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NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

 

Ramada Inn
Penticton, BC

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

12:15 - 1:15 p.m.

Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the Members of Canadian Avalanche Foundation will be held on Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at the hour of 12:15 pm (local time) at the Ramada Inn, Penticton, BC for the purpose of:

(1)  receiving and considering the Directors’ Report and financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2013 and the report of the auditor thereon;
 
(2)   electing directors;
 
(3)   [re-]appointing an auditor for issuing year

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The CAF Supports Participants at ISSW 2014

For more information and to download the application, click: 

http://www.avalanche.ca/caf/programs/grant-applications

  

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Hans Gmoser Fim Project

Between 1957 and 1968 Hans Gmoser produced 10 films of mountain adventure which he then toured across North America.  Many of us have wonderful memories of those presentations: Hans at the microphone dressed in his Austrian sweater, glorious ski and climbing images on the screen and beautiful classical music in the air.  For many of us those evenings were the beginning of our long love affairs with the mountains.  Soon it will be possible to relive those magic experiences. Chic Scott and Marg Saul, in partnerships with the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, and with the assistance of professional film-maker Will Schmidt, are digitizing and reassembling these films, just as they were 50 years ago.  To learn more about how you can support this project and to view a short clip of highlights from Hans’ films please go to http://www.whyte.org/archives/projects

 

The CAF now has a Blog!

We invite your comments on the following question:

“What priorities should the CAF focus on when allocating funds to avalanche safety in future?”

Visit the blog at:  http://canadianavalanchefoundation.blogspot.ca/

 

 

CAF FUNDING ANNOUNCEMENT FOR 2012-13

The Board of Directors of the Canadian Avalanche Foundation is pleased to announce its decision to approve funding of $158,510 in fiscal year 2012/13, in support of public avalanche safety initiatives.

This year's major granting decisions include:

• $111,510 to the Canadian Avalanche Centre in 4 key areas: operations, youth education, public outreach, & applied research:
  • $88,000 for ongoing operational support of the Public Avalanche Warning System
  • $15,000 for expansion of the Youth Education program (this grant made possible through the generous support of the Hugh & Helen Hincks Memorial Fund – a CAF legacy Fund)
  • $  6,510 for ongoing support to community-based avalanche awareness & outreach activities in Newfoundland by Dr. Keith Nicol of Cornerbrook, NF
  • $  2,000 in travel subsidies to four CAC forecasters to present research findings at the 2012 International Snow Science Workshop in Anchorage, AK
• $20,000 to the Applied Snow & Avalanche Research Chair at the University of Calgary
• $10,000 to the Centre d'avalanche de La Haute-Gaspésie for ongoing operational support
• $15,000 to the Canadian Avalanche Association to support the production & publication of  ‘Snow Avalanche Risk Mitigation’ (lead authors Dr. Bruce Jamieson & Alan Jones).

In addition to these major funding decisions, the Foundation has committed $2,000 from the Craig Kelly Memorial Scholarship Fund to support the professional development of two ITP level II candidates. 

The Board of Directors of the Foundation expresses its sincere appreciation to the many donors, volunteers & event sponsors who make all of this possible. Your dedication to the cause of public avalanche safety is both remarkable & essential. THANK YOU, everyone!