Care to volunteer? Do you love everything about skating? Do you have a few extra hours in your schedule? Then Skate Canada - Central Ontario is looking for you!
   Skate Canada - Central Ontario is looking for a few good volunteers to help out in its Concord, Ontario office. We're looking for volunteers who are passionate about skating and can donate a few hours every week or every month. Some of the tasks will include data entry, filing, answering inquiries from the general public and assorted general office duties.
   For further information, contact Skate Canada - Central Ontario Executive Director, Gary Oswald (905-760-9100, x225 or mailto:gary@skatecanada-centralontario.com

Your cooperation in this matter is appreciated.

Gary B. Oswald
Executive Director - COS

On the weekend of September 8th-9th, Skate Canada - Central Ontario, 27 stakeholders and volunteers

Focusing on excellence in four areas - Athlete Development, Partner Development, Human Resource Development and Resource Development - areas were explored about what COS does well, what needs improvement and what we can do to meet our potential.

After 18 hours of discussion and soul searching the following six priorities were identified:

Under Partner Development, COS will target additional sponsors and develop a Marketing Advisory Committee. Regarding Athlete Development, COS will further develop a Talent ID program for our skaters as well as place further emphasis on the STARSkate program. Under Organization Development, COS will explore avenues to increase the efficiency of the current office structure to meet the needs of all stakeholders which will include an examination of future IT requirements. Finally, under the Human Resources model, there will be an increase in the recruitment of officials.

COS wishes to thank all of the volunteers, officials, skaters and coaches who took the time to complete the on-line pre-session survey. Your input was greatly appreciated and gave the planning group greater insight.

Skate Canada - Central Ontario is pleased to endorse TRUE SPORT, a national movement made up of communities and groups across Canada working to ensure that sport provides a positive, meaningful and enriching experience for all participants.
    True Sports core values are fairness, excellence, inclusion and fun and advocates six Principles for Sport and eight Principles for Communities. When sport participants and communities adhere to these principles, the result is almost certainly a positive experience because, while sport can be about winning and losing, it is always about how the game is played.
    For more information on True Sport, we urge you to go to www.truesport.ca.

Do you love to skate? Do you have a camera's eye and want to share your photographs to show your love of our sport? Then this is your lucky day! Skate Canada will soon debut a Photo Gallery page depicting skating in central Ontario. But, we need your help. Whether it's your photos from a practice session, a club carnival, local competition or just skating with your friends, we'd love to post your photos. Simply email your photos to Skate Canada - Central Ontario (gary@skatecanada-centralontario.com) with a brief description (including club affiliation) and we'll post your photos free of charge.