Category Archives: Admin Stuff – Administration

Acdemy News – Dec 3, 17

Hey all,

Yesterday’s Hiring Clinic was well attended. Great to see so many new people planning on joining our team, hoping that we see you all take the pre-course,  and work towards your certification.

Je veux aussi souligner que les sessions pour les aides moniteur,  moniteur et le pré-stage, débute la fin de semaine prochaine. So to that end, I would expect our staff to be here over the next couple of weekends in order to get up to speed technically and be ready for the holiday season .

Performance Programs will be looking for a few good Men/ Women , if your able to commit speak with Clayton  cpolan@bell.net  next weekend . This is a 15 day program beginning Dec 16th.

Privates Program, these are the instructors that commit to privates and get booked for Sat and or Sun all winter. if your able to commit contact Roger or SJ for now please contact sjnormand@gmail.com

All program supervisors will be drafting people from the active list so be sure you get organized in order to be selected, this does not apply to our new candidates you will be added in as you get cert.

Hill will be open next Friday , Sat and Sun.  see you then.

All for now, will be reachable via email only this week.

Frank

 

 

Academy News: Dec 1,17

Hey all,

The hill will be open on Friday (Pinnault only), for sat and sun we will also have Meech (Paradise). Hiring clinic on Sat, looking forward to seeing our new people on snow. For our returning instructors and TAs training will begin the 9th and 10th of Dec.

Let’s all be sure we are following the blog, I know you are because you are receiving this, if a friend of yours is not please tell them to follow the blog, cause apparently they don’t listen to me (-:

Many have said they are returning, but few have completed the process. Please don’t wait till the last minute to get it done.

If anyone is not returning  to teach we would appreciate the jacket being returned before we have to go looking for it.

Remember the food bank box in the pro room, please and thank you.

All I have for now

Frank

Academy News – Nov 23, 17

Hello all

The hill will be open this weekend, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. 9 to 4 pm. The season is promising to be a good one.

Only returning instructors will be able to get a pass, as long as they are active and up to date in the system.

New instructors and candidates will be starting on Dec 2nd, and TAs will get started on their first training weekend on either the 9th and 10th or the 16th 17th of Dec. Lists will be produced based on the registration lists on the Academy web site.

For those wanting to ski or ride and who need to purchase a ticket, the rate is 20$

Snowmaking report: Pinnault will be open this weekend, and snowmaking has moved to Meech,  but unsure if we will be able to open Paradise by the weekend.

A reminder to our returning instructors – don’t expect a ticket if you have not completed your activation (dues paid (need proof), completed the Academy on-line registration for returning instructors and signed your offer of service (available in in the pro-room)).

Helping those in need.

I received a call from the food bank asking if we would be helping out this season, I said we would. So if you’re able, please drop off a non-perishable item from time to time and I will make a bi-weekly run to the food bank.  We will have a box in the pro room.

Thank you in advance.

 

All for now

Academy Flash – Nov 15, 17

If you have not yet picked up your jacket, the pro room will be open Wed, Thurs, and Fri of this week from 8:30AM to 12:30PM for those returning instructors who have completed all of the requirements (Dues paid (receipt or current membership card required), registered online as a returning instructor, and signed agreement (signed when you pick up your jacket)).

Howard

P.S. our secret shopper tells me that Costco has black ski pants on sale…. ;-D

Academy News, Nov 8, 17

Hi all

Things are coming together for the season, the weather is getting colder and snowmaking is ready to go at our first opportunity.

Our General meeting is this Sunday at 10 am. The meeting will not take more than an hour,  we will be activating passes and handing out coats to returning instructors only.

In order to get pass and coat, the following must be completed:

  1. Online registration.
  2. Have your current id  (CSIA, CSCF, CASI) or proof of payment .
  3. Have a signed Instructor agreement.

The plan is to get our returning instructors processed and then we will get the new people processed after the hiring clinic is done. Let’s make sure we all have registered online and have paid our dues.

Un-certified candidates and TAs will be given passes once training begins. Until then we will produce daily tickets.

See you all on Sunday.

Frank

Academy News – Oct 19,17

Hi all,

Ski & snowboard show this weekend at the Ernst and Young Center, 9 to 6. Maybe some of you will drop by for a chat.  Our open house will be on the 5th of Nov and our general meeting will be the 12th of Nov.

I know that many of you are waiting for me tell you when to come up and get your jackets, passes and get activated in our new system. I am still waiting for it to be up and running, so my plan to have thing done early is being postponed. Should be able to get it all done in Nov.

Be sure you are registered on our site and remind any of your buddies to do it also.

All for now

Frank

Academy News – Oct 10, 17

Hello all,

Hope everyone had a nice thanksgiving weekend.

Last week I  attended a burial service for Josephine ( Jo) Markham, and her husband Phil Markham. I know you recognize that name , our MVP award is in his honor. It was a small group of family and they were very pleased to see the twenty or so names on the trophy.  Anne Coulson and current MVP Marty Holski were attending also. The plot is in Wakefield on the hill behind the Mill. I was happy to meet the family and close the circle , so to speak. Attached are a few pics , one is Phil’s last season’s pass. I would like to thank Anne for staying in touch with Jo Markham over the years and also Marty for making the time to attend the burial. Traditions are cool aren’t they.

I am still waiting for our new software to be installed so getting people up here to get organized will have to wait . I hope to have it going prior to our general meeting Nov 12th. Remember to check the December Training Schedule (link on the right side of this post, and please be sure you register on our site as one of the following;

  • a returning instructor (taught for the Academy last season),
  • new certified instructor (certified instructor who did not teach for us last year)
  • instructor candidate (would like to be an instructor)
  • Teaching Assistant.

I think that’s it for now. Pass on to anyone thinking of joining our team, looking forward to seeing you all and getting another season underway.

Frank

Academy News – Sept 27,17

Hello all ,

I realize skiing does not seem like its coming with the heat, but it is. Just want to remind everyone to register on our website in the appropriate list and have all your stuff ready.

I will be trying to get you all into the new system at some point prior to actually skiing/riding but I am still waiting for new software and computers to be assembled.

The December 2017 Training schedule has been added to the Training Links section of the main Academy website page (right side column), please download and add the dates to your calendars.

All for now
Frank

 

Academy News – Sept. 7/17

Hello all,

I hope you all have had a great summer, and are beginning to think about the snowy season. It’s still some time off, but we will be back on snow quicker than we think.

This coming season we will be changing a few systems at the hill:

  1. We will have RFID passes. This means that lift access will be controlled by a gate that will read a chip card in order to open.
  2. These cards will have access to the user’s info and individual history. The cards will be issued and used for years as opposed to reissuing tickets and passes daily or yearly.
  3. For instructors and TAs these cards will be validated in the pro room to allow lift access.
  4. We will have much more info as we get closer to skiing/riding; this is just a heads up.

We are also re-setting our instructor data base, in order to eliminate old info and have a clean list from which to manage the school. This means we will be asking for everyone to fill out their coordinates this September (online).

You are either:

  1. A returning instructor (active last season);
  2. A certified instructor, either new or returning after some time away;
  3. An instructor candidate (un-certified);
  4. A TA age 13 or 14 ( Dec. 30th) volunteering to assist with kids. Please note that age 15 and up must become instructors.

And now for the big change.  We will need for everyone to come up to the hill and register for the new pass system, as this is a different and separate system.  We will need you present to take a photo and fill out forms.  This will be done on a couple of Saturdays or Sundays in October. To be as efficient as possible we may ask for people to come up based on the alphabet i.e.: first initial of last name

To do this, instructors will need to be up-to-date – meaning that dues have to be paid (current season card or receipt will be needed as proof of payment), the commitment sheet needs to be completed on-line and so on. You will have to be totally ready in order to complete the process.

Over the years we have let people complete their info as we go into December, but because the new system will require pre-programming, it will be impossible to simply hand out lift passes on your first day as it would take too long. It will be better to have all our returning and certified people ready to go early.

In summary, action points are as follows:

  1. Register online. The Academy website will be ready on Friday afternoon (see my signature for the link)
  2. If you are certified (CSIA, CSCF, CASI) please pay your dues.
  3. Await further instructions as to when we will see you next.

Please take notice that all further info will be sent to registered people only. Don’t be shy to pass on to friends that may want to join the fun (:

All for now,

Frank