SAM Coverage
leadership
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SAM Names This Year’s SAMMY Winners
SAM Magazine–Woodbury, Conn., May 16, 2007–SAM Magazine has announced the recipients of the 2008 SAMMY Leadership Awards and the third annual SAM Diversity Award.…
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Succession Planning Through Leadership Training at RILI
SAM Magazine-Lyndonville, Vt., Apr. 14, 2008-How’s your succession planning going? If it needs a boost, the second annual Resort Industry Leadership Institute (RILI) June…
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Deadline Nears for the SAMMY and Diversity Leadership Awards
SAM Magazine–March 6, 2008–Woodbury, CT–Deadline Nears for the SAMMY and Diversity Leadership Awards Time is running out to send in nominations for two important…
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Eastern Areas Launch Management Training Program; Deadline Near
SAM Magazine-Lyndonville, Vt., Apr. 19, 2007-Facing a shortage of qualified middle managers, a group of senior managers in the Northeast have helped create the…
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New SAMMY Winners Announced
SAM Magazine–Woodbury, Ct., April 18, 2007–In recognition of the accomplishments of up-and-coming personnel in the winter sports industry, SAM Magazine has chosen Chris Bates…
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O’Donnell Wins Industry Achievement Award
SAM Magazine-Whistler, B.C., Mar. 30, 2007-The Mountain Travel Symposium (MTS) has named Patrick O’Donnell, former president of Aspen Skiing Company, the winner of its…
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2006 SAMMY Winners Announced
SAM Magazine–Woodbury, Conn., April 20, 2006–SAM Magazine is pleased to announce this year’s SAMMY Future Leadership Awards. First up is Alexa Bernotavicz, mountain operations…
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Mahanna, Marcus, Roberts, and Rock Earn Coveted SAMMYs
SAM Magazine–Woodbury, Conn., Apr. 21, 2005–Jon Mahanna, Carla Marcus, Jay Roberts, and Bill Rock are the 2005 SAMMY Future Leadership Award recipients, chosen for…
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SAMMY Winners Announced
SAM Magazine–Woodbury, Conn., April 13, 2004–Ski Area Management Magazine (SAM) is pleased to announce this year’s recipients of the SAMMY Future Leadership Awards. The…
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The “Truck Theory” of Management
All ski areas have policies and procedures which guide operations. All too often, these are communicated to staff members verbally and are subject to…
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Ski School: Cures for Mid-Season Burn-Out
By the time the calendar reaches the first of February a disease begins to permeate the ranks of the employees. Call it lack of…
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Phil Gravink
“It isn’t the old country road anymore — it’s a super highway of skiers! There have to be responsibilities, the same as when you’re…
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Jay Price
NSAA’s next president will be Jay Price, who heads a small but energetic ski area in what was once California gold rush country. Says…
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Two Years of Job Skills
The skills that a new employee provides a ski area from the first day are probably more important in the present far-from-rosy economic climate…
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The Norton Phenomenon
The phenomenon of Bill Norton, perennial secretary of the Eastern Ski Areas Association, perennial officer of NSAA, was first explained to me by Stowe’s…
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Focus On Planning At NSAA Meeting
Planning. That’s what it’s all about. Planning your trails. Planning your lifts. Planning your base facilities. Planning. If there was a single theme at…
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Technology
Reviewing the B77.1 Standard While most ski area administrators are aware of the American National Standards Institute’s “Safety Requirements for Aerial Passenger Tramways,” commonly…
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NSAA Newsletter
The problem of hiring suitably trained personnel for ski areas was reviewed by the Eastern Ski Area Operators Association at a recent board meeting…