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Bob Carter, President of the Pacific Northwest Ski
Association (PNSA) and Pat Fuller (Cascade Ski Club)
who invited representatives of all the known ski
clubs in existence in Portland to the annual meeting
of the PNSA. This resulted in the organization in
1979 of the Portland Area Ski Club Council
(PASCC). The group decided to become the " voice
of the skiers " to provide a united front to public issues.
In 1982, the council established its status with the
Internal Revenue Service as a nonprofit association
incorporated under the laws of the state of Oregon.
Due to the continuing expansion of PASCC with
clubs from the state of Washington, the name was
changed to Northwest Ski Club Council in 1998 to
better represent the true nature of its membership
and influence. NWSCC has grown to 25 ski and
snowboard clubs, and has a unique charitable associate program with 13 associate members. The objectives of NWSCC remain those of PASCC:
n Providing a means of communication
among all of the ski community
n Facilitating the resolution of political
issues of concern to skiers
n Maintaining a resource of information
concerning club operations, political issues,
ski education, etc.
n Providing economic benefits to its
member clubs

CONGRATULATIONS

FWSA!

FROM
GRINDELWALD
SKI CLUB
Founded in 1949,
we share the pin Insignia
of the Swiss Grindelwald
Ski Club founded in 1902.

With a vision of international
skiing, the club in the 1950s
started chartering flights to
Europe for its members and
future Olympians. These were
precursors to FWSA's early
charter flights. Celebrate
skiers all over the world
as one family.
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The Central Council Board, pictured above at their October meeting in San Luis Obispo, vote to
contribute $500 for FWSA Public Affairs work. Members shown are (Back) Angelo Granaroli (Santa
Barbara), Bob Darling (Camber), Pamela Dugan (Fresno), Jack Templeton (San Luis Obispo), Tammi
Naslund (Camber), and Howard Arquette (Sequoia). Front Row: Lauren Nagle (FWSA Central Council,
San Luis Obispo), Gloria Raminha (Central Council President), Cheryl McAlpine (San Luis Obispo),
Carola Gaylord (Fresno) and Liz Darling (Camber). Photo provided by John Watson

n Providing information to the public on
June, 2007. Mark Larsen (Idaho Falls Ski Club) ran
its member clubs and related ski organizations the meeting and led the cefforts to develop all the
n Promoting ski fellowship
legal documents (to which the group unanimously agreed).
Mark was elected President of the new organization
Sierra Council
and then led the efforts to get all the legal docThe Sierra Council has a long history dating uments filed and new by-laws adopted by the orback to the early 1970s. But, it has its beginning as ganizing committee.
another organization: Sierra Ski Racing League
The Intermountain Ski Council (ISC) was inand it was initiated by an import from Southern corporated in the State of Idaho. On December 1,
Council - Dan Halcomb from the Wailers Ski Club 2007 Intermountain Ski Council was accepted by
in Los Angeles. He started his long sequence of ac- the FWSA Board of Directors, at the Cliff Lodge
tions in 1981-82, founding the Reno Ski and Rec- in Snowbird, Utah, as the then 11th council of
reation Club (later changed to the Fagowees) and the FWSA (New Mexico then inactive) with five (5) organSierra Racing League. Then, Halcomb went west izing clubs in Idaho and Utah.
to Sacramento to found a Fagowees there. Today,
the League exists concurrently with the FWSA National Brotherhood of Skiers Sierra Council, accepted as a council in 2002.
Western Region
Barbara Bryant led the way to becoming a
The National Brotherhood of Skiers - Westcouncil, an original FWSA objective since 1970.
ern Region, was accepted as the 10th ski council of
FWSA in 2018, has had clubs in California, NeIntermountain Ski Council
vada, Oregon, Washington and Arizona. The NaThe idea of a ski council in the Utah area was tional Brotherhood of Skiers, a non-profit organhatched in the fall of 2006 when Randy Lew ization, is also one of the largest ski organizations
(FWSA President) and Mike Sanford (FWSA Past Pres- in the country.
ident), met with representatives of Idaho Falls Ski
The NBS was formed in 1974 by 13 ski clubs
Club, Pocatello Ski Association, and Hill AFB Ski across the country and now boasts a membership
Club at the National Ski Council Federation (NSCF) of over 50 clubs representing nearly 50 cities with
meeting in Layton, Utah. They were told that while a membership of over 3,000 skiers, snowboarders,
FWSA would help them, it was up to them to do and non-skiers. One of the organization's primary
the work.
goals has been to get more African Americans outJoe Coles with the Layton Convention & Vis- doors and participating in winter sports, and to supitors Bureau, set up the first organizational meeting port youth with goals of becoming a member of
chaired by Randy Lew in March 2007 at the Hilton the US Ski and Olympic Ski Teams. The Western
Garden Suites in Layton, Utah. Present were rep- Region's mission is to ensure the survival and
resentatives from Idaho Falls Ski Club, Pocatello Ski growth of member clubs and to promote unity and
Association, Hill AFB Ski Club, Weber State Ski harmony through fun and education. In addition,
Club, and Park City Mountain Sports Club. Randy the NBS Western Region seeks to increase the
presented examples of council by-laws, and legal " Level " of Welcome " at all levels of the snowsports informs for Utah and Idaho, then led the clubs thru dustry on and off the slopes.
discussions of their similar interests which they
The four founding ski clubs were: All Seasons
could use to develop the new council.
(Oakland), Four Seasons West (Los Angeles), Four SeaThe second organizational meeting was held in sons Northwest (Seattle), and Ujama (Los Angeles).

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