The annual meeting of the Wasatch Speed Skating Association will be held
on Thursday, April 16th at 6:00 PM in the World Record Lounge at the
Utah Olympic Oval. One primary agenda item is the selection of new board
members, as Tim Peck is moving to Florida (to recruit in-line skaters?),
and Ray will be out of the area for most of the year.

We will be having dinner, with the main course and drinks provided by
WSSA. We could use assistance with desserts and salads. RSVP to Ray at
rthac64575@... if you can bring dessert and/or salad.

Will will also be distributing the awards for WSSA Long Track and Short
Track series champions.

Michael Drews
WSSA

The last races of the 2008/9 WSSA Short Track series will be held on
Thursday, February 19th, from 6:00 - 7:45 PM at the Utah Olympic Oval.

Registration deadline is 6:00 PM Tuesday, February 17, 2009.

Registration forms are available in the bins behind the bleachers by the
warm-up bikes at the Oval.

Michael Drews
WSSA

There will be an OSSC meeting tonight after long track; around 7. It
will take place in the conference room at the Oval.

Questions, comments, things to go over, email me: teriwillingham@...



-Teri

The last long track races in the WSSA series will be held on Wednesday,
February 11th from 5:30 - 7:00 Pm at the Utah Olympic Oval. Registration
forms are available in the bins behind the bleachers by the warm up
bikes at the Oval.

(I had stated the wrong date last Wednesday at the Oval.)

Michael Drews
WSSA

Hello!

I have posted pictures of the warm up and the first 500 meter. I am
trying to get the rest of the pics up by the end of the day, but that
might turn into this weekend. :)

Check them out on the WSSA site in the News & Info section:
http://wssaut.com/

The Utah Winter Games Long Track (Speedskating) races will be held on
Wednesday, January 28th.

Advance registration is required. Entry forms are available in the bins
on the bulletin board by the warm-up bikes at the Oval. Look for the
green forms with the UAF waiver in the back.

The registration deadline is noon on Tuesday, January 27th.

Registration fee is $10 per participant
Participants must sign UAF Waiver on back of form
Participants must pre-register
500 meter race will be skated Twice
Medals will be awarded for closest match between 2 times

Warm-up 5:30 - 6:00, races 6:00 - 7:00. Medals 7:15 PM.

Michael Drews
WSSA

Actually, can you send the race information to
UtahSpeedskate@yahoogroups.com? I don't know what the entry deadline is,
and we should include that in the mail. The other details are:

Registration fee is $10 per participant
Participants must sign UAF Waiver on back of form
Participants must pre-register
500 meter race will be skated Twice
Medals will be awarded for closest match between 2 times

Warm-up 5:30 - 6:00, races 6:00 - 7:00. Medals 7:15 PM.

Michael Drews

Magda Nielson wrote:
> Mike,
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> I know you have these forms already. Do you want to send these out (to
> the yahoo group) or do you want me to print them out here and hand them out?
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> Magda Nielson

The Utah Winter Games Long Track races tentatively scheduled for
Wednesday, January 7th have been postponed until later in January or in
February (no exact date set yet).

The usual open speed skating session will occur on Wednesday from 5:30
until 7:00 PM.

Michael Drews
WSSA

The Utah Winter Games Long Track races tentatively scheduled for
Wednesday, January 7th have been postponed until later in January or in
February (no exact date set yet). This should allow for electronic
timing to be used for the races.

Michael Drews
WSSA

333 Meters
1. Jamie - 42.42
2. Noah
3. Kevin
4. Will

1000 Meters
1. Adam - 1.47.32
2. Jerica - 1.47.56

1000 Meters
1. Tim - 2.01.00
2. Pat - 2.03.87

500 Meters
1. Jamie - 1.10.34
2. Noah - 1.10.50
3. Kevin - 1.27.10
4. Will - DNF

500 Meters
1. Jerica - 50.75
2. Adam - 50.77

500 Meters
1. Tim - 53.64
2. Pat - 57.38

611 Meters
1. Jamie - 1.21.03
2. Noah - 1.26.88
3. Kevin - 1.40.97
4. Will - DNF

1500 Meters
1. Adam - 2.37.65
2. Jerica - 2.51.78
3. Tim - 2.57.06
4. Pat

Club members/WSSA members,

The Long-Track North-America Regional Qualifying Event is on January
10th and 11th. I need volunteers and am asking you for your help during
this event.

The tentative schedule is:
Saturday January 10th
Start time 10:00am – end time 12:15pm

Sunday January 11th
Start time 10:00am – end time 2:00pm

Would you please let me know asap if you are able to volunteer during
these days?

Thank you,
Magda Nielson
Speed Skating Program Coordinator
Utah Olympic Oval
5662 S. Cougar Lane
Kearns, UT 84118
Email: magda.nielson@...

Club members/WSSA members,

    The Long-Track North-America Regional Qualifying Event is on
January 10th and 11th. I need volunteers and am asking you for your
help during this event.

The tentative schedule is:
- Saturday January 10th
Start time 10:00am – end time 12:15pm
- Sunday January 11th
Start time 10:00am – end time 2:00pm

Would you please let me know asap if you are able to volunteer during
these days?



Thank you,
Magda Nielson
Speed Skating Program Coordinator
Utah Olympic Oval
5662 S. Cougar Lane
Kearns , UT 84118
Email: magda.nielson@...

The races are Thursday, December 18th, not Wednesday. I put both days in
the original mail.

The next race in the WSSA short track series will be this Thursday,
December 18, from 6:00 - 7:45 PM at the Utah Olympic Oval, North ice sheet.

The early registration deadline is Tuesday, December 16th at 6:00 PM. I
will be at the Oval to collect any last minute registrations.

Michael Drews
WSSA

The next race in the WSSA short track series will be this Wednesday,
December 18, from 6:00 - 7:45 PM at the Utah Olympic Oval, North ice sheet.

The early registration deadline is Tuesday, December 16th at 6:00 PM. I
will be at the Oval to collect any last minute registrations.

Michael Drews
WSSA

Schedule update from Magda (for those who skate in the afternoon
high-performance session):

Friday, Dec 12th 3-5pm HP session has been canceled due to a private
booking.

The 9-11 session will now be combined A/B ice.

Thanks,
Magda

The meeting will take place at the Dinner on Dec 3. I hope to fill in
the gaps for the fleece jacket orders. Please bring $30 if you have
signed up, or wish to sign up for an OSSC jacket. Other than that, we
will just be going over the norm.

**If anyone has anything that needs brought up at this meeting, please
let me know.
**Coaches: Please let your skaters know about the going on's!

Thanks,
Teri Willingham
OSSC

thanks Michael - the actions you have taken will likely eliminate
99.9% of the problem - moderating every message is time consuming so I
hope you won't need to resort to this.

cheers,

al

The next race in the WSSA Long Track Pack Races will be held on
Wednesday, December 3, 2008 at the Utah Olympic Oval.

Early registration deadline is Monday, December 1, 2008 at 7:00 PM.
Entry forms are available in the bins behind the bleachers at the Oval.
Give your registration to a representative of the WSSA on Monday evening.

Cost is $15 for advance registration, or $25 for walk-up registration.

Schedule:
5:00 - 5:30 Registration
5:30 - 6:00 Warm-up
6:00 - 7:00 Racing
7:00 - ?:00 Christmas Potluck

Michael Drews
WSSA

Michael Drews writes:

Recently there have been several off-subject postings to the Utah
Speedskate Yahoo distribution list. As the creator and moderator of the
list I have removed those messages, deleted the people who posted those
messages from the list, and banned them permanently from the group.

My main purpose for setting up the group and distribution list was to
allow people to easily add their names, change their e-mail preferences,
and remove themselves from the list when they were no longer interested
in the messages.

In addition, the list allows others people from the individual clubs to
post messages of interest to the local speed skating community.

In the past there were issues with multiple people maintaining copies of
the lists of e-mail addresses, continuing to send to people who were no
longer interested, and missing new people who had joined the sport. In
addition, the full distribution list was often visible in the "To" field
of the messages that were sent out, so that individual's e-mail
addresses were not kept private, and could be picked up by various spam
programs.

Unfortunately the open nature of the Utah Speedskate group allowed three
individuals to post inappropriate message that were not suitable for all
ages. I'm sorry that the messages were received, and have taken the
following steps to prevent something like that from happening again:

1. The membership in the Utah Speedskate group has been changed from
"Open" to "Restricted." Any new memberships in the group must be
approved by one of the group moderators (currently Michael Drews and Ray
Thacker).

2. Only members of the Utah Speedskate group will be permitted to post
messages to the group.

If there are additional problems with off-subject and inappropriate
postings, the group will be changed to "Moderated" where all messages
posted to the group must be approved by a moderator.

Any individual can remove his or her name from the distribution list by
using the means listed at the bottom of this message.

E-mail continues to be the primary method of communication for Utah
Speedskating. Hopefully these changes will be sufficient to eliminate
the issues with the Utah Speedskate group and distribution list.

Michael Drews
WSSA