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 2010 First Aid Champions - Dave Fazzari, Danielle Morneault & Melanie Brosseau (Photo Courtesy: Jean-Marie Philippe) On Saturday June 26th, 2010, our Gatineau Zone and Quebec Division First Aid Champions, brought home another Gold. Melanie Brosseau, Dave Fazzari, and Danielle Morneault of the Camp Fortune Ski Patrol had been preparing and training for that moment since December 2009. For those of you unfamiliar with the First Aid Competition, new to the Patrol, or considering joining our ranks – winning the National First Aid Competition means you can say your team is the best among our 6,000 strong National Ski Patrol System. These competitions, whether they occur locally, regionally or nationally, provide an opportunity for the ski patrol to showcase outstanding skills, encourage continuous skills improvement and foster teamwork. If you have a chance, congratulate Mel, Dave and Danielle on this achievement and if you’d like to try your hand at the comp, their advice is to: Practice Early, Practice Often and Play Well Together! Speak to your PL and get a team of your pals together in time for our Zone Competition next February at Calabogie Peaks.  Spring Recruits 2010 - Photo Courtesy: J. Simpson The group of 15 Spring Recruits have been taking advantage of the warm weather to learn out of doors. It’s a stark contrast to the cool climate where they will learn valuable on-hill skills later this year. Spring Recruits will be joining our ranks after June 13th and will be involved in summer events. They’ll link up with returning patrollers and recruits for lift evacuation training and the ski evaluation. Keep an eye out on their progress and personal accounts of their training experience! For those interested in volunteering with the ski patrol in the Ottawa-Gatineau area, keep an eye out or subscribe to our RSS on the latest and greatest on upcoming training. It is with great pleasure that I address you all in the first months of this exciting new job. I extend our thanks to Glenda for her service as President; over her tenure we saw a number of accomplishments such as the introduction of the coupon program for special events, a spring course and we hosted a great NAC. A special thanks to Carol Mothersill, VP Marketing, Julie Bourdeau, Safety, Lola Ho, Secretary and Mark Severin, PL Pakenham, who stepped down recently for a much deserved break from their extraordinary efforts on the Executive team. This message is the first of many to begin a dialogue on where we want to go as an organization. From the start, I know I want to engage you – our most vital resource – to make sure we retain you, the people needed to continue our success, and attract the right new people. I want to outline an approach to identify what that success will look like for us and share this ambitious vision on the ways we can achieve that success. This vision is focused on community, more specifically on building, strengthening and enhancing that community. That means:
Marketing & Communications will be significant in achieving on this ambitious vision. Danielle Morneault, the new VP Marketing and Communications, will look to all of you for your insight and your help in realizing them. I invite you to keep an eye on the Website and share any of your ideas and thoughts with Danielle. Key to our success to date is the professionalism, charisma and compassion that you all ably demonstrate. Superb training, a dedicated cadre of instructors and countless hours spent by our patrollers training and recertifying contributes to this. Continuing on that tradition, “Back to Basics” was the theme for requalification this year and that got everyone thinking about what we do and how we do it. Within the Patrol, major changes have come about with the introduction of Health Care Provider level CPR, and AEDs are finding homes all over the zone thanks to the dedication and commitment of many of you. The Administration and Operations manuals have undergone major re-writes for this year and will be introduced in the fall 2010. Our spring course has 15 new recruits who will join us officially as of the 13th of June. I look forward to everything our Education Department, led by VP Education; Don Grant will come up with this year to continue to inspire us. Special Events have evolved quickly and exponentially in the past few years. The VP Special Events, Scott Dowser, has been pivotal in making this happen and we are now involved in a substantial number of events. Working closely with Scott, we want to rationalize what and when we participate in to make sure it continues to make sense and explore every opportunity to promote our identity when we contribute to Special Events. We’ve become the preferred choice by Ottawa EMS for summer events and we are in high demand. That means you and your skills are in high demand. It’s an exciting time to be a patroller in the summer and I hope that you all find time to do a few. The logistics of running the 3rd largest zone in the country is not without its challenges. Derek Beatty and Julie Anne Bourdeau, the VPs of Administration and our Secretary, have their work cut out for them keeping us all in line. My replacement as VP Finance, Suzanne Zarate, will continue the sound financial management of the Zone. Our website has taken on a new look and feel thanks very much to Derek Beatty and his continued efforts to modernize the Zone management practices and Online capabilities. Operations on hill is what makes us who we are, and our VP Operations, Marc Andre Poitras supported by our dedicated Patrol Leaders and area officers, ensure we continue to deliver professional, timely and effective Safety and First Aid Services at all of our area location. Calabogie Peaks: Bruce Hutchinson I appreciate the continued efforts of all of you in making this a truly wonderful organization to volunteer for and am humbled by the challenge to represent this incredible Zone and all the outstanding people involved in it. Jean-Charles Côté Annual AGM meeting at Best Western Macies Inn at 7pm. This will lay out information for the upcoming year. Some hills will be picking up jackets for the final time (check with your PL). This will be the last day to buy Banquet tickets and purchases can be made there. Carleton University  Denis Lamothe, Sarah Pearson, and Margaux Stastny training for First Aid Comp at Mont Ste Marie For those of you who have been thinking about a volunteer opportunity with the Gatineau Ski Patrol, here’s your chance to get a head start on the competition! Traditionally our training runs September-December. This year, we hope to run a condensed spring course for interested individuals that will run May and June. We need a minimum of 10 interested volunteers to run the course. Taking the early course will allow you to put your first aid skills to use this summer at our special events. Unsure where you might like to patrol next winter after completing this training? Volunteering at summer events will give you a chance to meet and mingle with current patrollers from every hill in our Zone. This top-notch first aid course runs for 60-hours and provides you with Healthcare Provider Level (HCP Level) CPR and AED training, sure to look good with most employers and could very well help you save a life on or off the slopes. Our dedicated and motivated team of instructors are there along the way to help you maximize your training experience. Please let us know if you already have your HCP Level CPR and AED training. The course schedule is 9 days of training on May 1, 2, 15, 16, 29, 30 and June 5, 6, 12 and 13. We’ve made sure to keep Mother’s Day and the Victoria Day weekend free and clear. Location is still to be determined but we do our best to make sure training is held in a central and accessible location. If you’re interested in learning more and fast tracking your way to becoming a Volunteer Ski Patrol, please drop us a note through the “Contact Us” feature as soon as possible. |
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