Athlete Representative

ATHLETE REPRESENTATIVE

Your role is as a spokesperson for elite level Canadian archers, ensuring those views, comments and opinions reach the High Performance Committee (HPC) and Archery Canada (AC) management. Within the High Performance program, direct responsibility for the planning and evaluation of activities related to elite athlete performance at the international level.

Leadership

- Attend Archery Canada High Performance Committee meetings (generally one face-to-face meeting per year – November), including HPC teleconference meetings (2-4 per year)

- Recruit & communicate with PSO athlete representatives

- Liaise with other HPC members, AC Board of Directors, PSO's & staff

- Communicate with elite archers, coaches and AC's membership in general

- Represent archery and AC interests at meetings & events as required

Planning

- Contribute to revisions to High Performance plan

Development Projects

- Contribute to revisions and updating of AC Task List

Implementation

- Participate as a member of the High Performance Committee

- Liaise with all interested archers and coaches

- Address issues within the High Performance program

- Promote the LTAD model and its benefits to Canadian archery development

- Survey the opinions and concerns of provincial athlete representatives

- Communicate regularly with AC Para-archery Athlete Representative

- Encourage the election of provincial athlete representatives

- Supervise the AC Athlete Representative election process with staff

- Work with webmaster to ensure website information for portfolio is correct

- Contribute as necessary to AC's official electronic newsletter

- Vote on all Board/Executive/Committee issues

- Represent AC and its athletes at AthletesCAN meetings

- Develop and refine selection criteria for national team support staff

- Survey provincial athlete reps regarding nominees for AC annual awards

Evaluation

- Evaluate national team reports from international events, participation and feedback; and submit recommendations to the HPC Vice-President

Reporting

-  To HPC chairperson regularly (i.e. quarterly)

-  To Board, 1x per year (written)

-  To Membership at AGM (written)

Resource Materials:

-          FCA Rules book, FITA rules book

-          Volunteer Handbook, Volunteer Directory, Policy Manual

-          Meeting minutes posted on the AC website

-          IOC team selection criteria, COC team selection criteria, FITA team selection criteria

-          CCES handbook