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Certified 2009-2010

by Dave Walker, Supervisor

This year’s annual Certified Exam and Meeting will be held in Vermont at Sugarbush South, a change from the original plan. Sugarbush offers two mountains of great skiing and will challenge every level. A very interesting interconnecting lift makes it easy to travel from Sugarbush South to the former Glen Ellen. Plans are being made for housing and will appear on the division website or via email to members and candidates shortly. Curious about the program? Come up and join us!!

For all of you aspiring Certified patrollers, onlookers, and candidates, the Certified program will be offering several “Introduction to Certified” program clinics across the division. Pre-registration is required at the email addresses shown below. Please don’t make the mistake of showing up without letting us know that you are coming. Every event we run requires pre-registration. Precourses require prior approval before attending.

Applications for the Certified program can be submitted any time of year (actually, the sooner the better). The application can be found on the Eastern Division website at http://www.nspeast.org/images/certapplic.pdf. You can download, complete the application, and email to Credentials Committee Chair Karl Johnson at johnson.building@verizon.net. Be careful, the deadline for applications is 30 days before the exam. Submissions have to be made by February 25 to be considered. There is a program guide available on the same site that describes each part of the program. Caution: The avalanche module has changed. Information about the changes is in the program guide on the website. (Note: The bylaws have not been updated to indicate changes). For first hand information on the changes contact Bob Bluff at bluff@ptd.net

Training for the program starts whenever you are ready. Just email me at cert372@yahoo.com and I will direct you to someone who can help get you started. REMEMBER everyone is welcome to come to the exam, but you must preregister: email certifiedpatrol@yahoo.com.

2009-2010 Schedule

Date Location Event/Contact

Sat., 1/9/2010 Bristol Mountain Intro to Certified

Jeff Baker, jeff@timberdesigns.net

Thurs., 1/21/2010 Sunday River Intro to Certified/Precourse

Dave Walker, cert372@yahoo.com

Fri., 1/22/2010 Hunter Mountain Certified S&T Training & Precourse

Brant Maley, skipatrol@comcast.net

Sat./Sun., 1/23-24/2010 Elk Mountain Intro to Certified/Precourse** http://www.eventbrite.com/event/428705269

Bill Jordan, cert169@comcast.net

Sat/Sun, 1/23-24/2010 Windham Intro to Certified http://patrollerschoolwindham2010.eventbrite.com/

Brant Maley, skipatrol@comcast.net