Mt. Sima encourages public to attend upcoming meeting on April 29 at hill

The Great Northern Ski Society is holding a public meeting at Mt. Sima's ski chalet on April 29 at 7 p.m.

The Great Northern Ski Society is holding a public meeting at Mt. Sima’s ski chalet on April 29 at 7 p.m.
The main purpose of the meeting is to solicit help from any interested individuals, wanting to help out the ski society by giving ideas or joining the board.
“We need to recruit some new blood and some new ideas,“ said Ernie Berken, president of the Great Northern Ski Society.
Altogether there are nine board members on Mt. Sima’s board. If there are any vacancies, interested new members can be appointed to those positions.
For this to happen, someone on the board would have to give up their seat to an individual interested in joining.
Normally, Mt. Sima has a changeover of half of their executive at an Annual General Meeting (A.G.M.) The A.G.M. is held in October.
Mt. Sima board members have two-year term positions.

Half of the board is voted in every October and then the following year they would have another run for the other half of the board.

This allows for some continuity on the board.
Berken said any individuals appointed to the board on April 29 will have to run for a full time board position at the next A.G.M.
“We can only appoint for the remainder of the time up until the next A.G.M.,“ he said.

“So we could appoint a person to a board today and that person could be a board member up until the A.G.M. and then they would have to be voted in for whatever term.“
Mt. Sima is also hoping to be funded $200,000, which will go towards the operational costs incurred from the previous year as well as the start up fees for the upcoming season.
The hill is hoping to obtain the money from the City of Whitehorse Parks and Rec grant as well as Yukon Lotteries.
“Whether we get it all or not it’s hard to say, but we have been getting some fairly positive indications that there is a willingness to help, but no actual commitments yet.“