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Contents
From the ED ................ 1
BOD Meeting ............... 2
Member Input Session 4
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AGM Update ................ 5
BOD Update ................ 6
Fall 2014
Awards ........................ 7
Partnership Program 12
Events ........................ 13
PAI Reborn ............... 16
Important $$ Changes
and a New Price List .17
photo: Roger Laurilla
Mountain Guides Ball 20
Our Newest Mountain Guides (L to R): Eric Ostopkevich, Max Darrah, Cecelia
Mortenson and Ben Firth receive Arc’teryx jackets and their Mountain Guide
pins at the Mountain Guides Ball in Banff. Missing, Mike Trehearne
From the ED
Hi folks,
We just completed our Annual General Meeting in Squamish, along
with a variety of other events, so we thought we’d give you a summary of how it went and what was accomplished. Full meeting details
will soon be available on the website under Communication.
Thanks to all our members in attendance, especially those from the
Coast who made us feel so welcome.
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AGM Update
Board of Directors Meeting
Vol 9 No 3
Reviewed current strategic plan to ensure relevance - no major changes in direction
Discussed whether the ACMG should pursue “Right to Title” - decided that at this stage we
need to focus our resources on having our certification recognized as minimum standard by
BC Crown and BC Parks
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Ratified Conduct Review Committee’s recommendations for changes to the Code of Conduct
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Discussion on fees for upcoming digital TechManual - determined that with digital rights
management systems, we can continue to sell the manual to whomever wants it, but also
offer some portions to the public for free
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Decision to expand scope of Distinguished Service Awards to include public members of the
Board
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Discussion on whether to permit Board members to become Association partners - given to
Governance Committee to develop policy draft for
discussion and ratification
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Examined results of member survey on Personal
Accident Insurance - decision to proceed with
program for 2015
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Discussion on whether to engage WSBC on ski
helmet issue - need compelling data demonstrating downside or danger to member before applying
association resources to issue. If anyone is aware
of such data, please bring it forward.
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Discussion on implications to ACMG of regulatory issues for mechanized skiing in Alaska decided to spend some energy working with other
organizations on issues such as substance abuse,
working long hours and working too many shifts
back to back
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If you wish to discuss any of the above, you can contact Peter Tucker [email protected] Member
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Member Input Session - membership equality
20 people attended
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Continued to get excellent input on where there still may be issues along with possible solutions
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Biggest issues:
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Equal voting on all matters
Promotion of other streams to public and industry by ACMG
Recognition by mountain stream members that a day of hiking guiding or climbing instruction
is valuable;
Too intimidated to post on Informalex and MCR
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Some solutions:
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Engage Union of International Mountain Leader Associations (UIMLA) to determine whether
we can get membership for hiking guides
Continue to grow the internal education around value and skill provided by hiking guides and
climbing instructors
Bulletin board for internal conversations
Examine dues equality
Revive MCR summary for Coast
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Currently looking at going to on-line voting process to make it easier for members who can’t attend
AGMs
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General sense that there has been progress on this front, with recognition there is still a ways to go
Our newest Honorary Member, Tim Auger with his wife Sherry and son Corey
Fall 2014
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AGM Update
Annual General Meeting
Vol 9 No 3
Membership ratified an extraordinary resolution that did two things:
- added a Board position for an Eastern Canada representative
- secured the two Director-at-large positions for members of the public
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Elected positions:
• BC Interior Director - Sylvia Forest by acclamation - appointed Vice-President
• Director-at-large (public) - Kevin Dumba by acclamation - appointed Secretary-Treasurer
• Rockies Director - Jordy Shepherd by acclamation
• Hiking Guide Director - Nathan Dahl by acclamation
• Apprentice Guide Director - Rich Haywood by majority vote
• Climbing Instructor Director - Scott McKay by acclamation
• Specialty Guide Director - Derek Wilding by majority vote
• Mountain Guide-at-large - Cecelia Mortenson by majority vote
• Mountain Guide-at-large - Kirsten Knechtel by majority vote
• West Coast Director - Ross Berg by acclamation
• Inducted Tim Auger and Conrad Kain (posthumous) as Honorary Members
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Sylvia Forest - Vice President
Cecelia Mortenson - West Coast Director
My name is Syl Forest, and I am a mountain guide
living near Golden BC. After sitting as the Director
for the Interior on the ACMG BOD for two years,
I am now trying to fill Matt Peter’s large shoes as
the VP (no easy task - thanks Matt, for all your
hard work and dedication to the ACMG over many
years!).
I am very excited to be serving on the BOD and
look forward to learning from the experienced
members of the board and guide community. I
hope that I am able to contribute back into the association and offer a useful perspective that can
help to support the membership.
I am excited that our board is highly engaged,
and are pursuing many issues that will benefit the
association. I am grateful to be able to work with
so many talented and insightful folks, working on
your behalf. I look forward to hearing from you, if
you have concerns, ideas, or for any reason.”
Sylvia
[email protected]
Feel free to contact me with concerns or issues
you would like brought to the attention of the
Board of Directors
Cecelia
[email protected]
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Board Member Update
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Kirsten Knechtel - Director at Large
Kevin Dumba - Secretary Treasurer
I am now a Director at Large on the ACMG board.
I see this position as an opportunity for you to
approach me with your ideas and interests for the
board regardless of your certification and geographical region.
Kevin will be taking over the Secretary Treasurer
position from Jörg Wilz. He is a chartered accountant and a rabid backcountry skier. He and his wife
Nadia can often be seen running trails in the Rockies as well as other places in North America. A few
years back, they ran the Grand Canyon rim to rim
in 16 hours.
I have been a mountain guide for the last 15
years and I served on the board prior to that as
the Restricted Member Representative. I feel that
it’s time for me to help out again, as I’ve seen so
many positive changes happen over those years.
I’m looking forward to working with Marc, Peter,
Sylvia and all of the other board members.
Kirsten Knechtel
[email protected]
He brings a very valuable perspective to our association’s affairs, and we are thrilled to have him
in this role.
Kevin Dumba
[email protected]
Awards
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New Honorary Members
After Squamish, Tim went on to fine achievements in Yosemite, the Rockies and the Himalaya. He
climbed Triple Direct and West Face on El Capitan, new routes on Mount Louis and Yamnuska, pioneered waterfall ice climbing with first ascents of Bourgeau Right-Hand and Bourgeau Left-Hand, and
climbed Pumori in the Nepalese Himalaya. Conrad Kain may have made the first ascent of Mt. Louis
but Tim has been obsessed with Louis and climbed it more often than anyone. I have been trying to
catch him but I am still way behind!
Tim is here with his wife Sherry, his son Corey and Corey’s wife Kirstin. Tim and Sherry met at Lake
O’hara in the 1970s and a few years later Corey was born in 1979.
Tim has worked all his adult life for Parks Canada. Beginning in 1967 on trail crew, he later became
a seasonal warden for six years at Lake O’Hara in Yoho Park. In the mid-1970s he moved to Banff
Park to join the mountain rescue group that has now grown to a very professional program of mountain
guides.
He really is one of the good guys. I will save stories for the social but for now, please welcome, Tim
Auger, well deserving, honorary member, of the Association of Canadian Mountain Guides.
Marc Ledwidge with excerpts taken from Chic Scott’s“Pushing the Limits”
Fall 2014
He was born in Toronto but
grew up in Vancouver where
his father was the publisher
of one of the leading newspapers. After receiving an arts
degree from UBC, Tim moved
east to the Rockies where he
has lived since.
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Tim started his climbing career
on the walls that made Squamish famous in the climbing
world in the 1960s. Many of
you were not born yet. He
made the second ascent of
The Grand Wall and the first
ascent of University Wall.
These two climbs established
him as a leading Canadian
climber.
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Tim Auger
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Awards
New Honorary Members
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Conrad Kain
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In June 1909, the 25-year-old Austrian mountain guide Conrad Kain arrived in Canada with
the promise of employment as the Alpine Club
of Canada’s first professional guide. Over
the next quarter century, he would register
an impressive list of first ascents and original
routes in Canada and New Zealand, and he
would become a role model for generations
of guides and mountain lovers following in his
footsteps.
Fall 2014
As you all know, many of his routes remain
sought out guiding objectives. Conrad Kain is
credited with 69 first ascents in Canada alone,
including Resplendent Mountain and Mount
Robson, Mount Farnham, Mount Louis, Howser Spire and Bugaboo Spire, North Twin Peak
and Mount Saskatchewan. Between 1914 and
1916 he made about 30 first ascents in New
Zealand as well.
While he considered his climb of Bugaboo
Spire the most challenging, and it was considered the most difficult alpine climb in Canada
until the 1940s, his most notable first ascent
was that of Mount Robson in July 1913. He
guided Albert MacCarthy and William Wasbrough Foster over the northeast face by
hacking hundreds of steps and famously told
his clients at the top “Gentlemen, that’s so far
as I can take you.”
“He brought glamour and imagination into the sport of mountaineering as few guides have done
before him. Recalling his personality and amusing stories one should not forget that his approach to
mountains was first and foremost an esthetic one; he saw a peak first as something beautiful—the
technical problem was always secondary—and nothing counted beside that vision”
J. Monroe Thorington
Thanks to conradkain.com
Awards
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Social Event and Awards
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Members who achieved new certifications were recognized
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New Mountain Guides were given pins and beautiful ACMG-IFMGA Arc’teryx jackets
Many awards and scholarships presented. Among these were:
Jörg Wilz
Platinum Distinguished Service Award
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Great food and beverage
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Dwayne Congdon
Platinum Distinguished Service Award
Dwayne has had a long term commitment to
the ACMG and the Canadian Mountain and
Ski Guide (CMSG) program. He is a past
member of the Board of Directors in both the
vice president and president roles. He has
worked on the training and certification program as an instructor and examiner. Dwayne
oversees the CMSG program and puts in
countless hours to assure the quality and
success of the program. Under his guidance
the program has increased its profile and
become one of the best and most recognized
in the IFMGA.
Thank you to Arc’teryx for the fantastic ACMG /IFMGA jackets for Jörg and Dwayne.
Fall 2014
After 8 years as secretary-treasurer for the
Association, Jorg has decided to step down.
Under his financial oversight, the association
assets have grown and remained extremely
solid. Along with the ED and the Membership
Services Manager, he helped to revamp the
budgeting and reporting processes. He also
has been chair of the Membership Services
Committee, under which the liability insurance
program has become much more effective
and inexpensive.
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Alex Fogden
Silver Distinguished Service Award
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Alex was the first public member of the Board
of Directors, where he stayed for two terms.
His keen insight and experience provided
essential outside perspective on many issues
and convinced the Board that having public
members is an excellent approach to governance.
Roger Bean
President’s Award
Roger is the quintessential volunteer. Over
the past couple of years, he has taken the
initiative to organize professional development sessions for hiking guides with minimal
support from the ACMG. The sessions are
well organized, well received and require little
assistance from the admin team. He also
single-handedly ran a Mountain Safety Day
in Lynn Canyon. Soft-spoken and modest,
Roger exemplifies the spirit of volunteerism.
Partner Clinics
We were pleased to welcome our valued Partners:
Arc’teryx, Petzl, Icebreaker, Patagonia, Intuition, Rab and Julbo for demonstrations and learning about
new products that will help to make our jobs easier.
Door Prizes
Lots of free swag supplied by Arc’teryx, MEC, G3 and Icebreaker. Pretty much everybody in the audience won something. It pays to attend ACMG AGMs!
Awards
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In recognition of your exceptional
level of service and dedication to the
mountain community.
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Squamish Search and Rescue
Special Recognition Award
Accepting the Award for the Squamish
Search and Rescue: John Howe
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In recognition of their exceptional
level of support for the ACMG, including a great ACMG discount and
their support of the Adventure Access Program for Youth.
Accepting the Award for MEC: Karen
Berrisford – Manager of the North Vancouver MEC
Silent Auction
A huge call out to Arc’teryx, MEC, The North Face, G3, Petzl, Blizzard, Icebreaker, Rab, Patagonia and
Intuition for donating products!! Thanks to them, we raised $1920 for the Canadian Mountain and Ski
Guide Instructor Training Program!
Fall 2014
MEC
Industry Partner Award
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Partnership Program
ACMG Partnership Program Update
Vol 9 No 3
For many of us, winter is our busiest season. Certainly the short, cold days bring the most gear-intensive use. So beginning around a year in advance, I work with our Partners to create special programs
and deals to outfit us in the field. Whenever possible, I try to build added features into these programs
that further benefit the ACMG and its members. Below are the three programs we ran this fall.
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G3 Early Bird program
For the third year in a row, I’ve worked with our Partner G3 on an early season Pro Purchase program available to all active ACMG members. This has
featured special low pricing on selected items and for each of these items
purchased, G3 contributed funds to TRU’s Canadian Mountain & Ski Guide
Instructor Training. We’re ecstatic to announce that G3 will contribute $4610
this year! It should be noted this is above and beyond the financial sponsorship support we receive from G3 annually. A huge thank you to our amazing
Partners in North Vancouver for their support of Canadian professional guiding
and instruction!
Icebreaker - ACMG branded merino tops
To date, Icebreaker has sold 80 tops with
the ACMG logo proudly displayed on the left
chest. These are really great pieces with
of course the legendary Icebreaker merino
softness and quality. I think every ACMG
member would love to see our Public Profile
raised to boost the recognition of our certifications and training. ACMG branded items
are an ideal way to help do this! These are
available to all ACMG members.
Julbo
I’ve created a special, limited-time offer with Julbo eyewear for 70% off the
new Universe goggle! Their photochromic lens technology has to be experienced to be believed. No longer do you need to switch lenses during the day
in changeable conditions. And just like the other programs, this special deal is
available to all ACMG members.
I’m working on a number of other programs for next spring, summer and fall, so keep tuned. If you
have (realistic!) ideas for other programs, please email me. And I’d love to hear what you think about
the current programs. Anything that should be changed or improved for next year?
Ken Bélanger
ACMG Partnership Coordinator
[email protected]
Events
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ACMG Stewardship Day
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Five people from the ACMG (Abby Watkins, Christine Feleki, Kevin Dumba, Nadia Ukrainetz, Peter
Tucker) joined two BC Parks personnel for a day of hut maintenance, brush clearing, trail drainage and
wash-out reconstruction on the Howe Sound Crest Trail. Parks folks were really pleased in that we accomplished everything we set out to do in one 11-hour mud-filled day. We’ll be running two of these per
year in different regions and hope to spur more interest from members in giving back to the land base
from which many of us earn our livings.
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Events
Fall CPD Session Squamish
The Professional Development Sessions were a great success and well attended.
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Short Roping
Map and Compass Refresher
Orientation to SPRAT Rope Access
Top-Rope Climbing Instructor material
The Guide’s Role in Search & Rescue
ACMG Rope Rescue
Intro to Emergency Management Division Rope Rescue
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The Rope Rescue session explored
a number of different progress
capture options, tested various rope
grabs and pulled on lots of stuff till it
failed and used a ‘load cell’ to measure the results.
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Map and Compass was a back to the
basics refresher
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Personal Accident Insurance Reborn
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A few years ago the ACMG lost
the Personal Accident Insurance (PAI) program that had
been established by previous
ED, Karl Klassen. Since that
time, I’ve been working hard
with different brokers to try to
find something that would work,
but our claims record was not
particularly enticing for any insurers. They needed to ensure
a solid amount of premium from
us, which we could not guarantee with a totally voluntary
program.
Since the expiration of the previous program, I had heard from many members about the importance of
having some access to wage replacement should someone get injured, so I felt a strong desire to try to
bring back some form of PAI. In 2013, I presented an option to the Board whereby the Accidental Death
and Dismemberment (AD&D) portion of the insurance could become a benefit of membership, leaving the weekly accident indemnity (wage replacement) as optional. After some back and forth with our
broker, we worked out a plan to make this happen. There were also GST implications, which needed to
be explored and discussed at the Board level.
In the spring of 2014, I circulated a member survey outlining the proposed program and testing for
support. About 1/3 of the membership responded (an excellent response rate) and the support was
overwhelmingly in favour (94%) of bringing it back. With this as the backdrop, at the recent meeting in
Squamish, the Board approved the plan. Below are the details:
For Members in the Mountain Stream (Apprentice Guides, Specialty Guides, Mountain Guides)
• Dues will rise by $90, for which you will all receive the AD&D policy as a membership benefit
• You will have the option to subscribe to the Weekly Accident Indemnity (WAI) for an additional $135
For Members in the Hiking and Climbing Instructor Streams
• There will be no increase in dues
• You will have the option to subscribe to the AD&D policy alone for $90 or the complete package
(AD&D plus WAI) for $225; there is no option to apply for only the WAI
For all Members
• Policy year will likely be 1 January to 31 December, unlike that of our other member services (1
April to 31 March), though we are still working through the details for this
• Subscription for optional parts of the program will take place through the ACMG shopping cart similar to the liability insurance and permits
• You will need to identify a beneficiary for the AD&D policy; your estate becomes the default beneficiary if you don’t specify anyone else
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Personal Accident Insurance
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Summary of Changes
• Dues will increase by $90 for members in the Mountain Stream (Mountain, Specialty and Apprentice
Guide), providing a $25,000 Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) insurance policy as well
as access to the entire Personal Accident Insurance Program for all members
• Liability insurance rates will decrease by an average of 25%, as we are making a concerted effort
to provide this service on a cost recovery basis. As an example, this reduces the cost of unlimited
insurance for Mountain and Specialty Guides by $220. Unlimited insurance for Apprentice Guides
will decrease by $100.
• Members who are “inactive” will only pay $75 instead of the full dues payment for their class
• The admin fee for reinstatement of people who have been inactive or non-members for longer than
a year will increase to $100
• The admin fees for individual scope of practice variance applications and company scope of practice variance applications will be $150 and $300 respectively. This service requires significant time,
so we are also attempting to recover those costs
• The ACMG is registering for GST, which means that this tax will be applied to dues for members
in the Mountain Stream (because of the AD&D benefit), CPD fees, most admin fees and sales of
manuals, insignia etc
As ever, please contact me at [email protected] if you have questions.
Fall 2014
As indicated in the previous article, the rebirth of the Personal Accident
Insurance Program will have some repercussions on dues. It also necessitated the ACMG’s move to register for a GST number. In addition, there
are a number of other service and admin fee changes, so we thought it
would be helpful to outline what you can expect for changes in 2015. You
can find the complete list of dues, service costs and fees
(See Price List - page16-17)
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Some important $$ changes for 2015
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Coverage Details:
• $25,000 AD&D covering such things as loss of limbs, loss of hearing or sight, death
• WAI allows for up to 60% of your insured weekly earnings to a maximum of $800 for 26 weeks
• You are covered if you injure yourself and are unable to work, regardless of what you were doing at
the time of injury (ie: it doesn’t need to have been at work)
• You will need to provide proof of income if you make an injury claim; benefits are based on the average of the best 9 of the previous 12 months from all work sources, not just guiding or instructing
• You do not need to have been working full time to claim benefits, however if you typically work less
than 780 hours per year (65 hours per month), it will not be worth your while to subscribe to the WAI
portion of the program
• Additional to this program, we may be able to obtain quotes on life insurance and critical illness
insurance for those who may want them
• We are also looking to provide an online quote and confirmation service for out-of-country travel
insurance, but this may be down the line
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Price List
revised
2015.01.01
ACMG Membership Services Price List
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Class
ID
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New Member: 1 yr only
Hiking and Climbing
Instructor Dues Classes
Permits
Accident
Insurance
Liability Insurance
Travel
Insurance
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40.00
As per class
As per
class
As per class
Eligible
New Member: 1st yr only As per
Mountain, Specialty and class
Apprentice Guide Dues
Classes
130.00
+ GST
As per class
As per
class
As per class
Eligible
Climbing Instructor
90.00
Not eligible
AD&D and
WAI
optional 225
Policy ending 2015-03-31
Requires ACMG approval:
unlimited - 210.
Eligible
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Assistant Hiking Guide
Hiking Guide
Day Hiking Guide
Apprentice Guide
As per
class
Dues
CI
AHG
HG
AG
100.00
120.00
325.00
+ GST
Policy commencing 2015-03-31
Requires ACMG approval:
unlimited - 160
National Parks: 60.00 AD&D and
Alberta Parks: 105.00 WAI
optional 225
Policy ending 2015-03-31
Option 1: unlimited – 160
Option 2: Incorporated – 1060
National Parks: 60.00 AD&D and
Alberta Parks: 105.00 WAI
optional 225
Policy ending 2015-03-31
Option 1: unlimited – 210
Option 2: Incorporated – 1170
Alberta Parks: 105.00 AD&D incl.
BC Parks: 117.00
in dues;
National Parks: 60.00 WAI
optional 135
Policy ending 2015-03-31
Option 1: maximum 21 days – 240
Option 2: maximum 35 days - 320
Option 3: unlimited - 400
Option 4: Incorporated – 1300
Eligible
Policy commencing 2015-03-31
Option 1: unlimited – 120
Option 2: Incorporated - 800
Eligible
Policy commencing 2015-03-31
Option 1: unlimited – 160
Option 2: Incorporated -900
Eligible
Policy commencing 2015-03-31
Option 1: max 21 days - 180
Option 2: max 35 days - 240
Option 3: unlimited - 300
Option 4: Incorporated-1000
Mountain /Specialty
Guide
MGSG
465.00
+ GST
Alberta Parks: 105.00 AD&D incl.
BC Parks: 117.00
in dues;
National Parks: 60.00 WAI
optional 135
Policy ending 2015-03-31
Option 1: maximum 21 days - 450
Option 2: maximum 35 days -640
Option 3: unlimited - 900
Option 4: Incorporated - 1800
Eligible
Policy commencing 2015-03-31
Option 1: max 21 days - 340
Option 2: max 35 days - 480
Option 3: unlimited - 680
Option 4: Incorporated-1400
Foreign
IFMGA
IFMGA
0
Alberta Parks: 105.00 Not eligible
BC Parks: 117.00
National Parks: 60.00
Policy ending 2015-03-31
Option 1: maximum 21 days – 450
Option 2: maximum 60 days – 950
Policy commencing 2015-03-31
Option 1: max 21 days– 340
Option 2: max 60 days– 680
Note: IFMGA Guides can use
their existing insurance. There is
N/A
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a 50.00 plus GST fee for
checking equivalence.
75.00
Not eligible
Not eligible
Active Honorary MGSG
Hon
0
Alberta Parks: 105.00 AD&D and
BC Parks: 117.00
WAI
National Parks: 60.00 optional 225
Not eligible
Eligible
Policy ending 2015-03-31
Option 1: maximum 21 days - 450
Option 2: maximum 35 days -640
Option 3: unlimited - 900
Option 4: Incorporated - 1800
Eligible
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Inactive Member
Policy commencing 2014-03-31
Option 1: max 21 days - 340
Option 2: max 35 days -480
Option 3: unlimited - 680
Option 4: Incorporated - 1400
Inactive Honorary
IHon
0
Not eligible
Not eligible
Not eligible
Eligible
Non-certified Honorary
NHon
0
Not eligible
Not eligible
Not eligible
Eligible
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ADMINISTRATION FEES
Item
Fee
Conditions
Permit fee refund
30.00
If member has not been added to the land manager list, due to documentation or
LI missing or timing of refund request
Reinstatement < 1 year
40.00 +
GST
100.00 +
GST
Reinstatement > 1 year
In addition to dues for current year, any outstanding balances
Replacements: member id card or NP
licence guide id card
15.00 +
GST
If a member has lost or irreparably damaged their identification cards, this fee
covers processing, production and postage of each replacement card.
Liability Insurance (LI) premium refund
50.00
If member has injury or life altering event and has used the LI very little, or if
member requests refund before using LI
Returned cheque fee
25.00 +
GST
Cheque from member is returned by bank etc
Check Foreign IFMGA Guide Insurance 50.00 +
GST
The fee is for checking foreign IFMGA members existing insurance for
equivalence
Variance request - Individual
If a member or company wishes to apply for a variance from the Scope of Practice
Variance request - Company
150.00 +
GST
300.00 +
GST
The highlighted sections indicate the changes and updates from last year.
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Mountain Guides Ball
From left to right:
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Mike Mortimer who was
this year’s patron, Marc
‘el presidente’ Ledwidge
and Pat Morrow who
acccepted the Honoary Member plaque on
behalf of Conrad Kain’s
family.
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photo: Roger Laurilla
The Presidents:
Aaron Beardmore (CAA), Marc
Ledwidge (ACMG) and Gord
Currie (ACC)
New Mountain Guides and Leo
(L to R): Eric Ostopkevich, Max
Darrah, Leo Grillmair, Cecelia
Mortenson, Ben Firth; missing,
Mike Trehearne