Category: Informational

U.S. Figure Skating, the national governing body for the sport in the United States, recently launched its Centennial Celebration. Founded in 1921, U.S. Figure Skating is one of the first U.S. Olympic sport governing bodies to celebrate its 100th anniversary. Throughout the year and culminating with the 2022 Toyota U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Nashville, Tennessee, the Centennial Celebration will spotlight figure skating’s everyday heroes, its iconic and inspirational athletes, the vital networks that support skaters and members clubs across the nation.

Officially founded on April 4, 1921, there were seven charter members clubs of the organization. U.S. Figure Skating, which currently boasts more than 600 clubs and 1,000 Learn to Skate USA programs in cities and towns across all 50 States, has helped more than 3 million people take to the ice via its Learn to Skate USA curriculum. Follow U.S. Figure Skating’s coverage of the Centennial Celebration at USFigureSkating100.org.

All quorums were met, and all ballots had approval votes in the majority.

• 2019 Annual Meeting Minutes were approved.
• SDFSC Bylaws were updated on 5-17-2020 and ratified.
• 2020-2021 Board of Directors were elected and instated.

Thanks for putting up with all the emails necessary to get these annual requirements completed successfully.

For those that missed the annual meeting:

• Link to the Annual Meeting Presentation
• Link to the SDFSC Membership in Action (1080p) video or in 720p

As a response to COVID-19, many activities have moved online:

• Monthly Board of Directors meetings have taken place using Zoom since March.
• Annual Elections being conducted using online OpaVote system. Deadline June 10th.
• Annual Meeting being conduction using Zoom Webinar on June 13th at 9:00 am.
  • Must register to attend, invitations will be sent this week.
  • Link to attend the meeting will be sent as registrations are processed.

Other online services in use to manage club business and convey information

• Membership/Testing system via EntryEeze at http://membership.sandiegofsc.org
• Smile Amazon fundraising – shop via https://smile.amazon.com/ch/95-3413430
• Club website, domain registration, and email via Bluehost

U.S. Figure skating online sites:

• Main information site is at https://www.usfigureskating.org/
• Members Only area is at https://www.usfsaonline.org/

The SDFSC Board of Directors hopes each of our figure skating families is healthy and safe in these difficult times. Like everyone else, we are monitoring the directions provided by the state, county, and city officials and looking forward to the day when we can safely return to the ice.

When we do return, things will come back slowly and differently. It will take time for skaters to return to where they were in skills and abilities. It will take time for coaches to get to all their students and have them ready for the next test and/or competition. Taking all of this into consideration, the board has decided to change/cancel additional upcoming events:

• The May and June Test Sessions are canceled. Existing registrations moved to July.
• The SDFSC Annual Meeting will be held through an online video conference. Elections and voting will be completed electronically, details by the end of May.
• The 2020 Skate La Grande competition is canceled. We won’t want to gather in crowds, nor will people have had enough ice time to be ready.
• 2020-2021 Membership renewal will be proceeding in June to ensure we are prepared when the rinks open again.

Updates to previously announced changes:

• The Road to Gold training camp was postponed.  Exploring dates in late August and December.  New date TBD.
• Synchronized Skating Tryout was postponed.  New date TBD.
• The April Test Session was canceled. Next test session now July.

U.S. Figure Skating updates:

• Many events postponed or canceled through the end of June.
• The Governing Council has been postponed until May 15-16, 2020, and will be conducted as virtual meetings with electronic voting. Besides the usual long list of potential rules changes, there will undoubtedly be discussions and guidance for the resumption of future events.

The SDFSC recognizes the time and effort required to obtain your first judging appointment. In an effort to encourage and support you in your endeavor, we are pleased to offer you a reimbursement for your club membership as you pursue your judging appointment.

Criteria:

• Must sign up for USFS membership through San Diego FSC
• Must sign up as a trial judge through U.S. Figure Skating website
• Must have a mentor
• Must trial judge at a minimum of 6 test sessions per year (not all required to be San Diego test sessions). The year for these purposes refers to a USFSA Membership year which is July 1-June 30.
• Sponsorship of membership for judges trialing will be for (2) one-year cycles maximum

Future Expectations:

• Would judge at SDFSC tests sessions and or competitions

Specifics:

• Reimbursement requests will be sent to the club by June 15 of each calendar year.
• They must be submitted with proof of the criteria above.

Every now and then the SDFSC sponsors a “morning mixer” to have skaters get some refreshments and socialize with each other before running off for the rest of the day.

The new Board of Directors were installed at the Annual Membership Meeting on June 15, 2019. Complete contact information available on the Contacts page.