Please RSVP by 12pm Noon Friday April 29th. 

Join us Sunday May 1st - 9am to 4pm in Anchorage for our annual Spring Summit meeting (folks around the state can call in).  We will celebrate our accomplishments and discuss issues from the past ski season and develop plans for a strong future for cross country ski racing in Alaska!  We are seeking nominations for new board members.  Click article title for more information.

Meeting location: Conoco Phillips Buildling, 700 G St., Anchorage - Conference Room ATO-1

Note that if you would like to attend, you need to RSVP to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it by 12pm Friday April 29th for building security and food planning purposes.  Cross Country Alaska will be providing breakfast, coffee, and lunch - Free!

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A detailed agenda will be posted here soon.

Attendees are invited to bring ski photos from Besh Cups, Junior Olympics, Alaska Junior Championships, and other events of interest on a thumb drive to share during lunch.

Board of Directors - members sought - we have four seats up for election and are seeking nominations for dynamic members of the xc skiing community who would like to support the development of our sport in Alaska.  You can nominate yourself or others during the Spring Summit.  If you are not about to attend the summit, but are interested in serving on our board of directors, please email us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Directors on our nine member board serve a three year term.  We have three regular seats up for election and a fourth board seat open with two years remaining.  Our monthly board meetings are conducted by telephone and our board members come from across Alaska.

Agenda

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

                                Junior Nationals

Alaska Junior Championships– Fairbanks

                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

                                Race fees, expenses and revenues

Participation

                                Venue Development and local club development

Race Formats

                                Head Tax to local ski clubs              

11:00     Athlete and Coach Development

                                Regional Development Team

                                Training camps

                                Coaches Education / Clinics – December Coaches Clinic

                                Junior State Championships

                                CCAK interaction with state ski clubs / Jr. Nordic programs

                                Officials/TD – Officials’ Clinics

USSA update - What input do we have for USSA?

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

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

                                JO Selection Procedure – review 2009-10 Season changes

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        Constituent Issues (open to all)

2:30        Statewide Competition Committee meeting

                                Besh Cup Schedule, venues, formats

4:00        Adjourn