Western Region

Intent to Compete Declaration Method, 2011-2012

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 submitted 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.  
• Nor-Ams, FIS U's, Canadian races and Out of Region FIS Race intents will require the use of the new online system for Western Region.  Please be sure and follow instructions.  It will require you first register yourself as a coach.  Once you have registered, click on the link to see the database of registered coaches and double check your information.  If you made a mistake, you will need to contact your regional competition manager to make corrections, Gwynn Watkins.  You cannot do it yourself.  You can submit your intents for the entire season once the events are all in there.  Currently this site is available for Nor Am and FISU events only.  The Canadian FIS calendar is not finalized yet.  As soon as it is, you will be able to use this for Canadian entry requests also.
1. To request entry for an athlete that you are coaching, click on either Nor Am or FISU Intents
2. Read the basic instructions, then click on the link for the race you wish to register the athlete for.
3. Complete the online form and click submit.
4. If you wish to register several athletes, after you click on Submit, in the Thank you Screen, click on Go Back To Form and complete additional forms.
5. Once you have entered all your data, click on the second link per event “View Entries to these Races”  This will allow you to proof read your information, and also to see other athletes who have also requested entry to this race.
6. If you made a mistake, you need to contact your regional competition manager to make corrections, Gwynn Watkins

VERY IMPORTANT.  Please check your entries.  USSA uses this data to compare to the FIS list to pull points for ranking.

If you make a mistake, especially with the FIS number, your athlete will receive 990 points.  This is your responsibility to make sure you enter info carefully and properly.

Be sure to check the deadline calendar at the bottom of the page.  Late entries will not be accepted.

• FIS series races within Western Region go to Sherri Hale (Northern Division Manager) and the ACC chair only.  

These email transmissions for Regininal and ENL races 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.