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2019 - 2020
Council Information
Please check council websites
for dates, times & locations
of council meetings.
Arizona Ski Council
3217 East Glenhaven Drive
Phoenix, AZ 85048
President: Wanda Himler (602) 326-2205
E-mail: president@arizonaskicouncil.org
Website: www.arizonaskicouncil.org

Bay Area Snow Sports Council
P.O. Box 5248
San Jose, CA 95150-5248
President: Paul Vlasveld (408) 314-4649
E-mail: bac.president@skibac.org
Website: www.skibac.org

Central Council of California
1729 Ponderosa Lane
Paso Robles, CA 93446
President: Fran Long (805) 712-5781
E-mail: fancat87@gmail.com
Website: www.centralcouncilskiclubs.org

Intermountain Ski Council
PMB 131, 10400 W. Overland Road.,
Boise, ID 83709
President: Paul Markowitz (208) 850-9962
E-mail: pmarkowitz@cableone.net
Website: www.intermountainskicouncil.org

Los Angeles Council of Ski Clubs
1466 North Clybourn Avenue
Burbank, CA 91505
President: Sandra Blackwell (818) 441-6191
E-mail: lacpresident@lacouncil.org
Website: www.lacouncil.org

National Brotherhood of Skiers Western Region
P.O. Box 153452
San Diego, CA 92195
Vice-President: Todd Hood (203) 570-5733
E-mail: vicepresident@nbswr.com
Website: http://www.nbswr.org

Northwest Ski Club Council
5331 SW Macadam Avenue, Suite 258
Portland, OR 97239
President: Christine Ciardi (503) 819-3128
E-mail president@nwskiers.org
Website: www.nwskiers.org

Orange Council of Ski Clubs
3665 South Bear Street B
Santa Ana, CA 92704
President: Sheila Van Guilder (714) 656-6032
E-mail: svanguil@yahoo.com
Website: www.orangecouncil.org

San Diego Council of Ski Clubs
5142 Biltmore Street
San Diego, A 92117
President: Christine Gill (858) 382-1427
E-mail: chrismgill@me.com
Website: sdcsc.clubexpress.com

Sierra League and Council
1691 Ashbury Lane
Reno, NV 89523
President: Jo Simpson (775) 787-7556
E-mail: jo_simpson@sbcglobal.net
Website: www.sierraleague.com

Brundage Mountain is one of many resorts recognized for their outstanding
kids programs. The future growth of snowsports depends on resorts creating
programs with the best way to teach kids the love for skiing or boarding on
all levels. The programs are staffed by fun, kind and mindful ski teachers.
Special pricing incentivizes parents to bring the kids along on their mountain
vacations. And, most important of all, the family ski and boarding vacations
will create memories to last for a lifetime. photo submitted by Michael Bouton

Council Services Unites FWSA
Councils & Clubs
by Chris Gill
Vice President - Council Services, FWSA

The Vice President - Council Services, together with the presidents of the 10 FWSA
member councils, manages programs and initiatives that benefit our clubs - the grassroots of
FWSA. We have a talented and involved group of council presidents and program chairs who
work hard to administer the programs that we manage.
Council Services oversees the following FWSA programs: Club and Council Communications and Outstanding Club Awards, Councils' Man and Woman of the Year Recognition, Charities and Our Community, and Family and Youth Involvement.
n The Club and Council Award programs provide an opportunity to reward
hard working volunteers. Our committee chairs strive to administer competitions that
are relevant and that are easy to enter.
n The Charities & Our Community Service Recognition, chaired by Sigrid Noack,
highlights the good work our clubs and councils do to benefit their communities. Our
councils and clubs provide an amazing amount of support to local and national charities.
The considerable charity and community work of FWSA clubs is further detailed by Sigrid
on pages 50-51. The yearly club and council charity awards program provides clubs and
councils the opportunity to document and showcase their good work for their communities.
The top scoring clubs and councils are invited to bring a display board or slide show to the
annual FWSA Convention so that participants can see the all the good work that they do
that makes them top scorers.
n The Councils' Man and Woman of the Year Program invites councils to send
an outstanding man and woman from their member clubs to the annual FWSA Convention,
where they are honored, and compete for the FWSA Councils' Man and Woman of the
Year. Sheri Parshall chairs this Award and has made changes to ensure that each candidate has a wonderful Convention experience. The 2019 council candidates and the FWSA
winners are highlighted on pages 40-41. We are grateful to Big White Ski Resort for their
sponsorship of this program over many years. They provide a ski trip for two to their resort
to the FWSA winning man and woman candidates.
n The Club and Council Communications and Outstanding Club Awards saw
significant changes in the application and judging process two years ago. Bill King has
finished his first year as chair, and we are pleased that submissions in all categories
increased significantly over 2018. He has plans in mind to further streamline the application
and judging process for 2020.
n The Family and Youth Program is chaired by Linda Coxen. She worked with the
FWSA Outreach Committee on how to attract new and younger members into our clubs.
Council Services strives to provide our hundreds of FWSA ski clubs with tools and information to successfully serve their members. We welcome ideas and feedback from club
members and anyone reading this publication. Please contact me with your ideas and requests
for information at chrismgill@me.com. I look forward to hearing from you. ss

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