With the 2010-11 season underway, officials should be familiar with the following documents as published by the IHSA. It is also an excellent idea to carry this information with you to your meets. These documents are linked below so that you may print and/or save them for your use.

1) 2010 Girl's Swimming & Diving Terms and Conditions

2) 2010 Illinois Swimming & Diving Bulletin

3) IHSA Protocol for Impementation of NFHS Sports Playing Rule for Concussions

4) Official's Guide to Implementing the Concussion Rule in Illinois

The minutes from the ISOA Annual Meeting held at Chicago (Northside Prep) H.S. on Saturday, August 21 are available here.

At the ISOA Annual Meeting on 8/21, two committees were chosen for the upcoming school term:

The Nominating Committee will be soliciting nominations for the offices of President, Treasurer and Member-At-Large, which will be voted for at our February 2011 meeting at the Boy's State Final. The Nominating Committee consists of Nancy Myer, Mark Anderson and Barb Richardson. Members may contact any member of the committee to make a nomination, but please be sure that your nominee is willing to serve before nominating him/her.

The Awards Committee will be accepting nominations for the ISOA Annual Awards of Official Of The Year, Most Improved and Rookie Of The Year, which will also be presented at our February 2011 meeting. The Awards Committee consists of Mike Hutton, Ollie Dunson and Jim Katula. Please contact any member of the committee to make a nomination. Criteria for nominations may be found here.

We have received questions from several officials pertaining to questions on this year's rules exam. It is suggested that officials view the online rules video BEFORE attempting the exam AND to make the changes to your rule book covered in the "Editorial Changes" portion of the rules video. Doing so will make the answer(s) to several questions very clear.

As a note, officials are able to pause the video when viewing it, as well as return to the video after receiving credit to review it at any time.