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November Program Report-Michele Bergh <br /> <br />Jeff and I just attended the annual MRPA conference in Duluth. We attended some good workshops and also <br />had a chance to share some of our accomplishments with youth programs at the conference's "Hall of Ideas". <br />We also got to visit with other organizations to see what kind of programs they offer and got some good ideas. <br />One of the programs we liked was from Hibbing where they had a van and went to the area parks with <br />activities for kids. We thought this might be a positive direction for the Ride the Rec program. <br /> <br />I have just begun staffing for the Warming House Attendant positions available. It looks like we will have <br />several returning staff members. <br /> <br />We are looking at making some improvements to our gymnastics program. This is in the initial steps, but we <br />are looking at changing the criteria and steps and possibly becoming a part of the USGF organization. <br /> <br />Jeff and I met with Lauren from the City of Elk River last week regarding payroll and our meeting has raised <br />some issues that have caused some concerns. We are continuing to collect information so we'll know how to <br />proceed from here. Some of the issues are with new State guidelines that make it difficult for us with our <br />current payroll setup. <br /> <br />Jeff and I have been tossing around the idea of establishing a Program Development Commission for <br />Community Recreation. If each of the Park Commissions appointed a representative to assist with <br />programming and marketing, it would eliminate duplicate efforts and allow some collaboration between <br />communities. <br /> <br />Overall, things are going very well. We are working hard to collaborate with Community Ed and ECFE. We <br />are currently planning the Winter/Spring season and I am very excited about some of our new offerings. Our <br />Winter/Spring offerings are as follows: <br /> <br />Gymnastics <br />Mens Basketball <br />Intramural Boot Hockey <br />Start Smart <br />Open Gyms <br />Cheerleading Clinic <br />Winter Fun Fest <br />Outing for Timberwolves game with Pam? <br />Youth Volleyball <br />Bike Rodeo and Ride - Collaberative <br /> <br />Outdoor Skating Lessons/Clinic <br />Santa Letters <br /> <br />Ice Arena <br />Curling Club <br />Broom Ball <br />Concerts <br />Open In Line Skating <br />3 vs 3 Floor Hockey <br /> <br />Womens and Mens Volleyball <br />Intramural Basketball <br />Outdoor Skating Lessons <br />Pillo Polo <br />Indoor Walking <br />Dash n Splash <br />Try Its <br />Rollerblade Outing with Pam? <br />Transportation Fair <br />Family Skating and Sledding Event - <br /> Collaberative <br />Coaches Training <br /> <br />30+ Open Hockey <br />In Line Hockey League <br />Skating Lessons <br />Floor Hockey <br />Open In Line Skating <br /> <br /> <br />