Congratulations to our Far West Ski Association winners! Donn Bryant was awarded the prestigious Hans Georg award for his 61 years of dedication skiing. This is the highest award that FWSA gives, and we are so proud to have Donn receive it.

And the awards kept coming. Nancy Ellis and our great Sierra newsletter received second place in the council newsletter competition. Pavel Bosin and Steve Hilliker received third place for this web site. The Reno Ski and Recreation Club was one of three finalists in the charity competition for their work to staff the University of Nevada, Reno, ski swap, which funds a good share of the UNR ski teams competition expenses. More details on these awards are available in the bonus July newsletter that Nancy Ellis is publishing to keep us informed on the latest news.

Sierra Council will be the host for the 2009 conference in Reno next June 4-7 at the Peppermill. This will be our opportunity to put on a great show for our guests. If you are willing to work on the conference in any capacity, please contact me at jo_simpson@sbcglobal.net. We need committees to organize a variety of off-site activities including the traditional pub crawl on Thursday evening, excursions during the day on Friday, and a myriad of other tasks that accompany hosting such a conference.

Your Council board met June 14 and spent an afternoon of hard work getting ready for next ski season. The summer and fall meetings are always jam packed with business to get ready for the coming season. Thanks to all those who participated.

John Manter, our race scheduler, and Race Director Pavel Bosin will have the race schedule completed soon. Watch this space for this important document for your winter planning.

Debbie Stewart, VP Travel, is taking sign ups for the Far West Ski Association trip to Big Sky, MT. The trip is filling rapidly, so if you want to go, don't delay signing up. Details are on the travel page.