Association of Ontario Snowboarders

Input to Strategic Plan

Please Complete by Wednesday July 14, 2010

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Please rank at least your top 8 (most important) services/benefits that AOS currently provides its members: (Rank 1 to 8)

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Other Important Services & Benefits, Please Add:
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What do you see as strengths of the AOS? (Please check all applicable boxes)

Communications                          
Website                              
Quality Competitions
Competitor Funding                   
Coaching                            
Officials Training
Scheduling of Events         
Event Management            
Administration
Volunteers                         
Relationships with clubs/resorts
Staff                                  
Relationships with sponsors/funders
RBC Riders events           
Relationship with Canada Snowboard
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Other strengths of AOS, please add:
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Please rank the top 5 services/benefits to members that you think AOS should be providing?  (List 1 to 5)

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Official’s Training                           
Competitive Insurance    
FIS Cards
Competitor Funding
Canada Games Funding             
Ontario Games Funding
AOS/CSF Memberships      
Industry Involvement     
Great Swag
Organized Snowboarding Competitions
More training events/camps
Provincial Team
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Continued from # 5 above. Please rank the top 5 services/benefits to members that you think AOS should be providing?  (List 1 to 5)
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Coaching Development
More developmental events tied to Long Term Athlete development (LTAD)
Marketing of competitions   
More training events/camps
Provincial Team                    
Club Development & Sanctioning
More service to those outside of Southern Ontario
Affinity program: discounts shops, restaurants etc.
Information updates – i.e. Nutrition
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Other Services/benefits, Please add:
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Can you identify roles that AOS plays in promoting snowboarding in Ontario?

      (Please check all applicable boxes)

RBC riders
Snowboardcross
Work with Coaches and CASI to attract new boarders into competition
Attracting sponsors to promote events
Work with retailers & manufacturers on co-promotion of special events
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More promotion ideas/roles, Please add:
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What do you see as weaknesses of AOS? (Please check all applicable answers)

Unorganized                                
Poor Administration         
Under Funded
Lack of  Sponsors            
Lack of Volunteers            
Poorly run events
Lack of events                
Too many events                
Lack of prizes for events         
Poor Website                      
Lack of promotion             
Lack of Trained Officials        
Too Expensive                   
Lack of certified Coaches
Not enough staff
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Other weakness of AOS, Please add:
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What is your relationship to AOS?   Please check all applicable boxes
Current Board Member                     
Interested Parent                        
Former Board Member                 
Active Volunteer                        
Athlete                                          
Coach or former coach               
Former athlete                                
Official                                        
Donor/Sponsor                               
Ski/Snowboard hill operator/staff        
Recreational snowboarder 
Recreational skier
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Other relationships to AOS, Please add
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Optional
Name
Company
Address 1
Address 2
City/Town
State/Province
Zip/Postal Code
Country
Email Address
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PLEASE COMPLETE BY Wednesday July 14, 2010

If you would like to speak with the AOS consultant Al Will he can be reached at al@alwill.ca

Thank you

 

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