United States Swim School Association

“A member of the Corporation must be either a Swim School, a business, an organization, an individual practitioner, or a former swim school owner engaged in or serving the aquatics education industry. The corporation shall have classes of voting members and classes of non-voting members who shall pay initiation fees and annual dues. Members shall at all times support the Corporations mission and meet other qualifications as may be determined by the Board from time to time. TheBoard has the sole discretion to determine whether a particular business is qualified for membership and may refuse to permit membership for any business that it determines is not qualified to become a member. No membership classification may be based on or affected by statuses protected by law, including but not limited torace, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity), age, marital status, religion, or disability.”

“Beginning with the first annual meeting of members, the Swim School Members shall elect the President, the Vice-President, and all of the directors at large. Thereafter, the Vice-President of the Corporation will automatically succeed to a term as President on the conclusion of the preceding Presidents term in office. If, for any reason, the Vice-President fails to succeed to a term as President on the conclusion of the preceding Presidents term in office, the Swim School Members shall elect a new President. At the expiration or earlier termination of a Vice-Presidents term in office, the Swim School Members shall elect a new Vice-President. At the expiration or earlier termination of the term in office of adirector at large, the Swim School Members shall elect a new director at large. Unless the Board of Directors chooses to hold the election at an annual meeting of members, the election of President, Vice-President, and directors at large shall be accomplished by written ballot, as further described below. Nothing in this section shall be interpreted as preventing a director at large from running for and holding consecutive terms in office as a director at large.”

“Each Swim School Member shall have one vote per swim school location included in their dues payment, up to a maximum of ten (10) votes upon each matter that these Bylaws provide shall be voted on by the voting members, or any other matter that the Board of Directors determines shall be voted on by the voting members. Each Former Swim School Owner Member shall have one vote upon each matter these Bylaws provide shall be voted on by the voting members or any other matter that the Board of Directors determines shall be voted on by the voting members.”

“The Form 990 is presented to the Board of Directors for review and approval before filing with the Internal Revenue Service.”

“United States Swim School Association has a conflict of interest policy which includes having all new board and committee members sign an acknowledgement they have read and understood the policy. All board and committee members are required annually and in writing to disclose all businesses or other organizations of which the member or leader, or a member of his family, is an officer, member, owner, or employee; or for which the member or leader, or a member of his family, acts as an agent; or from which the member or leader, or a member of his family, receives compensation or remuneration of any sort, with which United States Swim School Association competes or with which United States Swim School Association has, or might reasonably in the future enter into, a relationship or a transaction. United States Swim School Association also has a policy directing the Board Chair and other Board Members on how to disclose a potential conflict of interest when issues are discussed or voted on, which includes disclosure and the party removing themselves from the meeting during discussion and vote. The policy directs the board or committee to seek alternates to the proposed transaction so as not producing a conflict of interest unless a more advantageous transaction or arrangement is not reasonably possible.”

“The Organization makes it governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public upon request.”