SNZ Review - Swimming New Zealand

Section 7 – The Way Forward and Recommendations
The assembly of the best swimmers from the Regions into Competition Zones will allow for:
the ability to attend a series of swims with better use of funds;
main annual competition – National Age Groups/ Open Nationals;
7.2.5 MEMBERSHIP OF SNZ
Consistent with the purpose of SNZ its membership needs to be separated into two categories:
the membership database is accurate and up to date.
not competitive swimmers;
nominate a Region they wish to be aligned with.
These individuals (excluding life members) must have paid their annual membership fee to SNZ to be able
exempt.
The voting entitlement of these individual members will be exercised via the Regions. Voting entitlements
for each Region will be calculated from the SNZ database based on those who meet the criteria set out
of membership. Regions will be allocated votes based on the number of members with 1 vote for each
In addition there will no cap on the number of votes per Region as the goal is to encourage growth in
under exceptional circumstances (for example criminal offences relevant to SNZ), which could bring the
sport into disrepute or create exposure to risk.
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