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Convention 2012 Award Recipients
Snowsports Builder Award - Bill Marolt, President / CEO of USSA; Greg Thompson, Ski Archivist, University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott Library Hans Georg Award - Catherine Ohl, FWSA Webmaster, Graphic Artist Elizabeth ‘Schatzi’ Wood Award Eileen Sanford, President - San Diego Council of Ski Clubs J. Stanley Mullin Award - David Krupp, FWSA Trustee Jimmie Heuga Award - Chris Waddell, Paralympian Jordan-Reily Award - Robert Redford, Actor / Conservationist and Environmentalist Bill Mackey Award - Bob Bourquard, Sales Executive, Mt. Bachelor Tommi Tyndall Award - Big White Ski Resort / Silver Star Mountain Resort Bill Berry Hard News Award Bob Wilbanks, Publisher, “The National Ski Club Newsletter” Bill Berry Featured News Award Jon Tullis, Book “Timberline Lodge: A Love Story, Diamond Jubilee Edition” Warren Miller Modern Media Award Steve Bellamy, Movie “Winter” (The Ski Channel) President’s Award Recipients: Mary Azevedo, FWSA VP of Membership; Norm Azevedo, Past FWSA VP of International Travel Sarah Hendrickson, World Cup Champion Ski Jumper
The Association’s Snowsports Builder Award is awarded to a person or persons who have made an indelible positive impact on snowsports. The builder honored may be for achievements in athletics, the press, publishers, historians, industry, humanitarian work, area development, technology; in short, for any indelible contribution to snowsports.
SNOWSPORTS BUILDER AWARD FOR 2012
Randy Lew, FWSA President, presents a Snowsports Builder Award to Dr. Gregory Thompson.
photo by Bill Singleton, Shutterrific Photography
GREGORY C. THOMPSON SNOWSPORTS HISTORIAN
by John Watson and Barbara Yamada Greg Thompson continues his leadership in the Ski Archives, a priceless history resource and ski database in the University of Utah’s J. W. Marriott Library. The Marriott Library contains collections related to skiing comparable to any similar library worldwide. In the 1980s Greg and the late Sue Raemer founded the Marriott Library’s Ski Archives Program. Dr. Thompson has been the driving force for the Ski Archives over the four decades since its founding and this effort has made the Ski Archives a world class repository of the history and development of winter
sports and skiing in the Intermountain region and beyond. He has helped build the archives contact-by-contact, collection-by-collection. Dr. Thompson continues to stimulate the development of resources to sustain the Ski Archives. In 1991, the first Ski Affair was held as a fundraising tool for the Ski Archives and this has successfully earned hundreds of thousand of dollars for the archives over the years. Not only is the Ski Archives one of the biggest collections of its kind, the Ski Archives membership is one of the largest and most successful library “friends” organizations associated with a specialized collection in the nation. Thompson grew up in Durango, Colorado and as a youngster skied and competed in Colorado and New Mexico. A charter member of the Alf Engen Ski Museum Foundation’s Board of Trustees, Greg has been involved with skiing since the early 1950s as a participant and historian. He has lectured widely and published numerous articles on the history of skiing in the Intermountain area. His latest publication with Alan K. Engen, First Tracks: A Century of Skiing (2001), focuses on the history of skiing in Utah. Greg is also the general editor of the Tanner Trust Publication Series. Gregory C. Thompson is the Associate Dean for Special Collections of the University of Utah J. Willard Marriott Library and an Adjunct Assistant Professor of History. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from Colorado State University (1965), Bachelor of Arts degree from Fort Lewis College (1967), and his Master of Science (1971) and Doctoral (1981) degrees from the University of Utah. See: http://www.lib.utah.edu/collections/skiL archives/\ L
Note: John Watson is History Committee Chair, FWSA; and Barbara Yamada is Chairman of the Ski Archives Advisory Board at the Marriott Library.
Program Award Recipients:
Western Ski Heritage Award - John James, Edelweiss Ski Club, Los Angeles Council of Ski Clubs Safety Person of the Year - Fran Long, President of Central Council of California Charity & Community Service Recognition - Fire & Ice Ski Club of Bay Area Snow Sports Council
FWSA HISTORY COMMITTEE: The FWSA History Committee met on Friday at the Convention. The committee’s focus is to ensure the rich history of the development of snowsports in the western U.S. and the contributions to it by the FWSA are recognized and preserved. Discussions included a potential legacy history seminar for the upcoming 2013 convention either as a Public Affairs panel or Snowsports Leadership Academy panel. Potential history projects may be: creating an online history resource guide with effective history interview questions; resources for digitizing 8mm/16mm film reels and VHS tapes; poster display guidelines; developing regional repositories for historical snowsports materials; and increasing participation in the FWSA Club and Council History recognition program and FWSA Western Ski Heritage Award program. If you are interested in joining the committee and/or helping out with any project/starting a new history project, please contact John Watson at geospace@pacbell.net, as membership is open to anyone.
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Contents
Board of Directors, Trustees
President’s Message: FWSA Offers A Variety of Activities & Trips
FWSA Committee Chairmen and Other Representatives
National Ski Council Federation Serves Councils & Clubs Nationwide
Springtacular . . . What?
Council Information
Councils Come Together: Identify Common Strengths & Problems, Assist to Provide Solutions
The New Ski Season is Here
Direct Membership is Available in FWSA
FWSAIndividual Membership Form
FWSA Revamps Website
It’s Been 25 Years
FWSA Travel Program
FWRA Silent Auction Donors
FWRA: Racing is Fun & Helps Improve Technique!
2013 FWRA Championships Alpine Meadows, California
FWRA Board of Directors
FWRA League Race Chairs
FWRARace Schedule
FWSA Athletic Scholarship Program
Far West Ski Foundation Expands Program
FWSA Ski Clubs Continue Generous Donations in Time & Fundraising
FWSA 2012 Convention
Greg Thompsom Shows Way to Preservation of Ski History
FWSA 2012 Convention Sponsors
Convention Door Prize Donors
FWSA Industry Award Recipients
Travel Expo/Silent Auction Milestones
2012 Councils’ Man & Woman of the Year
Silent Auction & Travel Expo Participants - 2012
FWSA Safety Person of the Year
FWSA Western Ski Heritage Award
FWSA 2012 Service Award Recipients
FWSA Snowsports Builder Awards
Harry Leonard Inducted into U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame
2013 FWSA Convention - Reno, Nevada
Reno/Lake Tahoe: Come Early - Stay Longer
Lodging Options
2014 FWSA Convention - Bend, Oregon
Public Affairs - 2012 Update
Chuck Morse Honored - “Veteran of the Year”
FWSA Historic Ski Clubs
Skiing on Grass
Innsbruck . . . The Epicenter of Austrian Sports
Sensory Overload: Helicopter Skiing in the Chugach Mountains, Alaska
Order Form / Far West Skier’s Guide
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FWSA Council & Club Information
Regional Ski Shows
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