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Virginia Swimming Board of Review
Members |
LSC Board of
Review Chair
George Homewood
reviewchair@virginiaswimming.org |
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Debby Martinich |
Walter
Smith |
Athlete
Mimi Brinberg |
Coach
Scott Baldwin |
USA Swimming was organized as the National Governing Body (NGB)
for the sport of swimming under the Amateur Sports Act of 1978
(amended in 1998), a federal law. The law requires USA Swimming
to establish and maintain provisions for the swift and equitable
resolution of all disputes involving any of its members. The
Bylaws of Virginia Swimming (VSI) and the USA Swimming Code of
Ethics are intended to provide a clear statement of member
responsibilities, liabilities for infractions, and a mechanism
for resolving in an orderly and fair way all manner and kinds of
disputes that may arise among its members in connection with the
sport of swimming. Accordingly, VSI has established the Board
of Review to hear complaints, protests and appeals regarding the
administration and conduct (including acts and failures to act)
of the sport of swimming in the Virginia Local Swim Committee (LSC),
conduct that may violate the USA Swimming Code of Ethics or
otherwise violate the policies, procedures, rules and
regulations adopted by USA Swimming or VSI, or conduct that may
bring USA Swimming, VSI or the sport of swimming into
disrepute.
Article 610 of the Bylaws of
Virginia Swimming provides a uniform method of appeal from any
decision, act or failure to act to which a member of VSI or,
where the conduct occurred in the Virginia LSC, another LSC
takes exception, and to provide an opportunity for a fair
hearing before a group of independent and impartial people.
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