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 $100. 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)

   a Governing documents such as by-laws, articles of incorporation, operations manuals

   b Officer and member rosters, both historic and current

• Accessing information on your media, ease of navigation, indexing (5)

The deadline for entry for selection is April 26. Entries should be made electronically to John Watson at at with a copy to Scott Bowker at . Hard copy addendums, documentation, articles or other media entry should be identified to John who will provide further instruction. John Watson’s mail address is: Box 2768, Fallbrook, CA 92088.