Programs

Hello Northern Vermont-

A few updates mid season:

The winter programs are running quite well and looking to wrap up in the next month. The Senior Modules are on track with the EMM looking good under the watchful eye of Mike Wockner. We had a great session at MRG and candidates are versed in their OEC skills and are practicing the art of stepping back and looking at the entire scene and taking command. Great job Mike, you are doing quite well in your first year at the helm.

We have another new lead in the Region in the S&T Program with Rena Perkins stepping up showing good direction to the events. She has the plans for the final evaluation on the table and we should have a great day at Smuggs March 2nd.

Chuck Boyd and the NVT Avalanche Team under the also new Leadership by Dave White have just completed a very successful Ave I class at Smuggs this past weekend. I have read some very positive feedback from the class and see that most of the team are involved in other classes around the North Country. Great job, thanks for teaching skills that most do not think of in the East.

This Fall Jim Clark and I worked with several patrollers in the Instructor Development program, the largest group coming from the Middlebury Patrol. This class is a key stone for NSP Patrollers who wish to give back to the team that has brought them to the fore, please spread the word to contact Jim if you know of anyone interested in Instructing.

Holly has the Special Olympics Guides in shape and ready to head to Suicide Six to work with the Athletes for the Winter Games.

A chance meeting with Tim White the new Executive Director of NSP last night resulted in a short conversation regarding the future of NSP. Tim wanted to convey that the transition is tough with new staff and many computer problems in the home office and that they are doing all they can to get up to speed. He is looking forward to the Young Adult Program coming to life again and touching base with membership to facilitate future plans and missions.

And, lastly, we have had a great donation from a Mad River Skier, Harley Freedman to work on our Web Site. Harley is a professional Graphic Artist and Web site Designer who wanted to contribute to our cause with his talents. Jim Clark, Harley and I have been working overtime this month to bring about the design and changes to the site. I would ask you all to check your contact information on the current site and send any changes to me so that the new site can get the needed edits for a clean re-start. Along with the contact info we would like to collect stories/reports and images to post-this will be a living site as always and we aid to keep it fresh-thanks.

Christian-

Yours in Skiing and Minnie Dole,
Christian Jaquith
Region Director
NSP NVT
938 Maston Hill Rd.
Granville, VT 05747
(802)767-9739