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Care
to volunteer?
Do
you love everything about skating? Do you have a few extra
hours in your schedule? Then Skate Canada - Central Ontario
is looking for you!
Skate Canada - Central Ontario is looking
for a few good volunteers to help out in its Concord, Ontario
office. We're looking for volunteers who are passionate about
skating and can donate a few hours every week or every month.
Some of the tasks will include data entry, filing, answering
inquiries from the general public and assorted general office
duties.
For further information, contact Skate Canada
- Central Ontario Executive Director, Gary Oswald (905-760-9100,
x225 or mailto:gary@skatecanada-centralontario.com
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Memorandum
- Classified's Page, Change in Policy
Please
note that the Skate Canada - Central Ontario's website will
continue to provide member clubs with the opportunity to
advertise for staff and coaching positions. Such information
will appear on our Classified's page. Such information must
be forwarded to gary@skatecanada-centralontario.com
in the form of an attachment with a start and end date.
By providing your advertisement in an attachment form, it
allows us to paste the advertisement on our site without
having to re-write it. Also, the start and end dates ensure
that our site provides our stakeholders with timely information.
Your
cooperation in this matter is appreciated.
Gary
B. Oswald
Executive Director - COS
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| 2009
Calendars Now Available
Skate Canada - Central
Ontario has a limited number of 2009 skating calendars
in stock for sale.
These calendars
that feature colour photographs of your favourite skaters
including Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, Jeff Buttle,
Joannie Rochette, Anabelle Langlois and Cody Hay, Mira
Leung, Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje, Shawn Sawyer,
Meaghan Duhamel and Craig Buntin and our very own Patrick
Chan among others.
Calendars are $15
apiece (tax included) and are available at the
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COS office or via
email at gary@skatecanada-centralontario.com
Our stock is limited
to order today!
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Club
Executives - Reserve
October 24th-25th, 2008
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Attention
Club Executive Members: Please reserve Friday evening
October 24th and Saturday, October 25th on your calendars.
Skate
Canada - Central Ontario's Volunteer Conference will
take place that weekend at Alliston's Nottawasaga Resort
and Conference Centre and will offer some exciting changes
to the standard format.
We
are currently finalizing the details so check this website
frequently to get the latest in conference information
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Promotional Contest Deadline -
July 9th
Attention
COS Clubs: The deadline for submitting your order to COS
to participate in the Ontario Promotional Contest is July
9th.
An
email, containing background information on the program
and an order, was sent to your club on and/or synchronized
skating team on July 4th encouraging you to participate
in this program. Last year, approximately $65,000 was
raised for the COS Skaters' Trust Fund, our member clubs
and synchro teams.
If
you have not received the promtoional material, please
contact COS Executive Director, Gary Oswald at gary@skatecanada-centralontario.com.
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President's
CanSkate Challenge Returns for 2008-2009
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Skate
Canada announced at their Annual General Meeting on May
31st that the President's CanSkate Challenge will return
for the 2008-2009 season. Clubs across Canada are encouraged
to recruit a skaters so that Skate Canada can meet its
target of 135,000 CanSkaters by the year 2010.
The
top three clubs with the highest increase of CanSkaters
in their clubs will receive gift certificates for Skate
Canada programming and supplies of $500, $300 and $200
respectively. The deadline for recruitment is March 31,
2009.
More
information on the President's CanSkate Challenge can
be found at www.skatecanada.ca.
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Club
Executive Form Now Available
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Your
COS Club Executive Form is now available for you! Simply
click here to access the form.
Please
note that this form is of great value to COS. Not only
does it provide us with the most up-to-date contact information
for your club but also is used as a marketing tool so
that we can let inquiring minds know what programs your
club offers. Therefore, please use the form provided at
your earliest convenience.
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Identifies
Strategic Priorities for 2016 and Beyond
On
the weekend of September 8th-9th, Skate Canada - Central
Ontario, 27 stakeholders and volunteers
Focusing
on excellence in four areas - Athlete Development, Partner
Development, Human Resource Development and Resource Development
- areas were explored about what COS does well, what needs
improvement and what we can do to meet our potential.
After
18 hours of discussion and soul searching the following
six priorities were identified:
Under
Partner Development, COS will target additional sponsors
and develop a Marketing Advisory Committee. Regarding
Athlete Development, COS will further develop a Talent
ID program for our skaters as well as place further emphasis
on the STARSkate program. Under Organization Development,
COS will explore avenues to increase the efficiency of
the current office structure to meet the needs of all
stakeholders which will include an examination of future
IT requirements. Finally, under the Human Resources model,
there will be an increase in the recruitment of officials.
COS
wishes to thank all of the volunteers, officials, skaters
and coaches who took the time to complete the on-line
pre-session survey. Your input was greatly appreciated
and gave the planning group greater insight.
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COS
Endorses True Sport
Skate
Canada - Central Ontario is pleased to endorse TRUE SPORT,
a national movement made up of communities and groups across
Canada working to ensure that sport provides a positive, meaningful
and enriching experience for all participants.
True Sports core values are fairness, excellence,
inclusion and fun and advocates six Principles for Sport and
eight Principles for Communities. When sport participants
and communities adhere to these principles, the result is
almost certainly a positive experience because, while sport
can be about winning and losing, it is always about how the
game is played.
For more information on True Sport, we
urge you to go to www.truesport.ca.
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President's
CanSkate Challenge Renewed for Third Year
Skate
Canada announced at their ACGM on May 28th at the President's
CanSkate Challenge has been renewed for a third year.
Skate Canada clubs are urged to increase
their CanSkate membership over this past season. The club
who increases their CanSkate membership the most (in members)
by April 11, 2008 will receive two all event tickets to the
2008 HomeSense Skate Canada International competition.
COS was pleased to have the top three teams
in the country who increased their membership during the 2006-2007
skating season, namely the Richmond Training Centre, the Milton
Skating Club and the Oakville Skating Club.
Further information on the President's
CanSkate Challenge can be found at www.skatecanada.ca.
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Do
You Want to Make a Difference?
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Do
you love skating? Do enjoy working behind the scenes? Do you have
experience in the non- profit sector? Do you want to make a difference
at Skate Canada - Central Ontario?
If the answers to the above questions
are yes, then Skate Canada - Central Ontario would like to hear
from you with regard to serving on our Board of Directors starting
in May, 2007. All interested parties must be a member of Skate
Canada and have an affiliation with a COS club. If you are interested
please download the attached nomination letter and form (CLICK
HERE-LETTER) (CLICK
HERE-FORM) and fax/email it back to Skate Canada - Central
Ontario (fax: 905-760-9104, gary@skatecanada-centralontario.com)
on or before March 31st together with a covering letter indicating
what skills and experience you can bring to our organization.
Interested parties will subsequently be interviewed for consideration.
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