So we know this may not be as fun as Buzz feed. \u00a0But here are the Top 5 most important takeaways from the fall planning meeting…<\/p>\n
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1)\u00a0THE RACE IS ON!\u00a0<\/strong>Ready, set, go! \u00a0The first race of the NYSSRA season is all about membership. \u00a0The NYSSRA club with the most members signed up on ski-reg will win the first points race of the season. \u00a0Be sure to sign up today and get all your social media contacts to sign up too. \u00a0(yes, even that one guy, that you met that one time, at that work party, who friend-requested you, and you aren’t quite sure why)…even that guy can ski for your team. \u00a0Send them here:\u00a0https:\/\/www.skireg.com\/nyssra-nordic-membership-2015-16<\/a><\/p>\n 2)\u00a0USSA!<\/strong>\u00a0NYSSRA-Nordic is now the officially recognized nordic ski organization for the Mid-Atlantic region by USSA. This includes all of Pennsylvania! Get your PA friends to start a NYSSRA club, hosting races and getting people on snow. \u00a0The Wilderness Wildcats<\/em> are our newest PA addition and we hope many more will come. \u00a0 We hope to see some of our PA friends coming north this winter!<\/p>\n 3)\u00a0GREAT SCHEDULE –\u00a0<\/strong>Start planning your travel now. Check out our proposed slate of races and check back regularly for finalized details. \u00a0If you are a race organizer, please send in your official sanctioning paperwork and race details soon. \u00a0Sanctioning fees will increase the longer you wait!<\/p>\n 4)\u00a0WILKINSON SCORING –\u00a0<\/strong>The Cross-Country committee has adjusted to Wilkinson Cup scoring. The changes will reflect a greater emphasis on identifying and awarding the consistently fastest male and fastest female skier in NY. \u00a0See the changes here:\u00a0http:\/\/nyssranordic.org\/schedule\/xc-schedule\/wilkinson-cup\/<\/a><\/p>\n 5)\u00a0LOOKING FRESH –\u00a0<\/strong>NYSSRA nordic is looking to re-energize the Mid-Atlantic ski committee. \u00a0We are looking for new parents, friends and volunteers to get involved developing youth opportunities in NY. \u00a0If you would like to get involved with Mid-Atlantic junior skiing, please email\u00a0thuneck@nycap.rr.com. \u00a0NYSSRA is currently looking for volunteers to help with the Eastern High School Championship trip and U16 Championship in March. \u00a0If you have interest in helping, please visit\u00a0http:\/\/nyssranordic.org\/u16\/<\/a>. \u00a0NYSSRA has allocated money for 26 more NYS uniforms from Verge (one of our new NYSSRA sponsors) which will look great on our junior team!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Full NYSSRA meeting minutes will posted soon.<\/p>\n Happy Training!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" So we know this may not be as fun as Buzz feed. \u00a0But here are the Top 5 most important takeaways from the fall planning meeting… 1)\u00a0THE RACE IS ON!\u00a0Ready, set, go! \u00a0The first race of the NYSSRA season is all about membership. \u00a0The NYSSRA club with the most members signed up on ski-reg (read more)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-179728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anouncments","category-13-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nyssranordic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nyssranordic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nyssranordic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyssranordic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyssranordic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=179728"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/nyssranordic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":179732,"href":"https:\/\/nyssranordic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179728\/revisions\/179732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nyssranordic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=179728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyssranordic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=179728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyssranordic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=179728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}