The purpose of this page is to outline the roles and responsibilities of the various groups involved in the Lake Louise Ski Clubs.  These groups include Board of Directors, Executive Director, Professional Staff (eg. Coaching staff), and members (eg. Parents and athletes).  The Lake Louise Ski Clubs is a not for profit society that is governed by a Board of Directors (BoD) made up of members.  It is professionally managed and led by the Executive Director (ED).  Members are responsible to show up positively for club programming.  All people involved with the Lake Louise Ski Clubs must adhere to the RISE program.

Board of Directors

1. Elected by Members and acts on behalf of Members
2. Accountable to the ByLaws
3. Sets high-level mission, vision and strategic direction
4. Hires the Executive Director (“ED”)
5. Holds the ED accountable for achieving mission, vision and strategic direction
6. Approves budgets and policies
7. Manages risk (eg. Financial Fraud, Harassment, safety, etc.)
8. Monitors key relationships (eg. Lake Louise Ski Area, AASA, Executive team)
9. Manages club wide fundraising activities (Casinos, Calgary New and Used Ski Sale).  For clarity, the Calgary New and used ski sale is managed by the LLADA board and casinos are managed by individual clubs).
10. Delegates program delivery to ED

Executive Director

1. Program delivery and club wide strategic and systemic issues
2. Is a credentialed expert in the delivery of ski programs, he or she consults other experts across the globe and uses the Alpine Canada / Alpin Long Term Athlete Development plan as reference.
3. Prepares annual budgets that are approved by the BOD, accountable to the budgets
4. Delegates day to day programming to professional staff
5. Empowers the professional staff, works with them to take the best decision for the group and supports their decisions.
6. Ensures member queries and concerns are dealt with by professional staff respectfully and in a timely manner.

 
Professional Staff

1. Day to day operations and delivery of programs
2. Accountable for all decisions during the delivery of programs.  The delivery of programs is defined as any time athletes are under the care and control of a staff member (eg. During the ski day, in the evening at an away camp, or at dry land)
3. Primary point of contact for parents regarding delivery of programs.  Directly deals with member queries and concerns in a respectful and inclusive manner.

 
Members

1. Parents and guardians ensure athletes are ready, prepared and mature enough to be in the programming
2. Accountable to the Code and Conduct and RISE program
3. It is expected that athletes are self-sufficient and can be effectively cared for during programming by professional coaching staff
4. Primary communication is with professional staff.  Members must understand that professional staff decisions are final. In rare circumstances where there is a question of coach professionalism or harassment the ED or the BoDs may be involved adhering to the code of conduct and harassment policy.
5. Members have the right to remove their children from programming for any reason at any time. This could take the form of a ski afternoon, if a child is not ready for an away camp having a parent rent a room, etc.
6. Parents and guardians will from time to time disagree with programming decisions, and while the professional staff will consider all feedback they ultimately have to decide what is best for the group. Parents and guardians can always opt to pull their children from participating in programming. Members must inform the professional staff if their children are being removed from programming.
7. Parent and guardian volunteer/chaperone – With the exception of the CNUSS chair, the Casino Chair or elected directors All parent and guardian volunteers act at the request of the Executive Director and form part of the organizational structure reporting to the coach or executive director. Coaches decisions are to be respected as final, in rare circumstances if it deals with safety or coach professionalism then the executive director or in the case of harassment the board of directors may be involved. This follows the same model as a parent and guardian volunteer in a classroom where the teacher is the ultimate authority and the parent is acting at their direction.

 
The Lake Louise Ski Clubs has financial resources and scale to be professionally managed at a high level.  These roles and responsibilities promote a sustainable organization by ensuring management (ED and professional staff) remain stable despite a potentially volatile membership base.