Volunteer Participation Policy
We communicate with parents by email regarding communications. The Club de Natation Saint-Laurent is a non-profit organization managed by a Board of Directors made up of parent volunteers. Without your participation as a volunteer, there would be no competition. For this season, CNSL is asking you for a deposit of $600 credit (2024-2025) for volunteer participation per family, in exchange for participation sessions during the season. Upcoming petitions. Parents therefore receive an invitation (from the Itemface platform) including the dates of the meeting and the deadline to confirm the swimmer's absence. Voluntary Participatory Policy 2024-2025 to discover different types of activities to participate.
Becoming an Official
CNSL offers Level 1 and 2 official training courses during the season, normally before CNSL-organized competitions so that you can have practical experiences straight after. The Timekeeper course (level 1), compulsory for at least 1 member of each family, will be offered several times during the season. You will also be notified, if qualified, when the level 3 internship will be offered by the Lac St-Louis Region Association. To find out how a swimming official progresses through the certification levels according to the Fédération de Natation du Québec (FNQ), please click here (English version of Swimming Canada).
The schedule of available courses will be published to parents and the registration link for courses is posted at www.clubcnsl.com.
How to become volunteer at swim meet?
You can sign up as a volunteer for competitions according to your availability. By specifying multiple official positions you'd like to take on, you give the organizing club the flexibility to assign you the desired role. It is important to note that the registration deadline for officials is specified in the form, typically around 7 days before the first day of the competition. The idea of the close deadline allows parents to plan their personal schedules in order to participate.
Does my participation count?
Your participation counts if you register and are present on the day of the event. It is therefore essential that you give your attendance at the officials' desk on the day of the competition in order to receive relevant instructions. If you are a volunteer at a competition hosted by other clubs, at which CNSL swimmers participate, CNSL requests for a confirmation of CNSL officials few days later and your participation will be credited to the volunteer account.
Officials' Code of Ethics
Being an official is a responsibility taken on voluntarily:
- The official must respect and treat each participant (swimmers, officials, coaches, volunteers) in swimming, in the context of their activity, regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion, political allegiance and their socio-economic status.
- The official, working or not, should refrain from commenting on the decisions of other officials.
- The official must have a philosophy of working for the best interest of, and respect for, each participant (officials, coaches, swimmers and volunteers) regardless of the level of competition.
- The official shall be impartial, conscientious, and work in the structure of his/her assigned tasks.
- The official should have a positive attitude.
- The official must be calm, discreet, and have professional behaviour at all times.
Clinics for Officials
Formations offertes par le CNSL: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1h0iP0AGLDNaN1otU7jBC8vH9gQPX9HitFUdZvsnuKR8/edit?usp=drive_link