Winners will be announced at the FWSA annual meeting and the cash prize awarded to the selected submission. The prize may be received by the submitters or donated to the charity or program of their choice in their name. The prize currently stands at $200. A memento will be awarded to the selected submission and recognition letters to others submitted. Clubs operating since 1960 are eligible for designation as Historic Ski Club based on history submitted.
Criteria will include the following. Submissions should try to cover as much detail as available against these weighted criteria. It is more important to capture your history than to “check off all the squares.” Liberal use of photos and graphics is encouraged. These submissions are paperless and should be readable with standard applications from CD or DVD.
CRITERIA
• Basic organizational identity, location and service area, corporate status, and mailing address, both postal and electronic (5)
• Objectives and purposes of the organization, mission and vision statements (if available), plan for the future (10)
• Membership profile, numbers, demographics (10)
• Timeline. Founding, significant events during your history to date (20)
• Annual event menu and descriptions - recreational, social, competitive, community service, travel (20)
• Description of major events and achievements from your timeline (20)
• Highlighted member profiles and special interest connections (5)
• Appendices may include (5)
o Governing documents such as by-laws, articles of incorporation, operations manuals
o Officer and member rosters, both historic and current
• Accessing information on your media, ease of navigation, indexing (5)
The selection is not for outstanding club or council, although it is anticipated that some material may be common to both types of presentations. Think of these histories as museum or library reference resources.
All submissions must be for unrestricted release and become the property of the Association. Multiple focal points for ski history will be designated as holders of the information. These holders may make the histories available on a loan basis from time to time.
Notify John Watson at geospace@pacbell.net early as to your desire or intent to enter for this prize and the addresses for mailed histories. Check FWSA News, the Councilman and the web pages for updates to the above. Please forward to anyone who should enter but who may be “off the net.” We have a colorful and robust history. Let’s tell the world.
Submissions should be submitted if possible to two committeemen, Scott Bowker at
and John Watson at 
not later than April 19, 2010.
