Online registration for ALL members is required again this year - including FIS athletes. An updated registration database is being put in place that is expected to be up for FIS registration as of July 1, 2005.

Any clubs that are unsure of the online registration process, please contact Keven Dubinsky at (604) 678-3070 in the BC Alpine Office for directions and access to this system.

ORIGINAL SIGNED (Ink On Paper) ACA registration forms for all FIS competitor card athletes MUST BE sent in to the BC Alpine Office to finalize registration.   The ACA registration forms will be checked against the online database submitted by the clubs to ensure that both have been completed.  A COMPLETE FIS REGISTRATION PACKAGE containing all the forms you will need is available on the BC Alpine Website.  The deadline for FIS Registration is July 20, 2005.

ONLY ACA registration forms for FIS athletes need be submitted at the July 20th deadline.   A different deadline will be set at a future time for other registrations.

At the recent Alpine Canada Board meeting, the (ACA) Board passed a motion to increase membership fees to be paid to Alpine Canada (ACA) via the Provincial Sport Organizations (BC Alpine). At the BC Alpine 2005 Spring General Meeting in Kamloops, we did not anticipate this increase and have just recently learned of the fee changes.  These increases may influence how your club structures its program fees for the 2005/06 season.  The BC Alpine fees will only increase to cover the Alpine Canada fee increases and all revenue generated from the increased BC Alpine fee will be dedicated to the ACA increase.  In other words, there will be no net gain to BC Alpine as a result of this increase.

The increase has been structured as follows:
- $1.00 increase to BC Alpine Membership Fee
- $1.00 increase to Competitor Card Fee

Please note the new BC Alpine fees as outlined below:
All Members, Coaches & Officials: $24.00 (includes GST)
E1 & E2 (ANGSL): $44.00 (24.00 + 20.00) no GST
K1: $78.88 (24.00 + 54.00) no GST
K2: $88.00 (24.00 + 64.00) no GST
J1/J2/SR: $102.00 (24.00 + 78.00) includes GST
Masters (not on NPL): $40.00 (24.00 + 16.00) includes GST
FIS Registration: $407.00 (includes GST)

Note – The FIS Registration procedure will continue to flow through BC Alpine.  First year FIS athletes do not have accident insurance until November 1, 2005.  Accident insurance can be purchased through ACA to cover the period from August 1, 2005 to November 1, 2005 for a $160.00 charge per athlete or athletes may explore other forms of coverage for training outside the country.

Other Fees:
- Club Directors and Officers Insurance: TBD
- Entry Level FIS Calendar Fees: $250
- FIS Series Calendar Fees: $550

Homologation Fees:
- One trail - one discipline:  $325
- Two disciplines - same trail: $325
- Three of four disciplines - same trail: $630
- Replacement photocopies of FIS Homologated report: $35  

Okanagan K1 and K2 racers are invited to a Summer Camp in Whistler, July 15 - 21, 2005.  

For all the details, open this INVITATION TO OKANAGAN KINDER SUMMER CAMP   or contact TREVOR HAAHEIM (phone 250-762-9011).

In the spirit of increasing the sustainability of Canada’s winning tradition in ski racing and in the hope of moving ahead with the implementation of its overall national development program philosophy, Alpine Canada is reiterating its out-of-country racing policy. Effective year-round, the policy stipulates that FIS out-of-country racing is limited to selected Canadian Alpine Ski Team and provincial team athletes.

This policy, which is in line with Alpine Canada's overall national development program philosophy, seeks to promote ski-racing excellence through physical training, athlete retention incentives, and steady on-snow athletic progression, rather than through pressuring young athletes into chasing FIS points out of country, especially in the summer months.

“The goal of this policy is to ensure that Canadian athletes are moving in the direction and at the pace that is intended by our development philosophy,” said Mark Sharp, National Technical Director for ACA.  (Read FULL ARTICLE on Alpine Canada Website)