Western Region

Intent to Compete Declaration Method, 2008-2009

Intents will be used to construct Regional Selection Boards for:

• US National Alpine Championships
• US Continental Cup NorAm competitions
• Canadian NorAm competitions (national quota)
• US National J2 Olympic Championships
• Canadian FIS competitions (national quota)
• Canadian National Championships (national quota)
• Rocky-Central FIS competitions
• Eastern Region FIS competitions
• FISU competition (national quota)

Intents will be used to construct Northern Division Selection Boards for:

• FIS Western Region Open Race Series
• FIS Western Region J2 Classification Series
• FIS Western Region Elite Series
• FIS Western Region Devo Series
• Out of Division USSA competitions

Intents will be due on the first of each month for the following month’s competitions:

• October 10 for competitions in November Races
• November 1 for competitions in December
• December 1 for competitions in January
• January 1 for competitions in February
• February 1 for competitions in March
• March 1 for competitions in April

Intents will expire.  Only one month at a time will be considered.  Example:  Intents declared October 1 for November races expire October 31 and no December - April races will be considered during October.

Intents will not be considered that are not for specific races.  Intents will not be considered that state something like “anything I qualify for”.  Conflicting races must be prioritized.

Intents maybe filed for multiple race series for any given dates within a period.  Multiple series must be prioritized.  Athletes qualifying for any particular prioritized series, as identified as their first choice, will be removed from all other lists both at the time the lists are constructed and as the athlete becomes eligible for a first choice.

Intents may be made for full series participation only.  Western Quotas may not be used for partial entry to any out-of-region FIS series.  The Regional Director may allow 1) a first year eligible FIS racer exceptions to this provision in order to comply with FIS entry limitation rules, or 2) an athlete qualified USST or NDS invitation to an international competition or a Western Region quota team to a COC event.  Four event series will be considered in such a way as to account for athletes not participating in one or more pieces of the event spectrum by the director.

Intents are sent in (emailed) as follows:

• All ENL intents go to the region (Stacey Brown, sbrown@ussa.org and Lester Keller, lkeller@ussa.org), with copies to the Northern Division Manager and the ACC Chair.  
• Intents for out of Division USSA races go to Sherri Hale (Northern Division Manager) and the ACC chair
• Out of Region FIS races and FISU's go to the region (Stacey Brown, sbrown@ussa.org and Lester Keller, lkeller@ussa.org), with copies to the Northern Division Manager and the ACC Chair.  
• FIS series races within Western Region go to Sherri Hale (Northern Division Manager) and the ACC chair only.  

These electronic transmissions must use the approved Regional spreadsheet template.

Instructions:

1. Use the approved Excel spreadsheet template with no special features as an attachment to your message. Do not send the information in the body of the email text.
2. Don’t send Zip files.
3. There are different tabs for different race types.  Men are listed first, followed by women.  
4. Each Series of Races should be included in a separate list
5. Do not cut and paste out of the USSA points list from the web. The point values do not transfer from your attachment.
6. Use Arial as the font type
7. Use 10 point as the font size
8. Do Not use Bold, Italic, or Underlined type
9. Do Not use color type or background
10. Do Left-hand align
11. In column 1 list the FIS # of the athlete
12. In column 2 list the name of the racer, as it appears on the FIS list, last name first, example = Smith, Joe R.
13. In column 3 list his/her 2 digit YOB, 1988 = 88
14. In column 4, 5, 6, 7, (as many as necessary for the number of events) list the USSA points on the list valid on the selection date (same as deadline dates Oct 1, Nov 1, Dec 1) for the disciplines contested in the races intended. Order is DH, SL, GS, SG, the same as the FIS entry form.  You only need to list the events being contested in the series being applied for! [New order]
15. In the next 1-4 columns list the valid FIS points on the same day of selection, again for the disciplines being contested.  You only need to list the events being contested in the series being applied for! [New order]
16. Again, you do not need to list rank/points for events not in the race series being applied for.
17. In the last column list the USSA number
18. Do Not apply for athletes ineligible under USSA rules:
1. Racers must have less than 100 USSA points in a discipline to be contested to go to Canada.
2. Racers must have under 120 points in a discipline to be contested and have been selected to an WR Elite FIS race to go to an out-of-Region elite FIS races.
3. Racers must have less than 120 FIS points to race in NorAm competitions.   Development nominations are exempt from this requirement but NorAm development requests originate in the Regional office so that does not impact this procedure.
4. The region does not enter foreign athletes.
5. See your competition guide for more information.

* All quotas in Canada are national and determined by national rank, using FIS points, by the national office.

Ranking lists will be constructed for selection purposes based on the USSA points valid on the due date for the coming month.

Those athletes' selected clubs’ will be notified as soon as the boards are done, electronically.  Northern Division Selections will also be posted on the Northern Division website.  Clubs will have 72 hours to confirm or pull athletes.  Unconfirmed athletes will be dropped.