Saturday Morning

The technical committee members each gave a quick report on their work over the year. They each recognized the new national appointments in their area. Our own Lisa Erle was received her National Referee appointment and Michael Ricigliano received his National Dance judge appointment.

Business of the meeting began with debate on rule 307 which concerns non-US citizens ability to compete in USFS competitions. There can be many scenarios in which skaters would be affected. This basically pertained to skaters whose parents have moved internationally for economic reasons (ie. job relocation) and would like to compete in USFS qualifying events. They would not, however, be able to compete internationally representing the US.

Next order of business moved to rule 344. This change would allow an intermediate skater to perform ONE triple jump in the short program. (Remember that they are already allowed to do TWO triples in the long). There was good discussion on both sides of the issue. The delegation seemed pretty split on the issue. The council took a count of votes on the issue and it was resolved that the a triple jump WOULD be allowed in the intermediate short program.