It is the responsibility of the individual member Leagues duly appointed representative to monitor, advise and review the OSDA Code of Conduct with their respective League members.
1. OSDA policy regarding non-OSDA skaters, teams and leagues:
- It is the goal of OSDA to promote a mutually beneficial support of not only OSDA member leagues, but all skaters, teams and leagues, regardless of their affiliation; past, present or future.
- OSDA Leagues should refrain from comparing themselves to Other
organizations in/on publicly accessible media (Newspaper, internet, radio, etc.) in such a way as to portray OSDA as being “superior” in skill, style, organization or individual.
2. Internal Conflicts
Any OSDA league, team or individual is encouraged to make use of the OSDA Board members to help resolve any internal conflicts within your organization.
Concerns should be presented in writing by the duly appointed OSDA representative.
OSDA will set up a mediation board & work with you to resolve issues amongst the parties.
Under no circumstances should personal grieveances be posted on any public internet group or forum. What you have to say as an OSDA member reflects on ALL OSDA members. If you have issues within your league or with another league (even a non-OSDA league), please bring it to the Board and we will help you address it in an appropriate manner.
3. Consequences
Should any member, team or league, as an individual or as a whole, be found in violation of this guideline, the OSDA board will take corrective / disciplinary action as follows:
First Offense: Letter of reprimand outlining specific occurrence, explaining why occurrence is not acceptable and suggesting corrective action that offending individual, team or league may take.
Second Offense: Offending individual, team or league will be placed on a 90 day probation. During that time, individual, team or league will not be allowed to represent themselves as being an active OSDA league and will not be eligible to vote on any OSDA business.
Third Offense: Offending individual, team or league will have their OSDA membership privileges revoked and will be banned from the OSDA.
- Appeals
Former OSDA members, teams or leagues who have been banned from membership may file a written appeal to the OSDA Board for consideration. Appeals must be submitted to the OSDA Board President, and expulsion may be rescinded by a majority vote of the OSDA Executive Board.
Thanks for your cooperation in building a positive image for the OSDA. If you have any suggestions on the things you think we should stress in our contacts with the press, etc, please feel free to post on the OSDA member Yahoo Group or e-mail any board member. Working together, we can continue to make OSDA grow and prosper.
