Paddle Alberta 2015 Goals & 3 Year
Business Plan
PADDLE ALBERTA 2015 GOALS RESULTS & BUSINESS PLAN FOR 2016 - 2018
On-Going Goals
Item
1
Paddle Alberta Goals
2015 Results
Provide ongoing support to
insurance program subsidy -
member clubs and
$4,200 provided to 16 Org
organizations.
Members
$7,430 for matching funds to 11
Org Members
Evaluation Criteria
Maintenance or Increase support to
member clubs and orgs. dollar amount &
percentage change
Responsible
PSC, Executive
Reduce Insurance cost by $2, 000 from
2014- Due to changing Insurance
providers. 2015 maintained amount of
members.
Matching Funds Up by 2 Member orgs
and up by $3,300 over 2014.
2
Support Alberta Paddlefests
Done - 2 canoe programs, 5
Maintenance or growth in # of canoe
with Alberta Whitewater
participants
programs and participants. Association.
Participation down 50% from 2014
Vice-President, PSC
Item
3
Paddle Alberta Goals
2015 Results
Responsible
Paddle Alberta staff need
Done - 1 annual PSC
Were performance reviews completed
President,
enhanced opportunities to
performance review completed.
Were there meetings with PSC and
PSC
meet and report to the PA
4
Evaluation Criteria
Personnel Committee
Personnel Committee and
PSC to board requests are
Were requests from PSC to Executive
other Executive.
responded to on time.
responded in a timely manner.
Regional/municipal authorities
Continued to monitor and
- respond to issues as they arrise.
PSC, Executive, local
relations communications plan
participate in Edmonton river
- Edmonton clubs rep on River Access
clubs
for program promotion and
valley access review and
water access issues
development. Calgary area,
consultation.
Bowness Park access issue
Strategy/Policy devel.
- Calgary clubs on Bowness Pk
development,& Harvie Passage
resolved via media pressure from
local groups.
5
Continue to work on
Regular informal contact over
Were meetings held between PA and
President,
communication with AWA
paddling related issues between
AWA
Vice-President,
(Alberta Whitewater
AWA & PA executive. Were conflicts of events avoided.
PSC
Association) and other
Paddle Alberta attended AWA
provincial paddling related
AGM.
Were PA and AWA able to work
sport organizations:
PA took part in Sundre
cooperatively on common activities. Paddlefest. Continue to maintain a
calendar of events.
Is the Calendar getting used.
Continued use of the Events
Calendar
Remove from Goals.
Item
6
Paddle Alberta Goals
Continue to develop and
2015 Results
4 meetings held
Evaluation Criteria
Are there defined committee structures
Responsible
Executive
utilize committee structure of
Paddle Alberta for: Personnel,
Did each committee meet an appropriate
Safety, Education,
amount of times.
Environment and Finance
Committees:
Enhance Personnel
Committee. Develop a Finance
Committee.
7
Continue support of Paddle
Done - 26 PA & 46 PC programs
Alberta & Paddle Canada
instructor courses offered (PA + 8
Instructor & Education
/PC - 7 )
programs.
Done - 191 PC programs skills
courses offered (+ 81)
Continue PA Instructor
Certification Upgrade Subsidy.
Done- $1096 in matching Funds
issued for Instructors (+ $446)
1 - # of Paddle Alberta & Paddle Canada
skills, and instructor programs offered
each year.
2 – total $s requested each year and # of
instructors supported.
Education Director,
PSC
Item
8
Paddle Alberta Goals
2015 Results
Evaluation Criteria
Responsible
Monitoring Land Use
members participating in North
Was ongoing monitoring and consultation
Environment Director,
Framework developments
Sask and Athabasca plans.
of IMWPs provided over the year?
All Executive, local
through:
clubs
Obtain volunteers to monitor
LUFs in their region and report
issues and concerns to PA;
Liaison with regional
environmental groups on
regional LUFs;
9
Encourage local PA Members
PA members supported Lake
Were paddlers involved for consultations
to monitor Municipal, Prov. &
Land Circuit survey. for municipal, Prov & National Park plans
National Park plans /
and developments? developments and to
Was there communications from
advocate for the protection of
Environment Director to PA members
the paddling environment.
regarding upcoming park plans?
Environment Director,
Item
10
Paddle Alberta Goals
(a) Encourage and support the
Leave No Trace Canada-River
Corridors Program. Provide
support for Master Educators
in offering of LNT water based
programs. Provide 1 Clinic annually.
2015 Results
a) Not Done
b) Done - 975 LNT cards given to
Org Members and the
public. (+789)
c)– removed Cache Hill throne to
be replaced on Bow River in
2016.
Evaluation Criteria
a)Was Funding provided for Clinic/
master educator support?
Responsible
Environment Director,
PSC
b)were materials distributed? c) number of thrones installed and
maintained each year.
(b) Continue to support
printing and distribution of
LNT river corridor/paddling
materials. c) Wilderness Throne
program, continue to provide
thrones and support to
volunteer groups for
wilderness placement.
11
Continued distribution of the
Done - 720 Brochures distributed
Paddle Alberta Safety
(+120)
Brochure.
Where more or less brochures distributed
each year?
PSC,
Safety & Touring
Director
Item
12
Paddle Alberta Goals
a)Continue to monitor the
development of, and
2015 Results
Evaluation Criteria
a) 64 email responses (-26) and
# of inquiries responded to.
Safety & Touring
108 Telephone inquiries. (-98)
# of organizations assisted to provide
Director
canoeing information.
PSC
provision of canoe tripping
and safety information in
b) $370 in funds supplied for Can
Maintenance/Growth?
Alberta. River Safety Website. User Stats
$X towards Safety and Touring.
+ or -? b)Continue to monitor and
Were funds provided for website?
support the Canadian River
c) Done - management of the
Safety.ca web site. website Paddling ABC jointly
Were requests from CRS volunteers
managed by PA, AWA and
responded to by PA in a timely manner.
Aquabatics, and $930 funding
Was additional material added to the
c) Continue to review
additional support materials support provided by PA. Link from
that may be added to or
linked to the Paddle Alberta
website-Safety Section.
Responsible
PA Website.
website?
2015 - 2019 PADDLE ALBERTA SPECIFIC GOALS
Item
1
Paddle Alberta 2015
Goals
Promote awareness of
Matching Funds program
for canoe river rescue
programs to our Org
2015 Results
Evaluation
Criteria
Responsible
5 Courses Offered
2016 - continued promotion as
Maintenance or
Education Director,
part of all courses remove from
Increase of # of
Safety & Touring
specific goals
programs and
Director,
participants.
PSC
Were funds
requested
Executive, Safety &
Quick reference
guide not offered.
Paddle Alberta 2016-18
Goals & Actions
members
Quick reference guide
sourced & distributed
2
Continue to provide
Assistance to local
paddling orgs for repair of
paddling infrastructure due
to June 2013 floods in
south Alberta
None requested
2016 - remove from goals
Touring Director
Item
3
Paddle Alberta 2015
Goals
Revise Basic River
2015 Results
Not Done
Paddle Alberta 2016-18
Goals & Actions
2016 - Remove from Goals
Instructor Manuals
Evaluation
Criteria
Were manuals
Responsible
PSC, Education Director
revised on the
three year cycle? Standards doc
updated to match
revised manuals? 4
Offer a Basic River
Not Done, moving
2016 - Intro Moving Water
Were clinics
Instructor Development
to Paddle Canada
Instructor Course.
offered and
Clinic (remote area). Align
programming.
Education Director, PSC number of
the instructor develop
2017- Waterfront instructor
programs and
Tripping instructor
course.
participants
development clinic.
involved
2018 -Tripping Instructor Course
5
Run flatwater leader clinic
Done 6 people
for disabled paddling.
participated
2016 - Flatwater leader clinic for
disabled paddling in St. Albert
and Calgary. Develop moving
water disabled paddling
program. 2017- Run moving water leader
clinic for disabled paddling. 2018 - Run Flatwater and
moving water clinics. How many
PSC, Education Director,
programs offered
Safety & Touring
and how many
Director
participants?
Item
6
Paddle Alberta 2015
Goals
2015 Results
Paddle Alberta 2016-18
Goals & Actions
Evaluation
Criteria
Responsible
Tripping/Basic River IT re-
Attempted, but
2016- Waterfront IT Bridge/
# of ITs attending
Education
cert clinic offered.
attendance was
Transfer to PC clinic
transfer clinics
Director
to low to proceed.
IMWI- Tandem IT Bridge/
Transfer Clinic offered. 2017 - Remove from goals.
7
Offer womens only tandem Attempted, but
2016-Womens Intermediate
(+/-) # of female
Education
playboat and solo at
attendance was
Tandem Skills Course at Sundre
participants per
Director
Sundre Paddlefest.
to low to proceed.
Paddlefest
year.
2017- Womens Advanced
tandem skills course at Sundre
Paddlefest
2018- Womens Solo
Intermediate Skills course at
Sundre Paddlefest.
Item
8
Paddle Alberta 2015
Goals
Begin to connect with new
and existing members to
increase involvement in
Paddle Alberta Activities
2015 Results
Done: 2 new
Executive
Members
Paddle Alberta 2016-18
Goals & Actions
Evaluation
Criteria
2016 - recruit 1 executive
# of members
member from activities.
involved with PA
Responsible
All Executive
activities. 2017 - recruit 2 board members
# of people that
from activities. join the board.
2018- Recruit 1 executive
9
Explore the development
of skills programs and
insurance for instructors.
Decision to not go
Phasing out of PA instructor
forward due to:
programs and moving to PC
Goals not being
programs negates the need. achieved, cost,
Remove from Goals
administration
time, lack of IT
development and
redundancy with
PC program.
None
Education Director