After the furor over "the letter" I decided to look for a USMS charter or similar statement. I expected to find something that said something like USMS serves to promote adult swimming open to all (etc.).
Instead I found nothing. The FAQ is mostly about nuts and bolts of USMS and why join. The Administration pages on this site describe how USMS is run.
I could not find anywhere a general statement of USMS's purpose for being other than to give adult swimmers their own group. I couldn't find any language about non-discrimination or to promote adult swimming, etc.
Shouldn't USMS have something like that?
We apparently need a charter or mission statement that precludes prejudice and pandering from being distributed by USMS...you mean we don't have one yet?The USMS mission, Goals and Objectives can be found in the USMS rulebook under organizing principles. The current version is online on the USMS.org web site. Please check it out and let us know what you think.
We apparently need a charter or mission statement that precludes prejudice and pandering from being distributed by USMS...you mean we don't have one yet?The USMS mission, Goals and Objectives can be found in the USMS rulebook under organizing principles. The current version is online on the USMS.org web site. Please check it out and let us know what you think.
