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September 2013 Greetings from the President! Welcome to the 20132014 skating season. I am very excited to be your new President. We have a very busy year stacking up for our club. Skate St. Moritz is our first clubsponsored event followed by the Pacific Coast Sectional Championships, the competition that qualifies skaters to Nationals. As always these events require a lot of manpower and I encourage each and every member to give back to our club and the sport you love by donating a few (or many) hours of your time. As you are aware, we are an allvolunteer club. What this means is that everything we do is coordinated by our membership. Whether you can give a few hours or many days, the club could not function without your help. If you get a call or an email requesting your time, please don't just say "no" and instead give some serious thought as to how you may be able to help out. A shared workload by many volunteers makes it easier for everyone. Without the help of our volunteers there would be no Clubsponsored events, which range from tests and competitions to critiques for our competitors and seminars for skaters and parents. I wish you the best of luck in the coming season and HAPPY SKATING!!! Susan Rogers Bonn Look for this button to learn more about volunteer opportunities at St. Moritz: St Moritz Ice Skating Club http://www.stmoritzisc.org P.O. Box 72452 Oakland CA 94612 Dublin Iceland 7212 San Ramon Road Dublin CA 94568 Oakland Ice Center/Sharks Ice 519 18th Street Oakland CA 94612 President: Susan Bonn Vice President: Phillip DiGuglielmo 2nd Vice President: Jean Fahmie Treasurer: Katie Specht Secretary: Jacki Paytas Directors: Lisa Erle Justin Dillon Teressa Vellrath Membership Chair: Jean Fahmie

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September 2013

Greetings from the President!

   Welcome  to  the  2013-­‐2014  skating  season.  I  am  very  excited  to  be  your  new  President.  We  have  a  very  busy  year  stacking  up  for  our  club.    Skate  St.  Moritz  is  our  first  club-­‐sponsored  event  followed  by  the  Pacific  Coast  Sectional  Championships,  the  competition  that  qualifies  skaters  to  Nationals.  As  always  these  events  require  a  lot  of  manpower  and  I  encourage  each  and  every  member  to  give  back  to  our  club  and  the  sport  you  love  by  donating  a  few  (or  many)  hours  of  your  time.  As  you  are  aware,  we  are  an  all-­‐volunteer  club.  What  this  means  is  that  everything  we  do  is  coordinated  by  our  membership.  Whether  you  can  give  a  few  hours  or  many  days,  the  club  could  not  function  without  your  help.    If  you  get  a  call  or  an  email  requesting  your  time,  please  don't  just  say  "no"  and  instead  give  some  serious  thought  as  to  how  you  may  be  able  to  help  out.  A  shared  workload  by  many  volunteers  makes  it  easier  for  everyone.  Without  the  help  of  our  volunteers  there  would  be  no  Club-­‐sponsored  events,  which  range  from  tests  and  competitions  to  critiques  for  our  competitors  and  seminars  for  skaters  and  parents.    I  wish  you  the  best  of  luck  in  the  coming  season  and    HAPPY  SKATING!!!                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Susan  Rogers  Bonn            Look  for  this  button  to  learn  more  about  volunteer  opportunities  at  St.  Moritz:  

                                                                                 

 

 St  Moritz  Ice  Skating  Club    http://www.stmoritzisc.org      P.O.  Box  72452    Oakland  CA  94612    Dublin  Iceland    7212  San  Ramon  Road    Dublin  CA  94568    Oakland  Ice  Center/Sharks  Ice    519  18th  Street    Oakland  CA  94612    President:   Susan  Bonn    Vice  President:  Phillip  DiGuglielmo    2nd  Vice  President:   Jean  Fahmie    Treasurer:   Katie  Specht    Secretary:   Jacki  Paytas      Directors:   Lisa  Erle         Justin  Dillon         Teressa  Vellrath    Membership  Chair:  Jean  Fahmie                                            

Breaking News!

 Skate  St.  Moritz The  33rd  Annual  Skate  St.  Moritz  competition  will  be  held  Sept.  20  -­‐  22,  2013  at  the  Oakland    Ice  Center.  We  will  have  approximately  300  competitors  and  40  officials  participating  this  year.    Help  is  needed  as  we  will  need  shifts  filled  beginning  with  set  up  and  practice  ice  on  Friday  and    all  the  way  through  to  the  break  down  on  Sunday  evening.  Be  on  the  lookout  for  all  requests  for  volunteers  and  sign  up  to  help  your  club  put  on  a  well  run  and  enjoyable  competition  for  everybody!    For  more  information  on  Skate  St.  Moritz,  please  visit  our  website:  http://www.stmoritzisc.org/competitions.htm     Looking  for  New  Junior  Board  Members!    A  new  year  for  the  Jr.  Board  is  beginning  and  we  are  looking  for  new  members.    This  past  year    we  have  hosted  Coaches  Appreciation  Day  for  our  Dublin  and  Oakland  coaches.    We  have    bonded  over  creating  our  own  Holiday  show  number,  at  pool  parties,  at  Great  America,  and    during  our  Skate-­‐A-­‐Thon  Fundraiser.      This  next  year  will  be  just  as  exciting.  The  Jr.  Board  looks  forward  volunteering  at  St.  Moritz    and  Sectionals  this  coming  fall.    If  you  or  your  skater  is  interested  in  joining  the  Jr.  Board  they    must  be  under  18  years  old  and  a  member  of  the  SMISC.    Please  send  a  brief  paragraph  to  Teressa  Vellrath  at  [email protected]  about  why  you    are  interested  in  joining  the  Jr.  Board.    Please  do  so  by  September  8th  as  the  next  Jr.  Board    meeting  will  be  in  late  September.        The  New  U.S.  Figure  Skating  SafeSport  Program  

 U.S.  Figure  Skating  strives  to  provide  a  safe  environment  for  its  members  and  to  protect  the    opportunity  of  its  members  to  participate  in  the  sport  in  an  atmosphere  that  is  free  of    harassment  and  abusive  practices.  SafeSport  Program  provides  resources  for  all  members  to    help  identify  abuse  and  misconduct,  outlines  steps  that  can  be  taken  to  reduce  it,  and  offers    procedures  to  respond  to  it.  For  more  information,  go  to:  http://www.usfsa.org/shell.asp?sid=49066      A  USFS  requirement  of  the  SafeSport  Program  is  having  at  least  3  members  take  part  in  the  SafeSport  Training  Webinar.    To  ensure  dispersed  learnings  we  are  looking  for  at  least  4  Adult  skating  members    -­‐ 1  from  Oakland,  1  from  Dublin,  and  1  from  each  Synchro  team.    Additionally,  we  would  like  an    under-­‐18  member.    No  prior  experiences  or  knowledge  is  required  -­‐  just  an  interest  in  ensuring  the    safest  environments  for  all  SMISC  skaters.    If  interested  in  participating  in  this  critical  program    please  email  Jacki  Paytas  at  [email protected]    

Upcoming Competition!            2014  Pacific  Coast  Sectionals    

The  SMISC  is  proud  to  be  the  host  for  this  year's  Pacific  Coast  Sectionals  which  will  be  held  November  19  -­‐  23,  2013  at  the  Oakland  Ice  Center.  More  information  will  be  posted  as  we  get  closer  to  the  date  but  we  are  always  looking  for  volunteers!  We  are  currently  looking  for  local  businesses  to  sponsor  the  event,  so  if  you  know  any  business  that  would  be  interested  in  sponsoring,  advertising,  or  donating  please  contact  Maria  Montes  at  [email protected]  

   

Member Spotlight: Coming Soon!

     

In  future  editions  of  the  St.  Moritz  newsletter  we  will  highlight  some  of  our  amazing  members.    If  you  would  like  to  be  included,  please  send  a  picture  with  your  name,  age,  level,  and  coach’s    name  to  [email protected].  Be  sure  to  include  some  interesting  facts  about  yourself,  such  as  when  and  why  you  first  started  skating,  your  most  memorable  skating  moment,  and  something  other  members  may  not  know  about  you.  We  look  forward  to  meeting  you  here  in  our    newsletter!      

Mark your calendars! September  20-­‐22     Skate  St.  Moritz,  OIC    October  11-­‐15     Central  Pacific  Regionals,     Vacaville  Skating  Center    October  11-­‐13     Bay  Area  Ice  Dance  Weekend,  San     Jose    November  2     Thunder  City  Skate,  Stockton    November  19-­‐23     Pacific  Coast  Sectionals,  OIC    January  5     Bay  Cities  Synchro        

Happy  birthday  to  all  the  St.  Moritz  members  born  in  August.  With  51  birthdays,  August  is  the  most  popular  month  to  be  born  in  our  club.  If  your  name  isn’t  here,  contact  the  membership  chair  to    make  corrections    [email protected]  

 Richard  Alexander             Alysa  Liu  Kelli  Bacher               Sarah  Mosed  Casey  Brodsky             Zakarea  Mosed  Charyl  Brusch             Juliana  Newton  Michael  Chack             Patrice  Norris  Emily  Chan               Kyungbin  Oh  Peony  Chen               Keerthana  Pagidimarri  Emily  Chin               Sophie  Peters  Stephanie  Clarke             Dawn  Porter  Kiara  Danovaro             Madeline  Prager  Ann  Marie  De  Die             Dakota  Price  David  Delago             Catherine  Regalario  Randall  Dixon             Jeanna  Stokowski  Dexter  Dominguez           Changjie  Sun  Anne  Donaker             Anessa  Tam  Laura  Erle               Sierra  Venetta  Maria  Gellepes             Cassidy  Walton  Dara  Goldfein             Cherri  Wang  Elizabeth  Hansen             Iris  Wen  Teresa  Hebron             Anna  Wong  Michelle  Ito               Mara  Wright  Sravani  Kondapavulur           Marie  Yamada-­‐Killilea  Kelly  Kraetsch             Katherine  Yee  Helen  Lho               Stephanie  Yu  Amelia  Liao               Catherine  Zadorozhna  

Susan  Zeme