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Morgan News:2010 |VANOC|
CEOS OF 2010 AND 2006 WINTER GAMES TO MEET MONDAY MORNING
The Chief Executive Officers of the two Organizing Committees for the 2010 and 2006 Winter Olympic Games will be meeting each other in Vancouver at 7:30 Monday morning as part of the agenda for a four-day visit by the Italian delegation overseeing the Turin Games.
Dr. Valentino Castellani, president of the Turin Organizing Committee of the 2006 Winter Olympic Games, will meet with his counterpart, John Furlong, at the Hotel Vancouver according to event organizers. The session will be followed by a larger and wider-ranging news conference, as the delegation is accompanied by more than 70 Italian officials and business people.
The 2006 Games will also be the subject of a Vancouver Board of Trade breakfast meeting on Tuesday, say the organizers, who confirm that Premier Gordon Campbell will also attend the event.
The Italian group will move to the Bayshore Hotel in Vancouver for GLOBE, a business seminar that takes place on Wednesday. The Bayshore will also be hosting the International Olympic Committee Commission overseeing the 2010 Games which is co-incidentally in town for meetings with 2010 Organizing Committee officials.
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Originally published to Morgan:News:2010:Gold subscribers on 3/26/2004
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Morgan News:2010 |IOC, Business|
NEW OLYMPIC SPONSOR NOT SIGNED ON - YET - FOR 2010 GAMES
The International Olympic Committee says that Chinese computer manufacturer Lenovo has joined The Olympic Partner (TOP) Program of sponsors, but the terms of the agreement only include the 2006 Winter Games in Italy and the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; the company hasn't - yet - signed on to sponsor the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver.
This marks the first time that a Chinese company has been part of the worldwide marketing program. The agreement with the Olympic Movement, which includes sponsorship of the National Olympic Committees and their Olympic teams, positions the firm as the official computing technology equipment and service provider for the games until 2008.
Lenovo, which is a well-known personal computer marketer in China and south-east Asia, joins Coca-Cola, Atos Origin, General Electric, John Hancock, Kodak, McDonalds, Panasonic, Samsung, Swatch and Visa as IOC sponsors.
Although Lenovo has not agreed to sponsor games beyond 2008, a number of top-level sponsors have been renewing their involvement regularly in the last few years.
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Morgan News:2010 |VANOC|
FURLONG CONFIRMS 2010 VENUE CONSTRUCTION SET TO BEGIN NEXT SUMMER
2010:NewsWatch
John Furlong, president and CEO of the organizing committee, has told the Calgary Sun newspaper that construction is set to begin next summer in Vancouver and Whistler on many of the new venues needed to stage the 2010 Winter Games.
Furlong, in comments to reporters about the race-to-the-wire attempts to finish the venues at the Athens Games that will be held this summer, told them that Vancouver, which has a $1.3-billion operating budget, will have facilities open years before the Games begin. "You can never start too early or get too far ahead," said Furlong, who was in Calgary yesterday to meet the media and some of Canada's winter athletes at Canada Olympic Park's Ice House.
Vancouver and Whistler will have two athletes' villages, one in Vancouver's False Creek area, the other in Whistler at a location yet to be decided, so competitors can be close to the venues where they will be competing. The venues include a new sliding centre for skeleton, luge and bobsleigh, a ski jump hill, a speed skating oval at Simon Fraser University in the Vancouver suburb of Burnaby, and a new curling arena.
In 2008 and 2009, Furlong told reporters the 2010 Organizing Committee will host international and national 'test events' in every Olympic and Paralympic sport as a means of finding out how organized the group is before the Games.
With the new facilities, the reporters had questions on where Canadian athletes are going to train and live before and after 2010. The Calgary Sun said that Calgarian Lindsay Alcock was concerned about the cost of training in an expensive town like Whistler. But, she told the newspaper,"I'm getting the indication they [the 2010 Organizing Committee] want to sit down with the athletes and figure out what it is we need." Alcock was last season's skeleton World Cup winner and world championship silver medallist."If we know going in we've got a bed to sleep in, we have a cafeteria to eat in, what more do you need?"
Interestingly, Alcock said she'd still likely remain in Calgary, despite the potential offers of accommodation in Vancouver and Whistler during training.
"The definition of success must include the performance of the Canadian team," Furlong was quoted as saying, and he told reporters he is working closely with the Calgary Olympic Development Association in preparing for the Games. He told reporters, "There's never enough money for athletes and everyone should get involved and if everybody would give a little, we'd get it done."
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Morgan News:2010 |Business|
TELUS TO SPONSOR CANADIAN SNOWBOARD FEDERATION UNTIL 2012
Telus and the Canadian Snowboard Federation (CSF) report that the company has become the official telecommunications sponsor of the Canadian Snowboard Federation in a deal that runs until 2012, taking it through the period of the 2010 Winter Games
Under the arrangement, Telus will sponsor:
* The Canadian Men's and Women's Snowboard Teams;
* The Honda Element Tour of Champions, the which is part of the national development circuit;
* The Telus Half Pipe at the annual Federation International de Ski World Cup snowboarding events, starting in 2006
* The CSF's six provincial snowboard associations, and
* A developmental program for youth that is itself yet to be developed.
"Telus has a long-standing history of community involvement and support for amateur athletics in Canada and the new alliance with the Canadian Snowboard Federation further reflects this," said Marc Rancourt, Vice President, Public Market, Telus. "Although snowboarding is still a relatively young winter sport, we believe it is one of the most exciting. Telus is committed to helping develop Canada's young snowboarders into future champions."
Adam Faithfull, the chair of the CSF, says, "The Canadian Snowboard Federation is committed to putting more athletes on the international podium at the developmental and elite levels. We are convinced that a partnership with Telus will contribute to the ongoing development and ultimate success of our national team riders."
Telus is also supporting snowboard and freestyle ski Olympic hopefuls with a $60,000 athlete-travel grant program, which offers funds to help them travel to competitions. So far, 20 Canadian freestyle skiers and snowboarders, ranging in age from 16 to 20, have been chosen to receive a $1,000 travel grant each year for the next three years.
Earlier this month, Telus also announced other community investment initiatives involving the Canadian Snowboard Federation. Telus opened the Telus Centre for Sport, an operations headquarters that brings together several sport agencies focused on improving Canada's athletic performance in British Columbia. The Centre provides office and meeting space for these organizations, one of which is the CSF.
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Originally published to Morgan:News:2010:Gold subscribers on 3/26/2004
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Morgan News:2010 |Government|
QUESNEL COUNCIL FORMS 2010 OLYMPICS ADVISORY COMMITTEE
The town council of Quesnel, in B.C.'s central interior, has formed a 2010 Olympics advisory committee comprised of 10 local residents.
The Quesnel Olympic Advisory Committee members, appointed this week to a two-year term, are: Randy Davis, Coralee Oakes, Margaret Mok, Darcy Horn, Lauri Rudenburg, Tonya Turner, Bob Norman, Kit Collins, Don Murphy and Robin Hay.
Davis has served constituency assistant to the Quesnel area's Member of the Legislature, Dr. John Wilson, Coralee Oakes is the Manager of Quesnel's Chamber of Commerce. Bob Norman is vice-president and a director of the Quesnel Community Foundation, Kit Collins has been associated with a long involvement in winter sports in the community, Murphy with teaching and youth, while Hay, a school vice-principal, has been closely involved with winter sports training.
Council first approved the formation of the Committee last year. The terms of reference allow for a total of 12 voting members, with one council member and the area's member of the provincial legislature to be included but not allowed to vote, and the mayor to be an external member.
A report by Quesnel councilor Mary Sjostrom said she selected the group to take in a broad representation of interests and skills and to ensure that Quesnel is able to participate as fully as possible in the Olympic experience.
RESOURCES:
Quesnel is pronounced "Kweh-NEHL"
Quesnel City Hall website:
http://www.city.quesnel.bc.ca
Councilor Mary Sjostrom's bio and contact info:
http://www.city.quesnel.bc.ca/DialUp/City%20Council/mary_sjostrom.asp
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Morgan News:2010 |Sports|
CANADIAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEE REVERSES POSITION ON FEDERAL SPORT FUNDING
Just two days after it expressed "disappointment" about the level of support in the Liberal's federal support of athletics in the new budget, the Canadian Olympic Committee says it's now feeling much better about Ottawa, following a new government announcement.
Speaking, it says, "on behalf of the sport community," the COC says it is pleased at today's announcement by the federal Minister of State for Sport, Stan Keyes, that there will be $10 million in new funding for amateur sport this year, but hopes the money will be earmarked for top level athletes.
"This additional investment is a step in the right direction to help Canadian athletes represent Canada in international competition," said COC President Michael Chambers. "We believe that this additional money should go directly toward the Canadian senior- and development-carded athletes. With less than six years to go before Canada hosts the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, it is crucial that Canada invests in its high-performance athletes so they can shine at their home Games."
Victor Lachance, Senior Leader of the Sport Matters Group, which represents more than 60 national and provincial sport leaders and organizations, says, "We see this funding as a prudent down payment on future federal investments. This new money for sport, coupled with the $20 million that was kept in place, is a welcomed contribution."
The COC and Sport Matters have been lobbying for increased government investment in sport to move Canada closer to the spending levels of its major international competitors. "We look forward to collaborating with Minister Keyes on developing an action plan for future investment in high performance sport," said Chambers.
The COC is the largest private funding agency for high-performance sport in Canada.
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Originally published to Morgan:News:2010:Gold subscribers on 3/25/2004
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Morgan News:2010 |VANOC|
ITALIAN DELEGATION TO MEET 2010 ORGANIZERS THIS WEEKEND
A group of Italian dignitaries representing the host city for the 2006 Winter Olympics and the region surrounding it will visit Vancouver and Whistler this weekend.
The delegation of 76 will be staying for four days, and is from the Piedmont region, which includes Turin, which will be the host city for the 2006 Games, and Sestriere, where the alpine events will be held. They're expecting to meet with the 2010 Organizing Committee, but the Committee office has not yet released details.
Dr. Valentino Castellani, president of the Turin Organizing Committee of the 2006 Winter Olympic Games, is among those attending, along with Enzo Ghigo, president of the Piedmont Region, and Turin Mayor Serio Chiamparino.
President Ghigo, an avid skier, is expected to ski while in Whistler, while the rest of the delegation tours the Village with Mayor Hugh O’Reilly, stopping at the 2010 Games office to see the venue plans for the Vancouver-Whistler Olympics.
In conjunction with the visit, Turin’s Museum of the Mountains and Whistler Museum and Archives Society are jointly hosting a special photography exhibit, One Hundred Years of Skiing in the Piemonte Region, at the Telus Conference Centre in Whistler.
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Originally published to Morgan:News:2010:Gold subscribers on 3/25/2004
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Morgan News:2010 |VANOC|
MORE DETAILS AVAILABLE ABOUT IOC'S VISIT TO VANCOUVER, WHISTLER NEXT WEEK
There are still quite a few details to be confirmed about what will happen when the IOC commission overseeing the 2010 Olympics arrives in Vancouver next week for its scheduled six-month visit, but some information is now available.
Meetings during the four days, will involve discussions about sponsorship, the Games master schedule, accommodations and venue development. Surprisingly, though, OCOG Communications Manager Stephanie Herdman says some of the schedule is still "to be confirmed", even at this late date.
The IOC’s Coordination Commission, headed by Rene Fasel, will be provided with basic orientation on all the venues, and tour Whistler on Wednesday, March 31. The venues include Creekside, for the men’s and women’s downhill and alpine ski events, the sliding centre on Blackcomb for the bobsled, luge, skeleton, and alpine technical events, and the Callaghan Valley, site of the Whistler Nordic Centre and ski-jumping venues.
Since the Commission was here last fall, some additional members have been appointed and John Furlong has been confirmed as the CEO of the Vancouver OCOG, so there will be opportunities for the new members to meet the Vancouver OCOG Board of Directors and Furlong. The 11-member commission will spend Marc h 30 at the Westin Bayshore Hotel in Vancouver, which is where they were lodged and met with the OCOG last November.
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Morgan News:2010 |Business|
WORKSHOP FOR BUSINESS ON 2010 OPPORTUNITIES SET FOR WHISTLER APRIL 29
A one-day seminar for business about opportunities that may be available at the 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympics will be held in the Telus Conference Centre on Thursday, April 29, from 8:30 am to 5 pm.
The workshop, titled “Creating Olympic Opportunities for Your Business" will include guest speakers include Barrett Fisher of Tourism Whistler, Jim Godfrey of the Resort Municipality of Whistler, Rod Harris of Tourism B.C., and several Vancouver 2010 officials: Maureen Douglas, who was Director of Community Relations for the Vancouver 2010 Bid Corporation; Terry Wright, who was Vice President of Bid Development and Operations for the Bid Corporation, and Linda Harmon, who is in charge of marketing and sponsorships. There will also be presentations by Bill Malone, president of the Park City, Utah, Chamber of Commerce, Gordon Goodman, Executive Director of the Olympic Secretariat for the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics, and Tom Shepard, executive vice-president of global marketing partnerships and sponsorship with Visa International. Visa is a top-level sponsor for the 2010 Games.
RESOURCES:
The cost for Tourism Whistler members is $70, or $95 after April 2. For non-members, the cost is $80 or $105 after April 2.
To register call the Whistler Activity Centre at (604) 938-2769.
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Morgan News:2010 |VANOC|
CEOS OF 2010 AND 2006 WINTER GAMES TO MEET MONDAY MORNING
The Chief Executive Officers of the two Organizing Committees for the 2010 and 2006 Winter Olympic Games will be meeting each other in Vancouver at 7:30 Monday morning as part of the agenda for a four-day visit by the Italian delegation overseeing the Turin Games.
Dr. Valentino Castellani, president of the Turin Organizing Committee of the 2006 Winter Olympic Games, will meet with his counterpart, John Furlong, at the Hotel Vancouver according to event organizers. The session will be followed by a larger and wider-ranging news conference, as the delegation is accompanied by more than 70 Italian officials and business people.
The 2006 Games will also be the subject of a Vancouver Board of Trade breakfast meeting on Tuesday, say the organizers, who confirm that Premier Gordon Campbell will also attend the event.
The Italian group will move to the Bayshore Hotel in Vancouver for GLOBE, a business seminar that takes place on Wednesday. The Bayshore will also be hosting the International Olympic Committee Commission overseeing the 2010 Games which is co-incidentally in town for meetings with 2010 Organizing Committee officials.
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Morgan News:2010 |IOC, Business|
NEW OLYMPIC SPONSOR NOT SIGNED ON - YET - FOR 2010 GAMES
The International Olympic Committee says that Chinese computer manufacturer Lenovo has joined The Olympic Partner (TOP) Program of sponsors, but the terms of the agreement only include the 2006 Winter Games in Italy and the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; the company hasn't - yet - signed on to sponsor the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver.
This marks the first time that a Chinese company has been part of the worldwide marketing program. The agreement with the Olympic Movement, which includes sponsorship of the National Olympic Committees and their Olympic teams, positions the firm as the official computing technology equipment and service provider for the games until 2008.
Lenovo, which is a well-known personal computer marketer in China and south-east Asia, joins Coca-Cola, Atos Origin, General Electric, John Hancock, Kodak, McDonalds, Panasonic, Samsung, Swatch and Visa as IOC sponsors.
Although Lenovo has not agreed to sponsor games beyond 2008, a number of top-level sponsors have been renewing their involvement regularly in the last few years.
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Originally published to Morgan:News:2010:Gold subscribers on 3/26/2004
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Morgan News:2010 |VANOC|
FURLONG CONFIRMS 2010 VENUE CONSTRUCTION SET TO BEGIN NEXT SUMMER
2010:NewsWatch
John Furlong, president and CEO of the organizing committee, has told the Calgary Sun newspaper that construction is set to begin next summer in Vancouver and Whistler on many of the new venues needed to stage the 2010 Winter Games.
Furlong, in comments to reporters about the race-to-the-wire attempts to finish the venues at the Athens Games that will be held this summer, told them that Vancouver, which has a $1.3-billion operating budget, will have facilities open years before the Games begin. "You can never start too early or get too far ahead," said Furlong, who was in Calgary yesterday to meet the media and some of Canada's winter athletes at Canada Olympic Park's Ice House.
Vancouver and Whistler will have two athletes' villages, one in Vancouver's False Creek area, the other in Whistler at a location yet to be decided, so competitors can be close to the venues where they will be competing. The venues include a new sliding centre for skeleton, luge and bobsleigh, a ski jump hill, a speed skating oval at Simon Fraser University in the Vancouver suburb of Burnaby, and a new curling arena.
In 2008 and 2009, Furlong told reporters the 2010 Organizing Committee will host international and national 'test events' in every Olympic and Paralympic sport as a means of finding out how organized the group is before the Games.
With the new facilities, the reporters had questions on where Canadian athletes are going to train and live before and after 2010. The Calgary Sun said that Calgarian Lindsay Alcock was concerned about the cost of training in an expensive town like Whistler. But, she told the newspaper,"I'm getting the indication they [the 2010 Organizing Committee] want to sit down with the athletes and figure out what it is we need." Alcock was last season's skeleton World Cup winner and world championship silver medallist."If we know going in we've got a bed to sleep in, we have a cafeteria to eat in, what more do you need?"
Interestingly, Alcock said she'd still likely remain in Calgary, despite the potential offers of accommodation in Vancouver and Whistler during training.
"The definition of success must include the performance of the Canadian team," Furlong was quoted as saying, and he told reporters he is working closely with the Calgary Olympic Development Association in preparing for the Games. He told reporters, "There's never enough money for athletes and everyone should get involved and if everybody would give a little, we'd get it done."
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Morgan News:2010 |Business|
TELUS TO SPONSOR CANADIAN SNOWBOARD FEDERATION UNTIL 2012
Telus and the Canadian Snowboard Federation (CSF) report that the company has become the official telecommunications sponsor of the Canadian Snowboard Federation in a deal that runs until 2012, taking it through the period of the 2010 Winter Games
Under the arrangement, Telus will sponsor:
* The Canadian Men's and Women's Snowboard Teams;
* The Honda Element Tour of Champions, the which is part of the national development circuit;
* The Telus Half Pipe at the annual Federation International de Ski World Cup snowboarding events, starting in 2006
* The CSF's six provincial snowboard associations, and
* A developmental program for youth that is itself yet to be developed.
"Telus has a long-standing history of community involvement and support for amateur athletics in Canada and the new alliance with the Canadian Snowboard Federation further reflects this," said Marc Rancourt, Vice President, Public Market, Telus. "Although snowboarding is still a relatively young winter sport, we believe it is one of the most exciting. Telus is committed to helping develop Canada's young snowboarders into future champions."
Adam Faithfull, the chair of the CSF, says, "The Canadian Snowboard Federation is committed to putting more athletes on the international podium at the developmental and elite levels. We are convinced that a partnership with Telus will contribute to the ongoing development and ultimate success of our national team riders."
Telus is also supporting snowboard and freestyle ski Olympic hopefuls with a $60,000 athlete-travel grant program, which offers funds to help them travel to competitions. So far, 20 Canadian freestyle skiers and snowboarders, ranging in age from 16 to 20, have been chosen to receive a $1,000 travel grant each year for the next three years.
Earlier this month, Telus also announced other community investment initiatives involving the Canadian Snowboard Federation. Telus opened the Telus Centre for Sport, an operations headquarters that brings together several sport agencies focused on improving Canada's athletic performance in British Columbia. The Centre provides office and meeting space for these organizations, one of which is the CSF.
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Morgan News:2010 |Government|
QUESNEL COUNCIL FORMS 2010 OLYMPICS ADVISORY COMMITTEE
The town council of Quesnel, in B.C.'s central interior, has formed a 2010 Olympics advisory committee comprised of 10 local residents.
The Quesnel Olympic Advisory Committee members, appointed this week to a two-year term, are: Randy Davis, Coralee Oakes, Margaret Mok, Darcy Horn, Lauri Rudenburg, Tonya Turner, Bob Norman, Kit Collins, Don Murphy and Robin Hay.
Davis has served constituency assistant to the Quesnel area's Member of the Legislature, Dr. John Wilson, Coralee Oakes is the Manager of Quesnel's Chamber of Commerce. Bob Norman is vice-president and a director of the Quesnel Community Foundation, Kit Collins has been associated with a long involvement in winter sports in the community, Murphy with teaching and youth, while Hay, a school vice-principal, has been closely involved with winter sports training.
Council first approved the formation of the Committee last year. The terms of reference allow for a total of 12 voting members, with one council member and the area's member of the provincial legislature to be included but not allowed to vote, and the mayor to be an external member.
A report by Quesnel councilor Mary Sjostrom said she selected the group to take in a broad representation of interests and skills and to ensure that Quesnel is able to participate as fully as possible in the Olympic experience.
RESOURCES:
Quesnel is pronounced "Kweh-NEHL"
Quesnel City Hall website:
http://www.city.quesnel.bc.ca
Councilor Mary Sjostrom's bio and contact info:
http://www.city.quesnel.bc.ca/DialUp/City%20Council/mary_sjostrom.asp
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Morgan News:2010 |Sports|
CANADIAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEE REVERSES POSITION ON FEDERAL SPORT FUNDING
Just two days after it expressed "disappointment" about the level of support in the Liberal's federal support of athletics in the new budget, the Canadian Olympic Committee says it's now feeling much better about Ottawa, following a new government announcement.
Speaking, it says, "on behalf of the sport community," the COC says it is pleased at today's announcement by the federal Minister of State for Sport, Stan Keyes, that there will be $10 million in new funding for amateur sport this year, but hopes the money will be earmarked for top level athletes.
"This additional investment is a step in the right direction to help Canadian athletes represent Canada in international competition," said COC President Michael Chambers. "We believe that this additional money should go directly toward the Canadian senior- and development-carded athletes. With less than six years to go before Canada hosts the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, it is crucial that Canada invests in its high-performance athletes so they can shine at their home Games."
Victor Lachance, Senior Leader of the Sport Matters Group, which represents more than 60 national and provincial sport leaders and organizations, says, "We see this funding as a prudent down payment on future federal investments. This new money for sport, coupled with the $20 million that was kept in place, is a welcomed contribution."
The COC and Sport Matters have been lobbying for increased government investment in sport to move Canada closer to the spending levels of its major international competitors. "We look forward to collaborating with Minister Keyes on developing an action plan for future investment in high performance sport," said Chambers.
The COC is the largest private funding agency for high-performance sport in Canada.
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Originally published to Morgan:News:2010:Gold subscribers on 3/25/2004
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Morgan News:2010 |VANOC|
ITALIAN DELEGATION TO MEET 2010 ORGANIZERS THIS WEEKEND
A group of Italian dignitaries representing the host city for the 2006 Winter Olympics and the region surrounding it will visit Vancouver and Whistler this weekend.
The delegation of 76 will be staying for four days, and is from the Piedmont region, which includes Turin, which will be the host city for the 2006 Games, and Sestriere, where the alpine events will be held. They're expecting to meet with the 2010 Organizing Committee, but the Committee office has not yet released details.
Dr. Valentino Castellani, president of the Turin Organizing Committee of the 2006 Winter Olympic Games, is among those attending, along with Enzo Ghigo, president of the Piedmont Region, and Turin Mayor Serio Chiamparino.
President Ghigo, an avid skier, is expected to ski while in Whistler, while the rest of the delegation tours the Village with Mayor Hugh O’Reilly, stopping at the 2010 Games office to see the venue plans for the Vancouver-Whistler Olympics.
In conjunction with the visit, Turin’s Museum of the Mountains and Whistler Museum and Archives Society are jointly hosting a special photography exhibit, One Hundred Years of Skiing in the Piemonte Region, at the Telus Conference Centre in Whistler.
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Originally published to Morgan:News:2010:Gold subscribers on 3/25/2004
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Morgan News:2010 |VANOC|
MORE DETAILS AVAILABLE ABOUT IOC'S VISIT TO VANCOUVER, WHISTLER NEXT WEEK
There are still quite a few details to be confirmed about what will happen when the IOC commission overseeing the 2010 Olympics arrives in Vancouver next week for its scheduled six-month visit, but some information is now available.
Meetings during the four days, will involve discussions about sponsorship, the Games master schedule, accommodations and venue development. Surprisingly, though, OCOG Communications Manager Stephanie Herdman says some of the schedule is still "to be confirmed", even at this late date.
The IOC’s Coordination Commission, headed by Rene Fasel, will be provided with basic orientation on all the venues, and tour Whistler on Wednesday, March 31. The venues include Creekside, for the men’s and women’s downhill and alpine ski events, the sliding centre on Blackcomb for the bobsled, luge, skeleton, and alpine technical events, and the Callaghan Valley, site of the Whistler Nordic Centre and ski-jumping venues.
Since the Commission was here last fall, some additional members have been appointed and John Furlong has been confirmed as the CEO of the Vancouver OCOG, so there will be opportunities for the new members to meet the Vancouver OCOG Board of Directors and Furlong. The 11-member commission will spend Marc h 30 at the Westin Bayshore Hotel in Vancouver, which is where they were lodged and met with the OCOG last November.
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Morgan News:2010 |Business|
WORKSHOP FOR BUSINESS ON 2010 OPPORTUNITIES SET FOR WHISTLER APRIL 29
A one-day seminar for business about opportunities that may be available at the 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympics will be held in the Telus Conference Centre on Thursday, April 29, from 8:30 am to 5 pm.
The workshop, titled “Creating Olympic Opportunities for Your Business" will include guest speakers include Barrett Fisher of Tourism Whistler, Jim Godfrey of the Resort Municipality of Whistler, Rod Harris of Tourism B.C., and several Vancouver 2010 officials: Maureen Douglas, who was Director of Community Relations for the Vancouver 2010 Bid Corporation; Terry Wright, who was Vice President of Bid Development and Operations for the Bid Corporation, and Linda Harmon, who is in charge of marketing and sponsorships. There will also be presentations by Bill Malone, president of the Park City, Utah, Chamber of Commerce, Gordon Goodman, Executive Director of the Olympic Secretariat for the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics, and Tom Shepard, executive vice-president of global marketing partnerships and sponsorship with Visa International. Visa is a top-level sponsor for the 2010 Games.
RESOURCES:
The cost for Tourism Whistler members is $70, or $95 after April 2. For non-members, the cost is $80 or $105 after April 2.
To register call the Whistler Activity Centre at (604) 938-2769.
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Originally published to Morgan:News:2010:Gold subscribers on 3/25/2004
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