The WINN Community

The Wisconsin Nordic Network board of directors agreed to support the coalition forming to oppose the expansion of ATV use on public lands in Wisconsin. This coalition, as yet unnamed, formed as a direct response to ATV-related environmental damage and vandalism in Wisconsin and Minnesota. One of our board ...

  DECEMBER 8, 2004 NATURAL RESOURCES BOARD REMARKS BY MICHAEL MCFADZEN CHAIRMAN, GOVERNOR’S STATE TRAILS COUNCIL     My remarks today will be directed towards the proposed DNR Budget cuts that effect State Parks and Trails.   I would like to laud Governor Doyle for asking his department chiefs to lop 10% off ...

The ball continues to roll on the reduction of funding for our state trails. You can keep yourself up to date on the issues by coming to our web site at http://www.xcskiwinn.org where the latest information will always be available. There is some good news on the budget front already. After testimony from  Waldo Peterson of ...

At the Wisconsin High School Coaches meeting last fall in Iola, in talking to coaches, we got the message that the most valuable thing WINN could do for them was to help promote the organization. I think we could accomplish this goal pretty easily, through a combination of web site presence, blogs and mention in newsletters. I think this is a task ...

WINN Annual Meeting/Teleconference 12/7/2003 - 7:30 PM Agenda 1. Reading of Minutes from last annual meeting 2. Financial Report 3. Reports Events Web Site, Blog Site Trails Council Conditions report system 4.Other Old Business 5. New Initiatives High School Award - Phil Johnsrud Promote High School coaches league Start ...

Each year, I hear about roller skiers having “issues” with cars on the road. This year, a driver threatened to contact the authorities saying that roller skiing wasn't allowed on the roads. Nothing happened and so far this has been a bit of non issue. Roller bladers had more issues and eventually got some laws on the books about 10 years ...

Phil Johnsrud's idea is to have coaches nominate junior skiers to participate in the Korte.  Simple idea, just need to figure out how to pull it off and how many skiers we could do this for. We should try to get the Birkie Board to contribute as well so we don't have to fund this entirely ourselves.  Phil's other ideas included presenting a nice ...

We have missed the input and energy of other nordic skiers.  We should actively pursue one or two board members who are connected to back country skiing and to telemark skiing.  The purpose is twofold.  First, we should do what we can to share our voice on issues these skiers may have with trails, land use, hunting and other things on the ...

USSA has been working for the last few years on trying to develop a basic set of terms, techniques and explanations that should be the basis and common vocabulary across all coaches that could be a feeder to national programs.  We should do what we can in all of our activities to try to aid that goal. It's equally important to keep WINN out of the ...

WINN has had the idea that the clubs in the state are the most significant driver of skiers to get into or stay into the sport. I think that while some of the clubs are important, it is really the workout group that has been the most significant. Workout groups are put together by a wide variety of organizations. High school teams and clubs. ...