Bob Scarlett - NSP Board of Directors Candidate
Hi! My name is Bob, and I have patrolled for 43 years, currently at Ski Liberty. For over 10 years I was the NSP Legal Advisor, so I know how to build consensus to resolve challenges.
For forty-three years, I have served the NSP as a Senior Alpine patroller. I have been the legal advisor for my Region, Division and the NSP Board. From 2006 to 2017, I served as your Volunteer National Legal Advisor. I have a law degree and a MBA.
If you have any questions, or want to talk, please call me at 410-917-4775 or via email at: RScarlett@scarlettcroll.com.​
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Why The BOD Needs Bob
I want to be a NSP Board member because I care about the NSP, its individual patrollers, and its mission. I care about the principals established by our founder, Minnie Dole, as stated in the 1952 Ski Patrol Manual:
"The first aid you see being administered to a skier is free. There is no obligation on the part of the injured skier to anyone. The National Ski Patrol feels that this is the American way to help others, without charge or thought of remuneration of any sort. We are proud to play this small part in a way of life that has never known defeat."
​For forty-three years, I have served the NSP as a Senior Alpine patroller. I have been the legal advisor for my Region, Division and the NSP Board. From 2006 to 2017, I served as your Volunteer National Legal Advisor. I have a law degree and a MBA.
If elected, I will be able to provide my historical knowledge from my experience with Board level issues. I am proud that I successfully helped guide the NSP through two internal legal suits. I also was able to resolve other legal suits filed against the NSP. I have successfully handled numerous Code of Conduct actions and revitalized the NSP Legal Committee. For these efforts, the NSP awarded me its highest award, the Minnie Dole Award, and a NSP Gold Star for being the Administrative Patroller of the Year.
My ski industry contacts will help me be a productive Board member and will help the NSP remain "relevant" to the ski industry. The NSP must remain relevant in order for ski areas to respect and value their volunteer and professional NSP patrollers.
The following NSP issues concern me:
The ski industry is consolidating. We need to improve our efforts in communicating with these consolidated ski areas so these areas understand the unique strengths the NSP patrols provide to their areas.
The Board should never forget its individual patrollers. Protecting membership rights will continue to be a chief concern of mine.
The NSP must continue to protect its uniqueness and work to prevent state regulation. The NSP must protect its volunteers from being eliminated because of workers' compensation issues.
The NSP must constantly strive to be "relevant" to the ski industry. It must realize that unless it continues its good relationship with the ski areas, the ski areas can afford to eliminate their volunteer patrollers.
The NSP must continue to be a united organization, while also preserving the uniqueness of each Division.
The NSP must manage its growth into non-traditional membership types, while protecting the core values of traditional ski patrollers.
The NSP must protect the quality of the OEC 6th Edition, so it can be used by both small and large resorts.
For the past twelve years, I have advised the NSP on national issues. Today, I am asking for your vote, so I can continue to help the NSP.
​Thank you.