www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/.../19679.asp
The most substantial change, of course, is that suits would no longer be allowed to extend past the knee.
My personal opinion is this is sort of an arbitrary change. What really should be changed--if anything--is what types of materials are allowed and maybe testing protocol to approve a suit. I don't really think requiring suits to end at the knees would affect much.
My point was that the individual USA-S member doesn't get to vote. The LSCs do this via an established process. My family has been part of USA-S for almost ten years and I don't remember ever being asked for my opinion on any topic by either the South Texas LSC or USA Swimming itself.
I bet nobody called you up this week to ask you if you were for or against a bailout of the US Big Three automakers, either, did they?
I can't tell from the South Texas LSC web site if there are meetings that are more regular than their House of Delegates meetings. I would assume that you could attend the House of Delegates meetings and raise questions.
Here in New England, we have monthly Executive Board meetings. Our meetings are all open to the membership. (I.e., USA Swimming LSC members who are not Board members have voice but no vote.)
So I would encourage you to get involved locally. USA Swimming published all of the proposed business from their Convention ahead of the convention. Here in New England, we discussed the proposed legislation at the Board Meeting just before the election, so that our delegates to the Convention could act on our behalf. The fact that we were discussing the USA Swimming proposed legislation at our Board meeting was published to our membership before our Board meeting, so that anyone who wanted to could show up and raise an issue or an opinion.
If you want to have a say... all you gotta do is show up usually.
-Rick
My point was that the individual USA-S member doesn't get to vote. The LSCs do this via an established process. My family has been part of USA-S for almost ten years and I don't remember ever being asked for my opinion on any topic by either the South Texas LSC or USA Swimming itself.
I bet nobody called you up this week to ask you if you were for or against a bailout of the US Big Three automakers, either, did they?
I can't tell from the South Texas LSC web site if there are meetings that are more regular than their House of Delegates meetings. I would assume that you could attend the House of Delegates meetings and raise questions.
Here in New England, we have monthly Executive Board meetings. Our meetings are all open to the membership. (I.e., USA Swimming LSC members who are not Board members have voice but no vote.)
So I would encourage you to get involved locally. USA Swimming published all of the proposed business from their Convention ahead of the convention. Here in New England, we discussed the proposed legislation at the Board Meeting just before the election, so that our delegates to the Convention could act on our behalf. The fact that we were discussing the USA Swimming proposed legislation at our Board meeting was published to our membership before our Board meeting, so that anyone who wanted to could show up and raise an issue or an opinion.
If you want to have a say... all you gotta do is show up usually.
-Rick
