Minutes of  JAG meeting - held on October 3rd, 2023

Zoom call at 5 pm Pacific Time  ... 

JAG members present .. Jay, Ian, Danielle, Real 

JAG members not present ... Wayne

Jay accepts nomination to be secretary for this meeting 

updates from Real on A and B clinics .. dates still uncertain for NA time zone A clinic .. unsure at this point who will proctor (most likely Tina Tanaka and Sarah Simson) 

FIS B clinics will be held in Canada after the A clinic has concluded ... possibly 1 in Alberta and 2 or 3 in Quebec (one of these would be held in French) 

we now have an evaluation form to be completed by any judge requesting an upgrade from C to B and B to A in both moguls and aerials .. judges who are requesting upgrades will be prioritised for event selection as much as possible 

event wish lists for World Cups, Norams, Canada Cup, Nationals etc have been sent out with a submission deadline of November 20th ... 

committe chairs were discussed and it was decided that Ian would remain as chair of the Education group, Danielle would chair the assignment group and Jay would chair the upgrade group ... 

our best wishes went out to Curt Witteron who has decided to retire from judging at the National and International levels ... 

our concerns were discussed regarding FIS fast tracking to an A in Aerials for Daniel Murphy (coach and has been an air specialist at WC events) who was not part of our domestic process ... we have no issue with Daniel's qualification, but would like to be included in the selection discussions and process

event dates are now finalized for the 23/24 season ... for the western events we will try to target western judges as much as possible and the same for the eastern events ... 

official selection of the 2025 World Championship panel has not occured at FIS yet, there were 14 - 17 names submitted by other countries as well as the Canadian nominee Danielle Gingras. 

discussion continued regarding retention of existing judges and the future of judges in Canada ..

no further business was discussed, next JAG meeting TBD ... 

Minutes

Meeting with JAG Executive April 22, 2022

Chaired by Charles-Antoine Morache – Canadian Freestyle

Danielle Gingras – Licensing Chair

Gerry Benoit – Performance Chair

Ian Hutchings – Education Chair

Agenda and comments

1. JAG – TOF review - members and structure

   1. 1. 1. • Review doc and comment on possible changes – send to all Judges

            • Split Freeski  and Traditional Moguls / Aerials in TOF?

            • Streamline JAG members to Executive and Provincial HJ’s

            • Look at election of Chair not Appointment -
              
              Was commented we are in an adjustment period due to covid and Charles coming into this new position. Charles thanked us for working together in the absence of a chair. Canadian Freestyle is not opposed to changing JAG-TOR as some items may not be relevant anymore.

         2. Upgrades – timeline 30th – committee still evaluating Applications for international license. Need to complete this weekend and have Judges apply on FIS website once approved.
            
            

         3. Education- 

            • Clarification of duties with TOR

            • JAG now has video from coaches, so we should move forward for a National license.
              
              
              

         4. Judging needs moving forward. 

            •  TOR and JAG clarification
              
              
              

         5. FIS – and NSA support upgrades/assignments etc. 

            • (can this be moved to Canada-JAG to streamline the process). – ensure CF is CC’ed on all FIS communications…

            • WSC and OWG – must continue through FIS as per current process…
              
              
              

         6. Jr OWG – 3 judges applied… 

            • All were approved
              
              
              

         7. CWG PEI 

            • - we need to look for Judges that can do Aerials and slopestyle/big air…
              
              
              

         8. Events – Cost / travel etc… 

            • Were we on budget… ??? If not, we need to work on that… Budget will be out next month as currently being audited.
              
              
              

         9. Remote Judging – 

            • Norams may be more organized by FIS,  with a single race director.. 

            • All NORAMs Video Judging. – 

            • Can JAG be more involved in NORAM changes? 

            • What is going to happen 2022-2023 NORAMS? 

            • Comment from FIS - May help with new judges that can’t travel.

            • More discussion of subject needed as most judges will not judge this way.
              
              

         10. Round table-  Danielle - FIS HJ ideas – one HJ for all events.

             • Generally not a good idea but HJ’s must share communication of events.  

             • Should it only be one?? Pros / cons??

             • Apply even if you may not be able to do them all??
               
               
               

Next meeting to review judges comments on the JAG moving forward – April 28th  same time 1400eastern…