedule follows:
- 15 June - announce elections
- 1 July - accept nominations
- 15 July - close nominations
- 16 July - announce candidates
- 17 July - voting begins - will be held at each Outdoor Emergency Care
(OEC) refresher, with all active patrollers within the Southern and
Eastern Sections eligible to vote
- 1 November - voting ends with last OEC refresher
- 15 November - election results announced
- 1 April 2011 - new section chiefs take office
If you have any questions, please contact your Patrol Director or Patrol
Representative, or the chairman of the election committee. If you are
interested in becoming a Section Chief in your section, please submit a
nomination along with your patrol resume by email to S.
E. Schopfer, Election Committee Chairman or call him at 570-494-1286
(home) for his snail mail address. You also may email questions to Marty
Silverman, Regional Director, Western Appalachian Region.
Old News
This page is intended to bring you current region news. However, some of you have
inquired about older news items you did not see when posted. If you missed an older item,
you will now find it on a supplemental Old News page. |
