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INSTRUCTORS SPRING/SUMMER 2012
President’s report
By Christine Katzenberger, PSIA/ASI Intermountain President
I write this as we go into the Memorial Day holiday. The
board met May 18 and 19 saying goodbye and thank you
to Jason Pelligrini from Jackson, George Ator of Solitude
and Tony Fantis, non-affiliated, for their time on the
board. We welcomed Paul Franzeim of Jackson, Carolyn
Fushimi of Brighton and Dustin Cooper to the board. Board member emails
can be found on the Board Meeting tab of the PSIA – I.org website.
The 2012 Spring Clinic held at Grand Targhee resort April 12–14 was very
fun. I hope you got a chance to attend this event. Otherwise look for more
information on the 2012–2013 Spring Clinic at Big Sky in coordination with
the Northwest Division. Thanks to Mark Hansen, Grand Targhee Snowsports
director, we had some great hospitality from both he and the staff of Targhee.
The Nordic group was excited for the grooming on the track and great turnout.
Snowboard, Children’s and Alpine groups also had great conditions. Friday
was a new snow day with groups getting some fun riding top to bottom of
the resort. Saturday was a blue bird day with groups going out and checking
out the whole mountain. Saturday’s banquet was great in the tent and the
auction sold everything. Thanks to Bev Beasley and everyone else for setting it
up. Susan did a great job with organizing the event and staying on top of last
minute changes. Sunday snow was interesting but many had a great time.
Thanks to Nancy, Joe and Kent for all their support. Thanks to board members
Emma Franzeim, Dave Butler, Carl Boyer, Shannon Highlander, Paul
Franzeim, Rich McLaughlin, Anita Oliveri and Mary Flinn Ware who attended
and participated in this event. Be sure to check out the Grand Targhee Spring
Clinic pictures by Brian Oakden on the website and in this Edge.
We recently announced Dustin Cooper as the new Alpine certification manager
. He, along with eight other candidates, interviewed with the Executive
Committee. It is really great to see the dedication and interest in contributing to
the education and certification of this division. Dustin has been Alpine scheduling
and logistics manager for the last two years. We will be discussing the Alpine
scheduling and logistics position later this summer. Stephen Helfenbein will
continue as Alpine education manager. Thanks to both of them for their coordination
of the DECL staff. They did a great job at Spring Clinic and DECL training.
The presidents have had four phone calls since the January meetings with Jay
Younger, the facilitator who worked with the group in Denver. The goal will be to
come up with a document outlining the roles of the national and division offices.
We have determined that we are 10 different businesses and that there is a need
for clarification on who does what. This will be a big task but all the presidents
seem willing to try. Divisions are responsible for holding educational and certification
events as well as answering day to day questions of the member. National
maintains the member database, marketing and PSIA/AASI standards. Many
more details will need to be ironed out before anything can be finalized. Just
recently the national office announced that they will not be charging the
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The Instructors EDGE
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PSIA-I, AASI-I Officers and Chairs
President: Christine Katzenberger
Administrative V. P.: Joe Waggoner
Communications V.P.: Nancy Kronthaler
PSIA Board Representative: Kent Lundell
Programs Administrator: Open
Alpine Certification Manager: Dustin Cooper
Alpine Education Manager:
Stephen Helfhenbein
Snowboard Manager: Open
Nordic Manager: Mike Shimp
Adaptive Manager: Kristen Caldwell
Children’s Manager: Mark Nakada
Ski School Management Committee:
Brian Maguire
Current Board Members
2010-2013: Shannon Highlander, Dave
Butler (for Danny Edwards),
Anita Oliveri, Dustin Cooper,
Chris Katzenberger
2011-2014: Carl Boyer, Emma Franzeim,
Sandy Sandusky, Joe
Waggoner, Mary Flinn Ware
2012-2015: Nancy Kronthaler, Rich
McLaughlin, Leslie Blank, Paul
Franzeim, Carolyn Fushimi