All skiers, parents and coaches from the Alaska skiing community are invited to Cross Country Alaska's annual Spring Summit  - Sunday May 2nd, 9am at the ConocoPhillips Building in downtown Anchorage - 700 G St., Conference Room ATO-1.  Breakfast and Lunch will be provided.  Please come and help support and define the mission of Cross Country Alaska!  Click on article title for Summit Agenda.    Please RSVP before 4pm April 30th to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Cross Country Alaska Spring Summit Agenda

Sunday, May 2, 2010

ConocoPhillips Building, 700 G St. Anchorage, Conference Room ATO-1

9:00:        Call Meeting to Order

                Introductions

                                Board

                                Administrator

                                Competition Committee and others

                Review Agenda

                Summarize previous year’s accomplishments (Competition Committee & Board)

                                Camps, Coaches & TDs training

                                Besh Cup Races – Lower number of racers

                                JO Selection Procedure – 2010 Changes

                                US Nationals

Alaska Junior Championships– Fairbanks

                USSA update  - What input to we have for USSA?

                Treasurer’s Report (Randy Kanady)

                State wide Reports (Regional Representatives)

Discussion Topics

10:00       Fund Raising (Joey Caterinichio, Robin Kornfield)

10:30       Besh Cup

                                Schedule

                                Venue Development

                                Race Formats

                                Officials/TD – Officials’ Clinics

                                Head Tax to local ski clubs

11:00       Athlete and Coach Development

                                Regional Development Team

                                Training camps

                                Coaches Education / Clinics

                                Junior State Championships

                                CCAK interaction with state ski clubs / Jr. Nordic programs

11:30       Junior Olympics (Ja Dorris, Pete Leonard, Joey Caterinichio)

                                Athlete/Coach/Parent reports from this year’s JO’s

                                Costs     

                                Logistics and policy

12:00       Board Nominations (Tim Stallard) and Lunch

                                Qualifications

                                Nominations

                                Straw Poll

1:00         Calendar

High School Regions

                                State Meet

                                JO’s

                                Others

                                Conflicts?

2:00         Publicity & race promotion

                                CCAK’s role in sponsoring National Nordic Ski events

2:30         Constituent Issues (open to all)

4:00         Adjourn