Welcome to BC Swim Officials Association The purposes of the Society are: To provide leadership and education of technical officials in the field competitive swimming; To foster co-operation between officials, coaches, laymen, support groups and sponsoring organizations associated with the sport of competitive swimming; To provide guidance, advice, direction and support to Swimming Natation Canada, ;Swim BC, its Board of Directors and staff in all matters relating to technical officials of competitive swimming; In cooperation with Swim B.C., to develop standardized officials training programs for Swim BC so that all volunteers have an opportunity to develop and officiate under optimum circumstances and environments; To encourage and promote professionalism among competitive swimming officials, and to provide the opportunity to train on behalf of SNC, those volunteers desirous to gain further knowledge as technical officials; To promote and conduct organized clinics and seminars, where officials may exchange ideas on training methods, technique, skills and program development; To ensure the laws and regulations as laid out in the FINA Handbook, SNC "Swimming Rules", Swim BC "Swim Guide" and the Swim BC Technical Manual are carried out; To support Swim BC and it's strategic plan; To provide qualified technical officials for the purpose of ensuring fair play and equitable opportunities for all swimmers engaged in competition at SNC sanctioned swim meets in British Columbia; To Become a Member: Any qualified person interested in the objects of the Society may become a member upon complying with the provisions of the By-laws of the Society and upon payment of the appropriate fee. There shall be two classes of members, Active members : shall be those members who are actively officiating in BC with Swim BC on the date their annual membership fee in the Society is paid and have a minimum of SNC Officials Certification Level 1 Swimming Official Certification. They shall be entitled to vote. Associate members : who shall be those members who are interested in swim officiating and the objects of the Society but who do not qualify for active membership. The amount of the first annual membership fees shall be $10.00 for active members, and $10.00 for associate members. Subsequent annual membership fees shall be determined by the annual general meeting of the society. Annual membership fees shall be non-refundable.

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