Oregon Skating Council
http://www.oregonskating.org/
Serving six member clubs: Carousel FSC in Beaverton, Ore.; Eugene FSC in Eugene, Ore.; Portland ISC in Vancouver, Wash.; Sherwood FSC in Sherwood, Ore.; SC of Oregon in Portland, Ore.; and Southern Oregon FSC in Medford, Ore.
The Oregon Skating Council (OSC) performs its mission by:
•Acting as a coordinating body for the skating-related activities of its member clubs to encourage regional participation and to discourage conflicts
•Presenting, sponsoring or promoting major skating events within the geographic area to raise the profile of figure skating in the community, to provide opportunities for clubs and their members to observe and participate in major events, and to assure a role for the local skating community in any U.S. Figure Skating-sanctioned event presented in Oregon or in nearby communities
•Presenting and sponsoring skating events intended to provide opportunities to improve the quality of skating in the skating community or, in particular, skating disciplines such as clinics, seminars, competitions, demonstrations, classes and shows
•Sponsoring and coordinating a region-wide, U.S. Figure Skating-testing program for skaters run by its member clubs. To this end, OSC funds the requirement for out-of-area officials when needed as well as scholarships/reimbursement for the cost of training and maintaining officials who are members of OSC clubs, coordinates a yearly test schedule, and sets a schedule of uniform test fees for all test sessions conducted by OSC member clubs
•Raises funds to support its activities through dues, grants, donations and the conduct of OSC-sponsored fundraising events
•Sponsors the development of new skating programs and new skating clubs within the area by providing technical advice, coordination, gifts, grants and loans
•Supports member clubs and their skaters in times of difficulty by providing technical advice, coordination, gifts, grants and loans to ensure the stability and continuation of member clubs
•In the case of a member club losing its principal skating headquarters, provides assistance, technical advice and coordination to permit the designation of an alternate principal skating headquarters in cooperation with a host member club and coordinating with other member clubs to assure the availability of ice for the skaters and coaching members of the displaced member club until an alternate skating headquarters can be found
•Coordinating with other interclub associations
•Reserving to itself the exclusive right to designate any ice surface within Oregon that has a nominal seating capacity of more than 5,000 seats as a principal skating headquarters of OSC. OSC may assign the right of designation permanently or temporarily to a member club that has lost its principal skating headquarters.
