Board Report of Action for September 6, 2011

U.S. FIGURE SKATING
REPORT OF ACTION
taken by the
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
September 6, 2011

The Board of Directors took the following actions:

1. Approved the Competitions Committee request to change 'birth certificate' to 'any proof of age' in the following rules 2821, 2824 and 3070:

2820 Rosters, Substitutes, Alternates and Crossover Skaters
2821 The entry form of the first qualifying competition of the year for all synchronized skating events becomes the official team roster for the remainder of the year. The roster must list all team members, including alternates. No additions will be permitted from sectionals to the U.S. Synchronized Skating Championships.
A. The roster is to be submitted to U.S. Figure Skating Headquarters with the entry form by Dec. 1;
B. Requests for substitutions to the roster must be submitted on the official form to the sectional vice chair of the Synchronized Skating Competitions Subcommittee. Substitutions to the roster may be permissible up to two weeks prior to the start of the next qualifying competition. The request must be in writing and include the reason for the substitution together with a birth certificate proof of age, if applicable under rule 2824. The sectional vice chair for synchronized skating competitions will notify the national vice chair for synchronized skating competitions, the team manager, the chief referee and U.S. Figure Skating Headquarters of the decision at least one week prior to the start of the competition in question.

2824 Documents required for qualifying competitions:
A. Birth certificates Proof of age (i.e., copy of birth certificate, passport, driver's license, notarized affidavit, etc.) for members of senior, junior, novice, intermediate and juvenile synchronized skating teams must be filed by Dec. 1, with the team roster must be submitted to U.S. Figure Skating Headquarters by Dec. 1, prior to the member entering their first qualifying competition. Birth certificates Such proof need to be submitted only be submitted once per member. as they are to remain on file with Upon receiving valid proof, U.S. Figure Skating Headquarters, will flag the member record and immediately destroy any documentation. The roster is to be verified by U.S. Figure Skating Headquarters on a yearly basis. Adult and masters synchronized skating teams must provide proof of age if so requested by the referee and/or local organizing committee of the competition for which the team is entered;

3070 Eligibility to Compete - Synchronized Skating
D. Documents required for nonqualifying competitions:

  1. All levels except collegiate must provide proof of age (i.e., copy of birth certificate, passport, driver's license, notarized affidavit, etc.) if so requested by the referee and / or the local organizing committee of the competition for which the team is entered. Proof of age must be provided:
    1. At credentialing if requested prior to the start of the competition, or
    2. Within 24 hours of being asked by the referee.
      1. Failure to furnish the requested proof will result in retroactive disqualification of the member's team.

        2. 2. Approved the Competitions Committee request to amend rule 2946, pertaining to synchronized skating, to delay the second playing of the music to the 7-minute mark of a 12-minute practice session:

      2946 For the free skate 12-minute segments, the music will be played for the first time no later than 1 1/2 minutes into the session. The music will be played for the second time no later than 6 1/2 7 minutes into the session. A 30-second warning announcement will be given prior to the start of the music for both playings. Any time left in the session will be announced at the completion of the playing of the music for the second time.


        3. Approved the final sanction for the 2011 Hilton HHonors Skate America; October 21-23, 2011 ; Ontario, Calif.;

        4. Approved the president's reappointment of Bill Howard and Steve Cady as U.S. Figure Skating representatives to the STAR Board of Directors. The terms are for three years starting in September 2011.