Congratulations to the TAC Titans 13-14 Women (Reina Liu, Carolin He, Fiona O’Malley, and Leah Smith) on setting a new NCS State Record in the 400 Free Relay with a time of 3:54.51. Way to go ladies! #WEARENCS
October Board Elections
North Carolina Swimming Board of Directors calls for candidates for October elections. Involved in club governance or interested in doing more for swimming in North Carolina? Consider raising your hand for an elected or appointed position within the North Carolina Swimming LSC. Committee positions are also open. See the Governance tab on SwimNC.com for more info. Contact GeneralChair@ncswim.org with questions. #IMNCS
2021 Fall HOD: Delegate Registration
NCS Clubs:
The 2021 Fall North Carolina Swimming HOD will be held as planned at the McKimmon Center in Raleigh on Sunday, October 3 at 1:00 PM. Those attending in person will cast their votes at the meeting. For those choosing not to attend in person, there will a virtual option for casting your votes.
The HOD Meeting Schedule with separate ZOOM meeting registration links for each meeting has been posted on the NCS website.
Whether your club’s delegates will be attending in person or via ZOOM, you will need to pre-register your delegates by following the step-by-step instructions below.
- You must declare your club’s delegates to Barb Frith by SEPTEMBER 29th .
- Please check the Delegate per Club Count List for the number of non-athlete delegates you are permitted to name for your club. Each club also may name one athlete delegate.
- Send an email to Barb Frith at pfrith@mac.com and include:
- Name and valid email address for each non-athlete delegate.
- Indicate which delegates will be attending in-person or via ZOOM.
- Name and valid email address for your athlete delegate. If your athlete delegate is under 18, please copy a parent/guardian on your email to Barb.
- This information is due to Barb no later than SEPTEMBER 29th.
- PLEASE NOTE that all declared delegates must be USA Swimming members in good standing on October 3rd, 2021. Please check your club portal for any membership issues your delegates need to address before October 1.
- Delegates who will be attending via ZOOM must receive their personal voter identification number from Election Buddy prior to the October 3rd HOD.
- On October 1st, the eligible delegates you name will receive an email from Election Buddy at the email addresses you provide.
- The email will include their personal Election Buddy voter identification number that they must use to vote at HOD on October 3rd at 1:00 PM.
- The password to unlock their ballot will be provided at the HOD meeting held Sunday, October 3rd at 1:00 PM.
- Delegates MAY NOT vote by proxy. They must attend the Zoom HOD meeting on October 3rd at 1:00 PM to receive their password and cast their votes.
If you have any questions about the delegate registration process, please contact Barb at pfrith@mac.com prior to September 29th.
2021 Fall HOD: Proposed Legislation
The following proposed legislation will be voted on at the 2021 Fall HOD. Please review the legislation prior to the House of Delegates meeting on Sunday, Oct 3, 2021.
To help streamline the voting process and minimize the expense of online voting, a review of the proposed legislation will be held at 2:00 pm on Saturday, Oct 2. Those with questions or concerns on the proposed legislation are encouraged to attend. There will also be an opportunity to make changes in the proposals with submitter’s approval.
2021 Fall HOD Schedule
The 2021 NCS Fall House of Delegates meetings will be held at the McKimmon Conference Center in Raleigh on Saturday, October 2 and Sunday, October 3, 2021.
For those choosing not to attend in person, separate ZOOM meeting registration links for each meeting are on the 2021 FALL HOD Schedule above. You will be asked to enter your name an email address and a link to that meeting will be sent to you. There will not be a virtual option for the High School Officials meeting and the Athlete Leadership Summit will send out its ZOOM information separately.
Submit bids to host 2022 Fall HOD
REMINDER:
The 2022 Fall HOD will be held the weekend of Sept 24-25, 2022.
If your club would like to submit a bid to host the 2022 Fall HOD, bids must be submitted by 9/18/2021. All bids will be forwarded for consideration at the upcoming HOD Meeting in Raleigh on Sunday, October 3, 2021. Remember, bids for the Fall HOD must include access to nearby banquet facilities to accommodate at least 300 people for the NC Awards Banquet and access to a pool to hold the All Star Clinic.
The HOD Bidding policy can be found in Section 1.6 of the North Carolina Policies & Procedures.
Officials HOD Meeting Schedule
NC SWIMMING SPRING 2021 HOD
NCS OFFICIALS Virtual MEETING
Saturday, April 17th – 10:00 – 11:30am
https://zoom.us/j/91212869765?pwd=UTRYdkhLaldaMldIOGc2VHdpbVN1dz09
Something for every official certification level — 3 concurrent breakout sessions
| Time | Session Information | Who |
| 10:00 – 10:15 | OPENING and WELCOME Topics: Welcome and Recognitions NCS Officials Roster Report Directions for Break-out rooms Who should attend: All NCS Officials | Speaker: John Jewell |
| 10:15 – 11:30 Breakout Room 1 | STROKE and TURN SITUATIONS – Panel Discussion Topic: Three (3) broadly experienced NCS Referees situations/observations from Stroke & Turn vantage point and provide their perspective. Attendees are encouraged to come with their personal experience/question(s) in mind for the panel or log them on this form before the session https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1EZrVz5Il0c3FqMpS0YZm9oV1GKX-FFY5Mqkuev8G8P0/edit?usp=sharing Additional situations will be provided by panelists. Who should attend: Certified S&T’s (and Starters) ( Any referees who choose to attend should mute and refrain from comment unless called upon by Panelist.) | Panelists: Suzanne Heath Todd Webber Rob Stevens |
| 10:15 – 11:30 Breakout Room 2 | HyTek MEET MANAGER, “Skills – 201” Topic: Live Meet Manager Demonstration(s) “How to” Q&As Who should attend: Certified A.O.’s | Speaker: Colleen Gillan |
| 10:15 – 11:30 Breakout Room 3 | REFEREE SESSION – Clinics and Championships Topic: New Clinic / Clinician Process for S&T and AO — John Jewell 2021 NCS Short Course Championship Reviews Senior Champs — Lynn Tippets-Fazen AG Champs — Charlie Stephenson Meet report availability Who should attend: Referees and Starters | Speakers: John Jewell Lynn Tippets-Fazen Charlie Stephenson |
2021 NCS Spring HOD Schedule
The 2021 NCS Spring HOD weekend meetings will be held via ZOOM. Below is a link to the meeting schedule. Each session has a separate ZOOM login code below the meeting description.
Submitting Legislation: Spring 2021 HOD
Submitting Legislation:
REMINDER:
If you would like to propose legislation for the NCS Spring HOD meeting on April 18, 2021, please mark up the existing Rule or By-Law with the proposed wording and submit your proposal to Wayne Shulby wayne.shulby@gmail.com using the HOD Legislation Template below. The deadline for submitting legislation is February 27, 2021.
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2020 NCS Fall HOD Meeting Agenda
Below is the meeting agenda for the NCS Fall House of Delegates meeting to be held via ZOOM at 1:00 pm on Sunday, Oct 4, 2020. The ZOOM link for this and other HOD weekend meetings has been posted on the NCS Fall HOD Weekend Meeting Schedule.