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Mission: As the national governing body, the mission of the United States Figure Skating Association is to provide programs to encourage participation and achievement in the sport of figure skating on ice, and particularly:
(i) To serve as the national governing body in the sport of figure skating on ice as recognized by the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), and to serve as the United States member of the International Skating Union (ISU);
(ii) To take all steps necessary to regulate and govern figure skating on ice throughout the United States, including the raising of funds to support activities of the USFSA by dues, the sale of publications, the conduct of competitions, carnival assessments, sanction fees and any other lawful means, provided that none of the income of the USFSA inures to the private profit of any of its members;
(iii) To define and maintain uniform standards of skating proficiency;
(iv) To prescribe rules for the holding of tests, competitions, exhibitions, carnivals and all other figure skating activities, and the eligibility therefor, and to qualify and appoint judges, referees and other officials for all tests, competitions and other figure skating events;
(v) To encourage and give guidance and assistance in the organization of local ice skating clubs, and the attaining of full participation in figure skating by individuals, groups, clubs, schools, colleges and universities throughout the United States;
(vi) To organize and sponsor competitions and exhibitions for the purpose of stimulating interest in figure skating on the part of all persons, and to assist financially or otherwise, in accordance with the rules of the USFSA, the participants traveling to and from and attending such competitions and exhibitions, who would otherwise be unable to participate therein;
(vii) To encourage those persons who have demonstrated an ongoing interest in figure skating to continue their participation in figure skating, and where possible, to obtain a college or university education;
(viii) To educate and inform the public through the use of all media, and particularly the youth of the nation, regarding figure skating, with emphasis upon its pleasures, healthful aspects, and its value as an activity which contributes to the development of fitness and character in the youth of the nation;
(ix) To collect, publish, display and disseminate information concerning figure skating by bulletin, paper, book, magazine or otherwise, and in connection therewith, to maintain a Hall of Fame and Museum;
(x) To provide an equal opportunity to eligible athletes, coaches, trainers, managers, administrators and officials to participate in eligible athlete competition without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, age, gender or national origin, and with fair notice and an opportunity for a hearing to any eligible athlete, coach, trainer, manager, administrator or official before declaring such individual ineligible to participate;
(xi) To select members of the Board of Directors, members of the Executive Committee and Substitute Athlete Representatives without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, gender or national origin;
(xii) To submit to binding arbitration conducted in accordance with the commercial arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association in any controversy involving its recognition as a national governing body, as provided for in Section 205 and successor sections of the Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-606), or involving the opportunity of any athlete, coach, trainer, manager, administrator or official to participate in athletic competition, as provided for in the Constitution and Bylaws of the USOC;
(xiii) To support, by contributions from the USFSA and its Memorial Fund, other charitable and educational organizations which are themselves exempt from taxation under Section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as from time to time amended; and
(xiv) To ensure that the foregoing objects are within the meaning of Section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as from time to time amended, and that the activities of the USFSA, both direct and indirect, are exclusively in furtherance of these objects
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