Congratulations to John Caron. Majority vote was received and John has been appointed to the “Interim” Alternate Regional Director. John will serve in this capacity until our scheduled September Regional Business meeting where the Exec. Committee will formally vote for a candidate from a pool of nominees (including John) for the coming year.

Congratulations to Chuck Kornely, newly elected Assistant Region Director to replace Regional Director Chris Pringle. Chuck joined the NSP in 1998 at Norway Mountain in Norway Michigan. After moving to the east in 2001, Chuck patrolled at Black Mountain, and Nashoba Valley. For the last 5 years Chuck has been affiliated with Bradford Ski Area. To read Chuck Kornelys bio click here

This fall, the EMARI Region will be holding elections for the following positions:

• Region Director
• Chris Pringle, candidate for election - more info
• John Caron, candidate for election - more info
• Assistant Region Director (we used to call them section chiefs)
• Tim Breen, candidate for election - more info
• Carol Parrella, candidate for election - more info
• Richard Stakutis, candidate for election - more info

The Region Director election will take place at the individual patrol fall refreshers during the fall of 2010. EMARI and Division bylaws require an election for Regional Director this fall due to the RD vacancy as John Shipman was elected Eastern Division Director.

The five person EMARI Election Committee is looking for eligible candidates for both the Regional Director and the two Assistant Regional director positions. To be eligible a candidates for both Regional Director and the two Assistant Regional Directors must be active registered senior patrollers of Alpine, Nordic, or Certified status (Auxillary can be eligible too see Eastern Division bylaws at http://www.nspeast.org/electiondocs/ ), with at least 5 seasons of patrolling experience.

If you are interested in running for these open positions, please submit your Bio and Platform Statement no later than August 1, 2009 to Mike Seward (chairperson EMARI election committee) send email or snail mail at 41 Northlake Dr Barrington, RI 02806. Please review the EMARI Region’s by-laws if you have questions about qualifications and terms of office. Submissions for the Regional Director position and the second Assistant Regional Director position will be posted on the EMARI Region website by September 1, 2009 so the region’s patrollers can review them. Submissions received after August 1, 2009 will be held for the next election in fall of 2011 (for ARD) or in the fall of 2011 (for RD).

Thank You
Mike Seward, EMARI Region ARD

It is a pleasure to announce that the Eastern Division Board of Directors has elected John Shipman as the 19th Eastern Division Director. John's new roll as our Division Director is effective immediately. Also, effective immediately replacing John as the EMARI Region Director is Chris Pringle, Assistant Regional Director. Chris will serve out the remainder of the Region Director elected term in accordance with the Eastern Division and EMARI Region bylaws.

Twenty eight ski patrollers and 36 family members participated in the annual EMARI ski weekend at Black Mountain in Jackson, NH. The skiing on Saturday 3/13 was great with sunny skies and plenty of snow that softened up as the day progressed to offer fantastic mogul skiing. - More info