Bylaws - Amendments

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Amendment 1995-1

Section 1

In the case of disputes and/or rule violations, the high schools involved should first try to resolve it amongst themselves and/or with the assistance of the athletic director, principal, or club coordinator.

a) When the conduct of a coach/team/fan is deemed to be improper by the referees, the referee Association will first report it to the proper school authority. If the situation is not handled at that level, it will then be reported to the league Athletic Director for action. At the state tournament the referees will report first to the tournament committee then to the board of directors.
*1a) Adopted by membership this 6th day of May, 1997.

Section 2

In the case of disputes and/or rule violations, the league, and/or athletic director in charge of water polo for the league, shall rule on all intra-league questions and on questions pertaining to league rules themselves.

Section 3

In the case of disputes and/or rule violations that involve inter-league or statewide questions, the Board of OHSWPC shall rule as per outlined in the OSAA constitution. The OHSWPC Board shall be considered equivalent to the OSAA Executive Board and the OHSWPC President shall be considered the equivalent of the OSAA Executive Director. The OHSWPC may pass questions and/or protests, without ruling, on to the league athletic directors for their ruling or appeal (see Section 5)

Section 4

The OHSWPC Board shall not overturn any decision made by the "membership" and shall defer to the "membership," if a meeting or vote is held, or called within 14 days to vote on a ruling.

Section 5

The league athletic directors together shall be the final appeal and ruling body for all disputes and/or rule violations. These may be either decision by the OHSWPC Board that are appealed or questions and/or protests that the OHSWPC Board passes on for ruling. The decision shall be made by majority rule of the league athletic directors from the leagues other than that from which the team in possible violation belongs.

Amendment adopted by membership this 30th day of August, 1995.

Other Amendments

* Notes by Ray Tuleya:

Other Amendments have been made, but are not listed as seperate items to the Bylaws. I will attempt to cite other passages below these changes in the bylaws.

Proposed Amendments

Election by District

I, Ray Tuleya, propose the linked amendment for the 2008 Annual Meeting to amend the Bylaws to elect the OHSWPC Board the way the OSAA elects it's Board. Board members are elected as representatives, not by the entire membership. The OSAA delegates vote on a President from these Board members. The OSAA Board selects the vice-president from the remaining Board members.