ISI Year in Review! IMPROVED Membership Services by Eileen Viglione I
T’S BEEN JUST over a year since we launched a variety of new and improved products and services for our members.
As we pause to reflect on all that has been accomplished since 2016, when our organization went through one of the most delicate times since its inception almost 60 years ago, we are not only amazed but also grateful, inspired and more resolute than ever in 2019 and beyond to continue to uphold ISI’s founding principles: to encourage ice skating as a participant sport, to provide information for the construction, development and operation of ice rinks, to serve as a resource for members and to hold annual meetings for the exchange of “best practices.”
“ISI Individual membership is growing steadily,” said ISI Managing Director Liz Mangelsdorf, who reported a 24 percent increase in membership over 2017. “We are happy to see all of our member rinks confidently handling the transition of requiring skaters to become registered ISI members to participate in ISI arena programming. Our member rinks have really stepped up to the plate, and in turn th
they have reali ve realized the value in having d the va
their skating school customers become members of the ISI. Our mission remains strong: to foster the development of lifelong skaters, of all ages and abilities, who continue to skate in our rinks and consequently support the growth and success of the ice sports industry overall.”
Here’s a brief overview of some of the
new products, services and resources we ushered in with “Te New ISI:”
• ISI LOGO APPAREL – As part of our rebranding efforts, the option to purchase ISI logo apparel was also made available to our members. Be sure to proudly display your ISI spirit by ordering personalized Land’s End product right from our website. Visit
skateisi.org/apparel.
• ISI EDGE SOFTWARE IS NOW FREE
• NEW NAME – ICE SPORTS INDUSTRY (ISI) – AND LOGO to reflect our
critical role in providing leadership and support in all facets of ice facility management, operation and programming. Te redesigned logo, in vibrant colors to symbolize our renewal, has received tremendous praise and support. Program names and corresponding logos were also revised to ensure a strong, consistent brand. In addition, we created a coordinating ISI Member logo for members to place on their websites and in their communications to patrons. (If you have not received your ISI Member logo via email, please contact
Liz@skateisi.org.)
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Be sure to proudly display your ISI spirit by ordering personalized Land’s End product right from our website.
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with Administrative membership and incudes any mid-year updates. Te right to use the ISI Ice Skating Program is included in membership.
“We got the revised version just in time for our competition in September, and I was very glad, because I did not look forward to making all the update changes on the judge sheets,” said Linda Stroh, skating academy director at
Ice Station Valencia in
Valencia, Calif. “Te Edge Software is a Godsend! All of the changes were spot on. I did not have to do anything to the judges sheets.
“I have to tell you that I used to do the competition schedule before using Edge and that was a nightmare with all the last-minute changes. Anyone not using Edge is setting themselves up for a lot of extra, unnecessary work.”
Prior to beginning set-up for your competitions, please remember to contact Jeff Anderson at Jeff@skateisi. org for the latest software link.
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