Welcome

Welcome to Buddy Werner

VOLUNTEER PROGRAM
There are no paid personnel in our program. All Board Members, Race Crew, Lodge Supervisors and Coaches are Volunteers.

We have some important information that we would like to pass along. We meet on the day you picked at registration or a Sunday at 8:15 am at Sierra-At-Tahoe in the Aspen Lodge. Sierra is very generous in their hospitality of the Buddy Werner Youth Ski League so please keep this in mind. Please follow all of Sierra-At-Tahoe rules as well as being courteous and respectful.

The first meeting is the most exciting and the most confusing. Please have patience. We are trying to separate 100+ kids into teams.

The FIRST thing you do is check in with the front table. You check in at the front table every morning you come! We check you in by your name, We will ask if you have a yearly pass or need to buy a ticket for that day. If you do need to buy a ticket you do so at this time.

YOU DO THIS NO MATTER HOW LONG YOU HAVE BEEN IN THE PROGRAM!

Second, check the roster taped up on the clear plastic topper on the wall surrounding the food area. Find your child’s name as to what table number and coach to check in with.

Third, look at the tables for the table number and check in with a coach. For the first couple of weeks you may have a different coach. This process takes time and we will not leave anybody behind.

At approximately 8:45 am someone with a real loud voice will call a coaches, volunteer meeting for that days instructions. The racers will be issued a race bib that they must keep on the entire day.

At the end of the day, 3:30pm all racers will be in the lodge ready to be checked out by a parent or guardian. A child cannot check himself/herself out. If the racer is going to ride the bus home we need a note from the parent. The racer will still need to check out with the lodge person when they leave.

It is the responsibility of the racers to keep the lodge clean and free of garbage.

Each race day, we use as many Race Crew, Supervisors, and other Volunteers as we can impress into service!

Each team uses 1 head coach plus as many Assistant Coaches as are willing to boot up and take the slope! Assistant Coaches can be Parents or Junior Coaches.

Head Coach has ultimate responsibility for organization and supervision of his/her team and assistants. In cases of absence, Head Coach must notify an appropriate Board Member in advance in order that a substitute may be arranged for. It is recommended that the Head Coach prepare Assistants for his/her absence in order to provide continuity.

Head Coach is responsible for all daily paperwork and attendance tracking of his/her racers. Head Coach will always wear a radio which is on all day. It is permissible to split the team up and send smaller groups skiing with an Assistant, as long as Head Coach knows where they are and what they are doing. If you do split up make sure the Assistant has a radio also.

Head Coaches must be at least 25 years old. Junior Coaches must be at least 14 years old and are limited to Program Alumni or Siblings or team members.

Unfortunately, all Volunteers, including coaches, must procure their own lift ticket. Most years, as reward for the hard work and dedication, Buddy Werner Volunteers will be allowed to purchase a season pass from Sierra at Tahoe at a reduced price. See information at registration or watch your e-mail.

NOTES FOR COACHES/PARENTS

• All Skiers and Parent Volunteers must sign in at the front table.
• A parent or guardian must check the racer out.
• All Skiers must stay with the team they are assigned.
• Parents cannot remove a child from a team and free ski.
• All participates must wear bibs at all times.
• All teams must be in the lodge by 3:30pm..Parents pick up at lodge at3:30pm. NO EXCEPTIONS
• If racer does not want to ski or does not feel good, the participate must be brought to the lodge person where the participate must stay until checked out. The racer cannot be released to go home without checking out with the lodge person. The racer can not roam around in the lodge!
• Please go slow through the slow signs…Ski fast and you lose your pass.
• Please follow the Skiers Responsibility code.
• Please take lunch before 11:30 or after 1:30 pm, the Aspen Room is overcrowded in between.
• If you have a discipline problem, call the President on the radio or the Lodge Person, they will contact the president. WE WILL NOT TOLERATE MISBEHAVING SKIERS!
• No guest skiers. Parents or Guardians may ski with the team if they have a current background check on file, but no others. Friends, minors, etc are not allowed to ski with the team.
• We ski every scheduled Sunday unless the pass is closed.. The snow phone line will be updated by 6:00am every Saturday and Sunday.
• Ticket sales will stop at 9:00am depending on weather conditions.