2022 USA Artistic Swimming Convention#

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Event Details
DateSept. 08 - 11, 2022
LocationSt. Petersburg, Florida
Event TypeOther

FINA Rules Townhall Meeting Recording: HERE

Passcode: nV!4i3@H

Zone Reports #
Committee and VP Reports #
  1. Membership Report (Appendix C Recommendations)
  2. VP of Competitive Operations Report
  3. Nominating Committee Report
  4. HPM National Team Report | Appendix E Proposals
  5. VP of Member Development Report
  6. VP Olympic International Report
  7. PanAm Aquatics Report
  8. Coaches Board Report | Appendix W Proposal
  9. International Relations Report | Appendix F Proposals | Appendix N Proposals | Summary of Decisions
  10. Foundation Report
  11. VP of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Report
Documents #
  1. Governance CODE Proposals - amended 8-9-2022 |
  2. Governance FINAL Code Proposals - amended 9-8-2022
  3. Governance APPENDIX Proposals - amended 8-9-2022 | Governance FINAL Appendix Proposals - amended 9-8-2022
  4. Governance Part 2 (July 25th) Power Point Link
  5. Preliminary Rules Packet | Rules Packet V2 | Rules Packet V3 | Post-Convention FINAL Rules Packet
  6. Appendix G
  7. 2021 Board of Governors Minutes
  8. BOG/BOD Agenda
Governance/Rules Round #

Governance Round 1: Thursday, July 14 at 8:00 - 9:30 PM ET - ZOOM LINK

Governance Round 2: Monday, July 25 at 8:00-9:30 PM ET - ZOOM LINK

Rules Round 1: Monday, August 1 at 8:00-9:30 PM ET - ZOOM LINK

Rules Round 2: Thursday, August 4 at 8:00-9:30 PM ET - ZOOM LINK

Board of Governors Delegates #
  1. Amanda Olson
  2. April Stallworth
  3. Becky Meitin
  4. Beth Borland
  5. Chris Carver
  6. Christine McMaster-Shah
  7. Dana Bradley
  8. Elizabeth Knowles
  9. Gail Emery
  10. Ilene McKaig
  11. Jeanne Struck
  12. Karen Norris
  13. Karen Rosolowski
  14. Katie Bostaph
  15. Laura Ehrenreich
  16. Linda Thomson
  17. Meredith Simpson
  18. Olivia "Xinya" Zhang
  19. Rachel Rosolowski
  20. Rebecca Phillips
  21. Sandra Mahoney
  22. Sarah Pikal
  23. Scotti Nichols
  24. Sue Nesbitt
  25. Traci Lunsford
Draft timeline for proposal and candidate consideration: #

March – May 1: Board of Directors will be discussing possible changes that impact the code

and forward recommendations to the Governance Committee

June 10: Finalized proposals to be forwarded for any changes to Governance, Rules or

other committees (90 days prior to convention)

June/July: Committees to meet and discussions to take place with membership.

Depending on when proposals are finalized, a virtual town hall and/or discussion at U.S. Junior Olympic Championship may be scheduled.

August 3: FINA Proposals for Oct. 3 Technical Congress are made available

August 10: USAAS proposals to be posted on USAAS website with recommendations from

committees for Board of Governors consideration; Candidate nominations to be

posted (30 days prior to the convention)

September 8: Convention begins

October 3: FINA Technical Artistic Swimming Congress (virtual)

Mid-October: Virtual town hall to discuss any changes to proposals from FINA

October/November: Board of Directors meets to finalize any proposals with changes from

FINA Technical Congress

November/December: Rulebook editing takes place; Tech Talk may be distributed in two editions—one immediately following convention and one with updates from the technical

congress.

January 1, 2023: New USAAS rules and FINA rules go into effect. USAAS Rulebook revisions posted in January (tentatively based on number of changes)