Northern USSA Ski Teams

Western Region

Intent to Compete Declaration Method, 2007-2008

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.

[New for 2007-08] 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.

[New for 2007-08] 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 for the above race categories are to be electronically transmitted to the regional director with a copy to the respective divisional selection person by the primary club coach or club director for all club members. Intents for the Northern Division race categories are to be electronically transmitted to the Northern Division ACC at acc-chair@northernussa.org with a copy to the Northern Division Manager at nodivmanager@northerndivision.org. The electronic transmission must be in the form of a FIS entry inscription as per Western Entry procedure listing FIS number, Full name, YOB, current FIS points, USSA number, and USSA points.

Intents MUST be in the following format.

Instructions:

Use a plain Excel spreadsheet with no special features as an attachment to your message. Do not send the information in the body of the email text.
Don’t send Zip files.
Use a separate workbook page for each gender
Each Series of Races should be included in a separate list
Do not cut and paste out of the USSA points list from the web. The point values do not transfer from your attachment.
Use Arial as the font type
Use 10 point as the font size
Do Not use Bold, Italic, or Underlined type
Do Not use color type or background
Do Left-hand align
In column 1 list the FIS # of the athlete
In column 2 list the name of the racer, as it appears on the FIS list, last name first, example = Smith, Joe R.
In column 3 list his/her 2 digIt YOB, 1988 = 88
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]
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]
Again, you do not need to list rank/points for events not in the race series being applied for.
In the last column list the USSA number
Do Not apply for athletes ineligible under USSA rules:

Example for a RMD SL + GS series:

FIS #

Name

YOB

USSA SL Pts

USSA GS Pts

FIS SL Pts

FIS GS Pts

53101

Smith, Richard

88

65.65

60.33

75.65

50.33

53202

Jones, Samuel

90

95.00

91.01

X

90.10

Example for a technical NorAm in the USA

FIS #

Name

YOB

USSA SL Pts

USSA GS Pts

FIS SL Pts

FIS GS Pts

53101

Smith, Richard

88

65.65

60.33

75.65

50.33

53202

Jones, Samuel

90

95.00

91.01

X

90.10

Example for a NorAm in Canada*

FIS #

Name

YOB

53000

Keller, Mary

85

* 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.