Report of Action from the USFSA Executive Committee

On March 25, 2003, the USFSA Executive Committee voted to endorse the principles of the World Skating Federation, as was reported in the WSF press conference on that day. Following is the text of the official Report of Action from the USFSA:

REPORT OF ACTION
taken by the
Executive Committee
at its meeting
March 25, 2003
Washington, D.C.

The Executive Committee took the following actions:

1. APPROVED that the USFSA Executive Committee endorses the principles of the World Skating Federation, including: Athlete and Coach representation, Geographic representation, Transparency, Ethics, Accountability, Integrity, and Zero Tolerance. (8 Yes)

2. APPROVED the following resolution: (8 Yes)

   "Since the Executive Committee has had neither the time nor the opportunity to be fully informed about the World Skating Federation, we do not endorse that entity and will follow the well-established representative process we have in place to determine what is truly in the best interest of our membership."

3. APPROVED that the three logo designs recommended by the Marketing and Sponsorship Committee be displayed on the USFSA Website for a review and comment period of at least two weeks, beginning March 26, 2003. Based on the feedback received, a decision to adopt a final design will be made by the end of April 2003. (8 Yes)

4. APPROVED to recommend the 12 Region/ 4 Section Qualifying Competition Plan presented by the Strategic Planning Committee and the Restructuring Workgroup. (6 Yes, 1 No, 1 Abstain)

5. APPROVED to create an Athlete Funding Task Force to review existing funding guidelines, examine ways to coordinate resources and recommend new policies and procedures, as required, to the Executive Committee prior to the fall meeting of the Board of Directors. (8 Yes)

   This task force will include:

   Chair:	Oversight Official for the Athlete Services Committee Group
   Members:	Coordinator for the Athlete Services Committee Group Two Athletes, one of whom is the Chair of the Athlete Advisory Committee Chair, Athlete Development Committee Chair, International Committee USFSA Treasurer USFSA Executive Director

6. APPROVED that in non-Olympic years, bids to host the U.S. Championships be solicited from the sections in which the prior year's Championships was not held. In Olympic years, they should rotate on the historic rotational system, i.e., in the Eastern Section in 2010, moving west to the next section in 2014. (8 Yes)

7. APPROVED that, in light of the reallocation of responsibilities between the USFSA and the U.S. Championships LOC recommended by the Nationals Task Force, the following financial arrangements be adopted: (8 Yes)
   • As of the 2007 U.S. Championships, the USFSA receive 20% of net ticket sales and the LOC the remaining 80%. In any event, there will be a minimum guarantee of $300,000 to the USFSA from one or more entities.

   • The retentions from the pass-through arrangement from credit card ticket sales money (currently 5%) be increased to 20%.

 

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