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Southeastern
Swimming, Inc
Objectives
The objectives
and primary purpose of Southeastern Swimming, Inc shall
be the education, instruction, and training of individuals to
develop and improve their capabilities in the sport of swimming.
SES shall promote swimming for the benefit of swimmers of all ages
and abilities, in accordance with the standards, rules,
regulations, policies and procedures of FINA, USA Swimming,
and SES and its Articles/Certificate of
Incorporation.
Geographic
Territory
The geographic Territory of SES is
as set forth in Article 603 of the USA Swimming Rules and
Regulations. The State of Tennessee, the State of
Alabama except for Chambers and Russell counties,
and that portion of the State of Florida west of
the Apalachicola River, excluding Gulf
County.
Jurisdiction
SES shall have jurisdiction over the
sport of swimming as delegated to it as a Local Swimming Committee by
USA Swimming to support swimming programs consistent with SES's
objectives and those of USA Swimming and to sanction, approve,
observe and oversee competitive swimming events within the
Territory, its Region and its Zone (as those terms are defined in
Part Six of the USA Swimming Rules and Regulations). SES shall
discharge faithfully its duties and obligations as a Local Swimming
Committee of USA Swimming in accordance with these Bylaws, the USA
Swimming Rules and Regulations and all applicable
policies and procedures.
Member Responsibilities
Compliance
Each Group and Individual Member
shall abide by the codes of conduct and ethics, policies,
procedures, rules and regulations adopted by USA Swimming
and SES, including its obligations and responsibilities set forth
in these Bylaws. Each Group and Individual Member shall not take or
allow to be taken, any action, or conspire with or instigate any
other person to take or allow to be taken, any action that could
bring the sport of swimming, SES or USA Swimming into disrepute. By
applying for and accepting membership in SES and USA Swimming, each
Individual Member agrees to so abide and represents, except to the
extent disclosed to SES and USA Swimming, that he or she has never
been convicted of a crime involving sexual misconduct, child abuse,
violation of a law specifically designed to protect minors, or
similar offenses, or to have been found by a Board of Review or the
National Board of Review to have committed actions which would be
the basis for a conviction and that she or he has never acted in a
manner which might bring into disrepute SES, USA Swimming or the
sport of swimming.
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