The CCO Board includes the four District Chairs with other Directors for High Performance, Coaching Development, Youth Programs, Technical and Officials Development, a Treasurer and the Chairperson. The Board meets monthly by telephone conference and an Annual General Meeting is held in May of each year. The Board covers corporate issues but is also a quite involved in operational activities.
Major roles for the Board, in addition to overseeing CCO's activities in direct support of Districts and Clubs, are liaison with Cross Country Canada (CCC), and with our major funding organization, Ontario's Ministry of Health Promotion. Since Spring 2006, CCO has been recognized by Ontario as the Provincial Sport Organization for cross country skiing.
With respect to CCC, CCO is considered a "voting member" of CCC and a representative of CCO attends the CCC Annual General Meeting.
With respect to Ontario's Ministry of Health Promotion, CCO applies for annual funding to support our activities, and is accountable for how this funding is spent.
A number of important documents can be found by referring to the menu box on the left. These include:
CCC and CCO have adopted or developed a number of Risk Management procedures and policies. These can be found by referring to the Risk Management item in the box to the left, and include:
Key risk management policies and procedures, developed by CCC and CCO, can be linked through the menu box on the Left
Note that CCO has adopted the CCC Risk Management Policy as it's own.
Any questions regarding the CCC Liability Insurance Policy and Manual should be referred to CCO.
CCO is currently revising its set of Administrative Policies and Guidelines, applicable to CCO staff and volunteers, and to Districts and Clubs in their interactions with CCO. These can be found be referring to the Administrative Policies item in the menu box on the left.
Important CCO Policies and procedural documents include:
All of these can be linked throught the menu box at the left