Has anyone had a chance to review the Governing Council Book for the meeting taking place this weekend?
Lots of interesting proposals.
These were already approved:
https://www.usfsaonline.org/Members/viewPDF.asp?id=147(Members only link - sign in to gain access.)
Lower the Introductory Member cost from $75 per member to $25 for the first family member and $20 for the second. One copy of Skating magazine per address. Very ISI-like, IMO.
Skating clubs have to declare a "home rink" and other clubs have to get their permission to conduct activities at that rink. Clubs can still list secondary rinks.
There is some proposed change to the coaching requirements, but I think it's just to clarify the existing process/rules. There is a late fee for dawdlers though, that might be new. Correct me if I'm wrong.
The Adult Skating wbp requirements have been changed. There were some revisions to the original proposal.
Adult Silver now includes a maximum of two jump combs and two spins.
They also upped the crossovers from std fs tests passed to adult track. Where pre-bronze was the crossover from pre-prelim, its now bronze. Prelim=Silver, pre-Juv=Gold. There's a note that Juv FS satisfies all Adult track MIF testing, and the Gold test is optional. Very interesting.