USFSS Board Meeting

August 5, 2025

Meeting called to order at 7:05pm CST by Dan Hanks. 

Attendance: Dan Hanks, Marie Ralff, Rachel Medina, Niina Baum, Destinee Kiel, Brigid Kassing, Ron Klepadlo, Anna Marmann, Kriya Dunlap

Meeting Minutes: July 2025 meeting minutes: Motion to approve by Destinee. Kriya seconds. All in favor. 

Treasurer Report: USFSS currently has $15,947.65 across all accounts. 

Athlete Selection Committee: Dan Hanks stated that entries were finalized. Ended up having somewhere around 150 US entries. 

Sponsorship/Fundraising Committee: Dan Bocock was not present to update. 

WCh Fundraising Ad Hoc Committee: Destinee provided an update on WCh specific fundraising. She has received $250 from Michigan Sled Haulers, $100 from the Pennsylvania Sled Dog Club, and $500 from the West Walker Sportsman Club. Destinee has also gotten podiums donated for WCh, is working on event centerpieces, and is running a can drive to raise funds for ordering country flags. Niina added that she is coordinating a Share Night fundraiser with Culver’s. 

Race Accreditation Committee: Taylor was not present to update. Dan H mentioned that the race accreditation committee has received applications and is working on getting them submitted to IFSS. Ron K is submitting another race for consideration. Marie & Kriya discuss the process for making sure race results are submitted to IFSS by a USFSS member. 

WCh Race Committee: Niina stated she has finalized opening ceremony location, registration for the banquet dinner is live, and is placing all the ads for WCh that are funded by the JEM grant. Just waiting on final entries from IFSS to start ordering race bibs and getting timing sheets done. Lizzie is working on a spreadsheet to organize volunteers. Dan H brought up that IFSS is doing vet records pre-screening for all athletes. Dan H also reminded everyone that all WCh athletes will need to complete a doping education program that took him about 2 hours to do. 

Race Results Audit Committee: No update at this time. 

USFSS Code of Ethics: No update at this time. 

USFSS Congress: Dan H set a date for Congress and will be sending details out to membership.

Continental Director Position: Dan Hanks stated that CAHDS has presented Sylvain as a potential Continental Director. There is some concern with him also being the IFSS Executive Director. 

Motion to adjourn by Niina, second by Destinee. All in favor. Adjourned at 8:01pm CST. 

USFSS Board Meeting

July 1, 2025

Meeting called to order at 7:05pm CST by Dan Hanks. 

Attendance: Lizzie Hill, Dan Hanks, Emily Ferrans, Wendy Tarlow, Marie Ralff, Rachel Medina, Niina Baum, Destinee Kiel, Dan Bocock, Brigid Kassing, Chris Speers, Ron Klepadlo, Anna Marmann

Meeting Minutes: June 2025 meeting minutes: Motion to approve by Lizzie. Dan B seconds. All in favor. 

Treasurer Report: Marie is switching banks to allow USFSS to make international wire transfers to IFSS. USFSS currently has $21,500.35 in Bluevine, $1,000.00 in Relay, and $721.84 in PayPal. 

Athlete Selection Committee: Lizzie stated we got IFSS pre-selected athletes so USFSS was able to send out 113 acceptance letters for Team USA. 89 of the 113 have accepted their spots so far. 

Sponsorship/Fundraising Committee: Dan Bocock states they haven’t had a committee meeting since the last board meeting. Dan has sent the updated sponsorship letter to some potential sponsors and is waiting to hear back from Scherrer Construction. Lizzie updated that GLSDA also could not host the raffle due to state restrictions. 

WCh Fundraising Ad Hoc Committee: Destinee, Danielle, and Lizzie had a meeting with Kinetic Dog Food for sponsorship. Kinetic will do a pre-race pallet sale with proceeds from those sales going to USFSS and will be donating 100 bags for USFSS to sell at $40/bag and all of those proceeds go to USFSS and will donate $1,000 cash to provide USFSS $5,000+. Desintee is meeting with Nupro. Destinee is running a soda can drive and has 26 bags already and is interviewing with the news station to promote the event. Lizzie is also putting out some feelers with potential sponsors. 

Race Accreditation Committee: Taylor is not in attendance to provide an update. Dan H mentioned that the race accreddition application period is open. 

WCh Race Committee: Dan H stated we have finalized a contract with MWP for the venue. Niina is coordinating details for the Banquet Dinner and the parade. The WCh merchandise store is almost open and ready. 

Race Results Audit Committee: No update at this time. 

USFSS Code of Ethics: Dan H presented a code of ethics document created by the executive committee for the board members. 

USFSS Congress: Dan H is looking to find a date to set for Congress. 

Motion to adjourn by Lizzie, second by Dan B. All in favor. Adjourned at 8:01pm CST. 

USFSS Board Meeting

June 3, 2025

Meeting called to order at 7:05pm CST by Dan Hanks. 

Attendance: Lizzie Hill, Dan Hanks, Emily Ferrans, Wendy Tarlow, Marie Ralff, Rachel Medina, Niina Baum, Destinee Kiel, Anna Marmann, Dan Bocock, Kriya Dunlap, Taylor Johannigman, Brigid Kassing, Ron Klepadlo

Meeting Minutes: May 2025 meeting minutes: Motion to approve by Destinee. Lizzie seconds. All in favor. 

Treasurer Report: Marie has processed 120 DIDs/memberships so far for the current season. USFSS PayPal has a current balance of $3889.13 and the USFSS checking account has $11,371.63.

WCh Race Committee: Lizzie provides an update on the official race jersi that included updated color options. 

Athlete Selection Committee: Lizzie stated USFSS got 135 people who applied for the national team for 2025 IFSS WCh. The goal is to have the selections finalized and shared with those selected by June 12th. 

Race Accreditation Committee: Discussion of application deadline for world cup accreditation occurred. Last year USFSS updated the deadline from August 1 to July 15. Anna brought up if we want to do that again this year. The board decided to continue with the July 15 deadline. 

Race Results Audit Committee: Marie stated that the committee proposed multiple changes for errors made on the results and IFSS accepted those changes. IFSS did announce that next year any changes need to be communicated within 2 weeks of the results being submitted. Marie brings up having the committee review race results before they are sent to IFSS to ensure results are accurate. Marie would like one more person added to the committee. Wendy volunteers. 

Sponsorship/Fundraising Committee: Dan Bocock provided an update on the rig/scooter fundraiser the committee is working on. Wendy found some issues in regards to holding a raffle as a 501c3. USFSS is incorporated in Alaska – meaning we need 25 members who are based in Alaska to hold a raffle and the raffle needs to be held in Alaska. Wendy recommends USFSS find another 501c3 based in WI to hold the raffle. USFSS will ask WITB if they would be willing to hold the raffle. 

WCh Fundraising Ad Hoc Committee: Destinee has received a $500 sponsorship commitment, she is talking with a potential lead dog sponsor. Danielle has received $2,000+ worth of product donated in addition to discount codes. Niina has confirmed $3,000 in sponsorships and is working on additional leads. 

USFSS Congress: Dan H is working on sending out an email in regards to accepting applications from interested potential board members. Wendy has written up proposed bylaw changes for review. 

Continental Director Update: USFSS has been seeking any interested individuals for the vacant Continental Director position. Canada has not provided any applicants. USFSS has received one interested applicant. 

Motion to adjourn by Niina, second by Marie. All in favor. Adjourned at 8:25pm CST. 

USFSS Board Meeting

May 6, 2025

Meeting called to order at 7:05pm CST by Dan Hanks. 

Attendance: Lizzie Hill, Dan Hanks, Emily Ferrans, Wendy Tarlow, Marie Ralff, Rachel Medina, Niina Baum, Destinee Kiel, Chris Speers, Anna Marmann, Dan Bocock, Ron Klepadlo

Meeting Minutes: April 2025 meeting minutes: Motion to approve by Lizzie. Destinee seconds. All in favor. 

Treasurer Report: Marie states Quickbooks is having an end of the year sale for $17.50/month. Niina makes a motion for USFSS to sign up for QuickBooks at the $17.50/month plan. Lizzie Seconds. All in favor.

WCh Race Committee: Dan H states he and Niina had a discussion with IFSS in regards to adjusting lengths of the course. The official invitation went out. Niina has almost finalized room blocks. Niina is waiting to hear back about DOT approval for doing a parade in downtown Minocqua. A parade will cost about $7,000 to cover fees of additional law enforcement and blockades. Niina brought up building a spreadsheet to connect mushers with extra dogs with mushers looking to borrow dogs for World Championships. Lizzie will create a linked spreadsheet for us to disperse. Lizzie and Niina brought up looking for a couple board members to help with compiling a history of mushing/IFSS timeline that could be used for a display at WCh. Anna added on doing a digital version with videos. Wendy, Rachel, and Destinee volunteer. Marie will provide historic Mushing Magazine for use.  Lizzie shows the WCh jersey design to the board – feedback included adding paw prints, a RNB dog, and footprints. Destinee brings up working with Kohler as a major sponsor for the event. More details to come soon. 

Athlete Selection Committee: Lizzie stated we got about 15 applications on the first day it opened. Just waiting until the deadline for applications. Marie stated she could provide a list of people who have signed up to be USFSS members and applied for their DIDs. 

Race Results Audit Committee: Marie stated that there have been inconsistencies with results especially in regards to DNS and DNF statuses for racers, and the 1-dog scooter class since at local events it is net gendered but for IFSS results it needs to be. 

Sponsorship/Fundraising Committee: Dan B stated the committee met last month. Dan had a meeting with Nutramax about sponsorship and they are potentially looking at a point dog sponsorship. Dan is talking with Scherrer Construction and Interstate Roofing Company about potential sponsorship. Niina got a contact for Trek and is reaching out. Lizzie brings up the need to schedule an accountability session where a group gets together to reach out to potential sponsors. Niina worked with the local chamber to apply for a marketing grant and was notified that USFSS received the grant for $28,250 from Travel Wisconsin. Discussion of the potential fundraiser raffle for a scooter, 3-wheeled rig, and 4-wheeled rig from Wolftrack carts took place. It was brought up if the board would like to have the frames built up for the raffle. Dan B makes a motion to include a 4-wheeled rig in the raffle with a minimum  number of tickets needing to be sold and allotting $750 to build up the scooter and 3-wheeled rig. Lizzie seconds. All in favor. 

USFSS Congress: Dan has created a folder for congress documents. Wendy has submitted a bylaws change proposal and Dan encourages the board to review it. One person is not running again for a current board position. USFSS needs to post a call for applications for open board positions. 

Continental Director Update: Anna resigned as continental director a couple weeks ago due to meeting conflicts for work. Anna would like to see Canada put forth a Continental Director candidate. 

Motion to adjourn by Niina, second by Lizzie. All in favor. Adjourned at 8:25pm CST. 

USFSS Board Meeting

April 1, 2025

Meeting called to order at 7:05pm CST by Dan Hanks. 

Attendance: Lizzie Hill, Dan Hanks, Taylor Johannigman, Emily Ferrans, Wendy Tarlow, Marie Ralff, Niina Baum, Destinee Kiel, Dan Bocock, Anna Marmann, Brigid Kassing, Ronald Klepadlo

Meeting Minutes: March 2025 meeting minutes: Motion to approve by Lizzie. Wendy seconds. All in favor. 

Treasurer Report: Marie provides a report stating that we have $11,271.63 in our Checking Account and $422.34 in our PayPal account. Motion to approve by Destinee. Niina seconds. All in favor. 

WCh Race Committee: WCh race committee had their first meeting, had an update call with IFSS regarding the official invitation, and Niina and Dan met with MWP regarding venue logistics. Agata from IFSS said they are nearly done with the invitation. Niina is in contact with a nearby campground about being open for the event and is working on room block requests with area hotels. There was discussion of potential travel restrictions due to our current political climate and how it may impact WCh and what kind of messaging we can share to address concerns. Lizzie asks how IFSS would like to field messages of concern and Anna will get back to us with an answer. All questions regarding the WCh need to be directed to the USFSS gmail to provide consistent answers. 

Athlete Selection Committee: Last year USFSS set applications to occur from May 1 – June 1 with selections being announced by June 31. USFSS will keep that timeframe with the caveat that if pre-selected athletes are not announced by June 1 USFSS will delay the application time period to accommodate pre-selected athlete announcements. Marie will share on social that 2025/2026 memberships are now available for purchase in preparation for people applying to Team USA. 

Sponsorship Committee: Dan B scheduled a committee meeting. Niina has been working on grant applications and plans to go door-to-door in Minocqua to get local sponsorships. Destinee is willing to donate a resin wood art piece to raffle off as a fundraiser. Niina brings up utilizing the next two spring dryland races to sell raffle tickets to raise money. Dan brings up reaching out to Bruce Wolff about donating a rig to raffle. 

Bylaws & Judge Committee: Dan H and Wendy have scheduled a meeting. 

Congress: Dan brings up when to hold USFSS’s congress meeting. USFSS needs to create a board member nominating committee. Kriya, Destinee, and Taylor volunteered to be on the committee. 

ICF Representative: ICF appointed a North American Continental Director representative without consulting USFSS or CAHDS. CAHDS has expressed concerns for who was selected and wants to meet to discuss the appointment.  

Motion to adjourn by Wendy, second by Emily. All in favor. Adjourned at 8:25pm CST. 

USFSS Board Meeting

March 4, 2025

Meeting called to order at 7:06pm CST by Dan Hanks. 

Attendance: Lizzie Hill, Dan Hanks, Taylor Johannigman, Emily Ferrans, Wendy Tarlow, Marie Ralff, Rachel Medina, Niina Baum, Destinee Kiel, Sherry Hulett

Meeting Minutes: February 2025 meeting minutes: Motion to approve by Lizzie. Wendy seconds. All in favor. 

Treasurer Report: Marie was absent and unable to provide a report. 

WCh Race Committee: Has a meeting scheduled for March 14th and will rope Let’s Minocqua and Minocqua Winter Park in on the meeting. 

Continental Championships Survey: Lizzie and Dan H will send out the survey questionnaire via email and post to social media. 

IFSS Council Update: Anna was absent so no report was provided. 

Italy: USFSS did not vote, and stated to IFSS that they wanted to see a change in process for handling federation membership revocation. 

WCh Update: Niina introduces Sherry from Let’s Minocqua to the USFSS board and gives an update regarding planning, and finances. Niina presents a working budget for World Championships. Official invitation has been moved up to April 1st to be sent out. USFSS needs to provide IFSS the official schedule, distances, and how much we are charging for overnight parking/camping. Emily is coordinating the event photographer. Destinee is working on getting Kohler as a sponsor. Niina will work on getting a visual component put together for providing to sponsors in addition to the sponsorship letter. 

Motion to adjourn by Niina, second by Lizzie. All in favor. Adjourned at 8:34pm CST. 

USFSS Board Meeting

February 6, 2025

Meeting called to order at 7:06pm CST by Dan Hanks. 

Attendance: Lizzie Hill, Dan Hanks, Marie Ralff, Taylor Johannigman, Destinee Kiel, Emily Ferrans, Wendy Tarlow, Marie Ralff, Rachel Medina, Niina Baum, Anna Marmann, Dan Bocock, Kriya Dunlap.

Meeting Minutes: December 2024 meeting minutes: Motion to approve by Lizzie. Marie seconds. All in favor. 

Treasurer Report: Marie provided the treasurer report. Currently USFSS has $8,018.81 in it’s checking account and $555.48 in PayPal. Niina makes a motion to approve. Emily seconds. All in favor.

Long Range Planning: Dan H brings up some long range planning ideas for USFSS. The challenge for USFSS is that it doesn’t have much revenue and the whole board is volunteer so it’s tough to be sustainable in our mission. Dan brings up the idea of having an executive director to be dedicated to USFSS tasks to help further the sport and the organization. In order to increase USFSS revenue to support an executive director USFSS would need to increase membership from 150 to 1,500. Discussion on other ideas for increasing revenue. Wendy brings up figuring out/defining what the value proposition of USFSS is. Taylor and Lizzie bring up that many mushers are more recreational and have no need or desire to get a USFSS membership. Dan brings up ideas for how USFSS selects world cup races. 

WCh Race Committee Forming: USFSS will provide their executive committee, Dan B will decide who from WITB will be on it. Niina will add some key external people to the committee. 

Continental Championships Survey: Lizzie took Wendy’s survey draft and put it into Google Forms and will share it with the board after the meeting for final review by Sunday before sending it to participants. 

IFSS Council Update: IFSS lost their VP of Sport, that spot has been filled by the VP of Economy. The VP of Economy position is being worked on being filled. Anna is creating a Continental Committee that will include the presidents from US and Canadian federations.

USFSS Communication Method: In order to get discounted non-profit pricing for Slack and other programs USFSS needs to provide proof that we are legitimately the people with USFSS. Marie has gotten documents from Janet to work on this. 

Italy: IFSS made a vote to ask member federations to vote on if the Italian federation should still be a part of IFSS. 

WCh Update: Lizzie stated that the designer with North American Canicross is going to design swag for WCh. Lizzie is working on updating the team USA application. Niina provided an update in regards to sponsorships, grants, and key dates. Niina applied for a sponsorship with Purina. 

Member Letter: USFSS member Mandy Collins submitted a letter bringing up concerns with comments board member Niina Baum personally made on social media. The letter expressed concern about conflict of interest toward Mandy Collins by Niina Baum based on the personal comments made. USFSS board reiterates the importance of recusing oneself in instances where there is a conflict of interest. Wendy will work on creating a code of ethics document for USFSS. 

Sponsorship Letter: Dan Hanks suggests that we add the email list item to the $1,000 level as well. The Destinee makes a motion to approve the sponsorship letter. Lizzie Seconds. All in favor. 

Motion to adjourn by Kira, second by Lizzie. All in favor. Adjourned at 8:26pm CST.

December 3, 2024

Meeting called to order at 7:06pm CST by Dan Hanks. 

Attendance: Lizzie Hill, Dan Hanks, Marie Ralff, Taylor Johannigman, Destinee Kiel, Emily Ferrans, Wendy Tarlow, Marie Ralff, Rachel Medina, Niina Baum

Treasurer Report: Marie brings up that as a non-profit we are only required to do treasurer reports once per year and discusses not doing monthly updates. Marie brings up doing reports quarterly. Account totals are $8,018.81 in USFSS checking and $555.46 in PayPal. IFSS is having issues sending USFSS funds from Continental Championship entries. For some reason the USFSS Bank is rejecting the transfer. IFSS is going to try to use Wise to send the money. Lizzie makes a motion to approve the treasurer report. Taylor seconds. All in favor. 

Meeting Minutes: September meeting minutes: Motion to approve with the note to update the attendance list by Lizzie. Marie seconds. All in favor. October meeting minutes: Motion to approve by Taylor. Second by Destinee. All in favor. November meeting minutes: Motion to approve by Lizze. Second by Marie. All in favor. 

Snow World Championships Team Selections: Lizzie states that we had one more applicant for the second round of snow world championships team applications. 

Continental Championships Survey: Wendy drafted up a survey for USFSS to utilize to get feedback from Continental Championships attendees. The board will use Google Forms to collect survey responses. 

IFSS Council Update: Anna is not present to provide. 

USFSS Communication Method: In order to get discounted non-profit pricing for Slack and other programs USFSS needs to provide proof that we are legitimately the people with USFSS. 

Submission of International Judge Application: Niina brought up submitting the US’s eligible International Judge applicants which would be Richard Baum and Wendy Tarlow to the IFSS judge committee. Niina makes the motion. Destinee seconds. All in favor. Motion passes. 

Motion to adjourn by Lizzie, second by Kriya. All in favor. Adjourned at 8:02pm CST. 

November 5, 2024

Meeting called to order at 7:07pm CST by Dan Hanks. 

Attendance: Dan Hanks, Destinee Kiel, Emily Ferrans, Wendy Tarlow, Taylor Johannigman, Marie Ralff, Lizzie Hill, Rachel Medina, Dan Bocock, Anna Marmann, Niina Baum

Treasurer Report: IFSS needs to send USFSS entry refunds and send USFSS earnings from Continental Championship entries. October checking balance $4,004.65 and PayPal $7,778.96. Total memberships for the 2024/2025 season is 153. Marie will provide a November report at the next meeting. Dan B makes a motion to accept the October treasurer’s report. Lizzie seconds. All in favor. 

Meeting Minutes: October meeting minutes will be voted on at the next meeting.

Review and Approval of Austria Vote: Dan hanks provides an overview that USFSS needs to vote on if IFSS should change the Austrian federation from a full membership to a provisional membership. Lizzie makes a motion that USFSS votes to not change the Austrian Federation. Taylor seconds. All in favor. USFSS decides to vote NO on the issue – to keep the Austrian federation’s full membership.

Austria has asked the USFSS to vote to hold an extraordinary General Assembly. Lizzie makes a motion to vote yes to the extraordinary general assembly. Desintee seconds. All in favor. 

Review of 2024 Continental Championships:

• All board members give 2 minute reports on pros and cons of the event
  • Wendy: Implementing a guest services space/info desk for people to go to have their questions answered. Both courses to be marked sooner. Vet checks could have processes improved by doing some things online (chip lists and records submitted) and additional intake stations. More channels of communication for racers leading up to, during, and after the event. 
  • Lizzie: Better use of technology to streamline processes. A better form of communication with other team leaders – a designated chat platform with multiple channels. Better parking structure to better locate people. Have timers on site sooner. 
  • Taylor: A central point where there will be a vet at all times who is easy to locate. Guidelines on what would disqualify a dog from racing. 
  • Chris: Having an independent vet on site to review any concerns by mushers separate from the race vet team. 
  • Emily: Chip timing was really nice and having the screen inside with the live results was cool. People struggled comparing overall times from both days in webscorer. 
  • Dan B: Parking needed more attention and organizing. For worlds are we doing parking based on countries or types of entries/classes? 
  • Anna: With only three months to plan the event, it was impressive to see how we pulled it off and seeing board members stepping in to help. Seeing the planning for worlds with a project management structure and deadlines. More professional looking fencing for the event. 
  • Destinee: Loved seeing how the board was willing to jump in and help where needed. Impressive to see a continental championship, national championship, and ISDRA race all together. A list of recommendations with top restaurants, shower locations, dog parks, amenities, etc. 
  • Rachel: Lizzie did a great job being team captain. Getting critical information such as rules out to people early. Swedish snaps are not allowed and many people had them. 
  • Marie: Mikki made an excel sheet for us to organize things – we need to use it. A screen with the start order near the start so people can see who they are behind. A way to utilize ATVs to help teams from further away. 
  • Niina: Info out sooner, course distances set, schedule set, more volunteers. 
  • Dan H: Got feedback that the event was the start of something big. 
• Proposed method for seeking feedback from US and Canadian athletes
  • Wendy brings up sending out a survey to competitors. Wendy will create a first draft of the survey. 

Motion to adjourn by Niina, second by Lizzie. All in favor. Adjourned at 8:35pm CST. 

USFSS Board Meeting

October 1, 2024

Meeting called to order at 7:06pm CST by Dan Hanks. 

Attendance: Dan Hanks, Emily Ferrans, Wendy Tarlow, Taylor Johannigman, Marie Ralff, Lizzie Hill, Rachel Medina, Dan Bocock, Anna Marmann

President’s Report: Dan Hanks introduces Lizzie as the new Vice President and that efforts are being made to fill her previous board position. 103 Athletes have been selected to team USA. 

Treasurer Report: Marie provides details on the financial commitments, including the total amount of 14,220 Euros sent to IFSS for entry fees. Marie brings up potential refunds if certain classes don’t get medal status. 

Meeting Minutes: Minutes were not reviewed. 

Contract and Financial Agreement with WITB: Dan explains that there was a mistake on the contract signed with IFSS. WITB was supposed to be the Technical Organizer but the contract listed USFSS as the Technical Organizer. USFSS and WITB have worked out a contract to clarify the contract and financial agreements, ensuring that Wisconsin Trailblazers will receive funds to cover their expenses.and ensuring that all financial obligations are met.

Role Clarity and Conflict of Interest:

Wendy, an attorney, advises on the importance of role clarity to avoid conflicts of interest and ensure clear communication between USFS and Wisconsin Trailblazers.Other board members discuss the need for a document outlining roles and responsibilities to avoid confusion and ensure accountability. The importance of having a clear guidebook for future events to avoid the confusion experienced this time. Board members agree on the need for a clear document outlining roles and responsibilities to ensure a smooth process for future events.

Relay Selection Protocol: 

Dan Hanks proposes a Relay Team Selection Protocol document to clearly outline the process for selecting said teams. Niina makes a motion to approve. Lizzie Seconds. All in favor. Motion passes. 

Continental Championships Classes & Registration: 

Discussion on the need to designate non-medal status classes as national championships to recognize the efforts of athletes who did not meet medal status. It’s suggested adding a registration option for selected athletes in non-medal status classes to ensure they are recognized. Niina and Marie discuss the logistics of invoicing and registering athletes for the national championship classes. Board members agree on the importance of recognizing the efforts of athletes in non-medal status classes and ensuring they are included in the national championships.

IFSS Council Update: 

Anna provides an update on the next IFSS council meeting.  and the ongoing discussions about communication methods for board members.

USFSS Communication Method:

Kriya provides an update regarding using Slack for USFSS board communication. Kriya is looking into getting it for USFSS. 

Race Accreditation: 

Brad inquires about the possibility of moving the accreditation to a different race if the Flagstaff race does not happen.

Motion to adjourn by Emily, second by Rachel. All in favor. Adjourned at 8:25pm CST.