94. APPROVED – Competitions Committee Amend rule 1122 (D) (page 131, Rulebook), change section header (page 179, Rulebook) and add new rule 3500 (page 184, Rulebook) as follows:
1122 Except as noted above, the chair of the Competitions Committee, or the appropriate sectional or regional vice chair, must sanction all U.S. Figure Skating figure skating competitions held in the United States. D. See, also, rules 2000, 3000, 3110, 3131, 3200, 3301, and 3400 and 3500.
Rules for Nonqualifying Competitions Including: Intercollegiate, Basic Skills, Special, Club, Special Olympics, and National Showcase and National Theatre On Ice
3500 Rules for National Theatre On Ice Competitions For specific guidelines for the conduct of National Theatre On Ice competitions, refer to the National Theatre On Ice Competition Man- ual posted on
usfigureskating.org.
Implementation date: September 1, 2012
95. APPROVED – Competitions Committee Amend rule 1122 (C) (page 131, Rulebook) as follows:
1122 Except as noted above, the chair of the Competitions Committee, or the appropriate sectional or regional vice chair, must sanction all U.S. Figure Skating figure skating competitions held in the United States. C. A member club that uses the principal skating headquarters of another member club for a competition must receive permission in writing from the home club before a sanction may be issued. Such permission may not be unreasonably withheld. A copy of the letter of permission must be attached to the competition sanction application.
Implementation date: June 1, 2012
96. APPROVED – Competitions Committee Amend rule 1214 (page 133, Rulebook) as follows:
1214 Within 30 days after a qualifying competition, the referee will complete a report: A. Including the following: 1. Any deviations from or comments regarding: a. Rules governing competitions b. The official schedule c. Proper conduct of judges all officials
2. Any adverse comments or particularly favorable comments regarding: a. Rink conditions b. Housing c. Transportation d. Music e. Rinkside IJS computer equipment (IVR system)
3. Any protests, accidents or unusual happenings 4. Any accidents that also must be reported to the Sports Sciences and Medicine Committee
5. A record of the initial and final placements in each event 6. A judges’, referees and technical panel assignment sheet (Form 104)
7. CEU/activity report of officials (judges, referees, technical panel)
TO:
B. Which will be sent as follows: Item 5
Items 1-4 Referee’s Report
Technical Group Coordinator
Footnote: (A) - Send for U.S. Championships only (B) - Send for sectional and U.S. Championships only (C) - Send for regional and sectional championships only (D) - Send for nonqualifying competitions only
U.S. Figure Skating Headquarters
Note: The requirements listed in items 5 and 6 in the chart may be fulfilled via e-mail at the end of the competition in a format specified by the Competitions Committee.
Implementation date: September 1, 2012 √ √
Component/ Cumulative Results
√ Sent by accountants
Item 6 Officials’ Assign
Sheet (Form 104)
√ √ √ (D)
Item 7 Officials’ CEU
Report
97. APPROVED – Competitions Committee Move rule 1231 (page 134, Rulebook) to rule 2455 (page 158, Rulebook) and amend rule 1232 (pages 134-135, Rulebook) to clarify the duties of the chief accountant regarding submitting competition results.
1230 Duties of the Chief Accountant 1231
The complete final results of all qualifying competitions shall be promptly posted on the
icenetwork.com website and published in SKATING magazine along with results from ISU competitions involv- ing U.S. Figure Skating competitors.
1232 The chief accountant at each competition has the following responsibili- ties duties: A. At all competitions, is responsible for the supervision of assistant accountants and technical accountants.
B. At all qualifying competitions and official trial judge events at nonqualifying competitions, the accountant will for supplying the trial judges’ chair with a complete record of the placements of official judges for each component segment of each event. Copies of signed component segment and cumulative results (if applicable) for each event shall will be used.
C. At the conclusion of all qualifying competitions, the accounting room is responsible for sending the following: 1. To the IJS technology specialist, no later than one day after the competition: – for IJS categories only – the database files for the IJS Competition attached to an e-mail a. For IJS categories – the final and complete IsuCalcFS competition database folder containing all files, saved to a zipped folder and sent via e-mail.
b. For 6.0 events – the final and complete HAL2.0 compe- tition database folder containing all files, saved to a zipped folder and sent via e-mail.
2. To the director of technical services – for 6.0 events only - complete sets of results and panel of judges for each segment and overall results – attached to an e-mail in htm format
3. To the Archivist at U.S. Figure Skating Headquarters, by mail: a. A clean program b. Individual judges sheets for each 6.0 segment c. Original signed copies of all results for each segment and cumulative (where applicable)
D. In addition to the above, the chief accountant will send via e-mail the necessary files for posting on the website as spelled out in the posting documents distributed by headquarters before the start of the qualifying competition season, including the U.S. Col- legiate Figure Skating Championships work with the technical accountants to post starting orders and results to icenetwork. com using the IJS Live program for all qualifying competitions.
2450 Reports from U.S. Figure Skating Headquarters 2455 The complete final results of all qualifying competitions will be promptly posted on the
icenetwork.com website and published in SKATING magazine along with results from ISU competitions involv- ing U.S. Figure Skating competitors.
Implementation date: September 1, 2012
98. APPROVED AS AMENDED – Competitions Committee Amend rule 2117 (page 146, Rulebook) and rule 3033 (page 181, Rule- book) as follows:
2117 For qualifying competitions, members of the same family or close rel- atives shall not be permitted to may serve as referees, accountants, judges or members of the technical panel officials in the same event provided they are not on the same panel or serving as the same type of official (for example, both on the technical panel or both on the judging panel).
3033 For nonqualifying competitions, members of the same family or close relatives shall not be permitted to serve as technical specialists and/ or controllers judges or members of the technical panel in the same event. For other restrictions, see rules section 2110 2111, 2112, 2113 and 2115.
Implementation date: June 1, 2012
99. APPROVED – Competitions Committee and the International Committee Amend rules 2230 through 2249 (pages 152-153, Rulebook) and add new rule ICR 6.09 (page 64, Rulebook) as follows:
2230 Eligibility of U.S. Citizen Returning From Competing for Another
ISU Member 2231
In order to compete at a national, sectional or regional championship U.S. Figure Skating qualifying competition after having competed for another country represented a foreign federation at any level of skating competition, an applicant must complete the “Returning U.S.
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