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Welcome
To the
official web page of the
Amateur Swimming Union of
the Americas. We are a
sports organization with the
purpose of organizing,
supervising and controlling,
in the Western Hemisphere,
the amateur aquatics
activities of Swimming,
Diving, Water Polo,
Synchronized Swimming,
Master and Open Waters.
Here you will find valuable
information of the swimming
activities in the Americas.
Message from the President
Eldon Godfrey |
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Established
in
1948 in
London, England
during the 1948
Olympic Games,
UANA
exists for the
purpose
of
unifying
the
aquatic
activities
in the
Americas into
a single regional and international
organization.
UANA
is
a
not-for
profit
organization.
UANA
is
recognized
as
a
“continental”
body
by
FINA (Federation
Internationale
de
Natation)
under that organizations
Constitution
Clause
14.1.
UANA membership
for
governance
purposes comprises four (4) zones:
Zone 1 – South America
Zone 2 – Central America
Zone 3 – United States of America
Zone 4 – Canada
Every
four
(4)
years,
on
the occasion
of
the
Pan
American
Games
the
members
of
the zones meet
and
elect
an Executive
Committee to
conduct the
affairs of
UANA
for
the
forthcoming
four
(4)
years
period.
Article
33 of
the
UANA
Constitution and
By-Laws provides
that the
office of
President
shall be rotated
in a
specified order
every
quadrennial and further
provides the
rotation of
the office
of Hon. Secretary-Treasurer.
For
the
Quadrennial
2007 –
2011
the
President
is
Eldon
C.
Godfrey,
FCA
(CAN)
(Zone
4)
and
the
Hon.
Secretary-Treasurer
is
Guno
van
der
Jagt
(SUR)
(Zone
1).
In
the
quadrennial
2011
–
2015,
a
repre-
sentative
of South
America (Zone
1) will
preside and
a
representative
from
the
United
States
of
America
(Zone
3)
will
fulfill
the
role
of
secretary-treasurer.
At present,
thirty-eight (38)
national aquatic sports governing
bodies
are
members
of
UANA
by virtue
of their
membership in
FINA and
association with
one of
the four (4) zones of UANA.
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Article
40
of
the
UANA
Constitution
and
By-Laws
provides
that
the
Hon. Secretary-Treasurer
shall
maintain
custody
of
the UANA
records,
funds
and
property.
The
sole
tangible
asset
of
UANA
is
US
$
cash
held
in
a
bank
account;
accordingly,
the
situs of
the
bank
account
moves
to
the
jurisdiction of
the
Hon.
Secretary-Treasurer
every
four
(4)
years.
UANA
derives its
income
from
membership dues of US$100
per annum
per national
federation and US$200 per
annum per
zone. In
addition FINA has, in recent
years, remitted to UANA any
membership dues which it
collects on
an annual basis
from its
members who
fall within
the “continent” of the
Americas.
UANA
receives, on
a quadrennial
basis,
a contribution
from PASO/ODEPA
in respect
of the participation
of its
member federations
in the
Pan American Games.
UANA
endeavours to
develop
the
aquatic sports
throughout the
Americas by
assisting in
the hosting of
regional championships
(eg
UANA
Pan American
Junior
Women’s
Water
Polo
Champi- onship
and other such
events) and
by conducting clinics and other
educational seminars
throughout the Americas.
UANA
has no
paid employees.
All services
to the
membership
are
provided
voluntarily
by
the
Executive Committee
and
members
of
the
several
standing
Technical
Committees.
Payment
of
expenses
and
per
diem
allowances
may
be
paid
from
time
to
time
to
persons
who
travel
and
conduct
clinics
and
other
educational
seminars. |
