General

1. The facilities operated by the Department of Athletics and Recreational Services, serve primarily to satisfy the physical educational, athletic and recreational needs of programs operated for students, faculty and staff of Simon Fraser University.

2. These facilities include the East and West Gymnasiums and all the support facilities within these structures, i.e. weight rooms; swimming pool etc.; tennis courts; the track and the playing fields.

Policy

1. In order to ensure the proper distribution and the maximum productive use of all such facilities, the Manager, Athletics and Recreational Services, will be the sole coordinating and approving authority for the scheduling and use of these facilities.

2. The use of any particular facility will be primarily, although not necessarily, restricted to those activities for which the particular facility was originally designed, and the following priorities for allocating facilities will be employed:
   
   
   
   1. Scheduled physical educational classes.
      
   2. Scheduled varsity matches.
      
   3. Scheduled club matches.
      
   4. Practice for both men's and women's Varsity teams. (In season).
      
   5. Club practice and intramural programs organized by the Recreation Department.
      
   6. Organized recreational programs for children.
      
   7. Scheduled general recreation periods for unorganized (student/faculty/staff) activities.
      
   8. Large university sponsored, or approved student and faculty events. i.e. concerts, dances, meetings, etc. (Normally, only one per semester)
      
   9. Off campus groups such as schools, churches, community clubs, provincial or federal funded athletic events, etc. who may wish to rent University facilities.

3. Regardless of priority status, all requests for the use of a particular facility during a given semester, must be submitted to the Department of Athletics and Recreational Services at least six weeks before classes begin for that semester.

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Addendum 1
September 1, 1979

 

Safety Regulations – Swimming Pool
The Department of Athletic and Recreational Services is required by law to meet standards set out by the B.C. Health Act concerning safety regulations in the swimming pool. It is therefore prudent for us to establish the following criteria for groups using the swimming pool facility. Funding for lifeguard salaries will be the responsibility of the Department using this facility.

1. General Recreation Users

   When the pool is open to general recreation users, 2 staff members must be on duty; one of the staff members must be a lifeguard, the other must be conversant with the emergency plans for the pool.

2. Scheduled Recreational Activities

   When the pool is being used by groups such as water polo and underwater hockey, and is not open to the public, the pool must be under the close supervision of a lifeguard who is conversant with pool emergency plans.
   

3. Scheduled Instructional Classes

   When the pool is being used for instruction in skin and scuba diving or children's aquatics, and is not open to the public, the pool must be under the close supervision of a swimming instructor who is conversant with pool emergency plans.

4. Scheduled Kinesiology and Education Classes

   When the pool is being used for Kinesiology and Education classes, and is not open to the public, the pool must be under the close supervision of a lifeguard conversant with pool emergency plans. If these classes are in any way used for the purpose of instructing the students in swimming, then the standards required when the pool is being used for instruction must also be met.

5. In general, if there are any circumstances in which the pool is being used simultaneously for general recreation and instruction, there must be both a lifeguard and a swimming instructor closely supervising the pool, one of whom must be conversant with pool emergency plans.

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Addendum 2
July 31, 1979

Subject: Gymnasium Climbing Wall

General

The SFU Gymnasium Climbing Wall is a unique structure built to simulate a wide range of climbing experiences. The following procedures have been established to ensure, as far as is possible, the safety of all users, and the indemnification of the university from all liabilities due to accident or injury. For the purposes of this policy, an instructor is defined as a person whom the Director of Recreation has authorized, in writing, to be an instructor. There are four types of users presently identified. 1. Recreational User; 2. Instruction Classes; 3. Off-Campus School Groups; 4. Off-Campus Outdoor Recreation Groups. The Policies and Procedures relating to each category are described in detail in the sections below.

1. Recreational User
   

   The climbing wall is open during normal facility hours for recreational use to all members of the campus community and off-campus guests who are gym members.
   

   B. Procedure
   

   
   
   1. Each person wishing to use the climbing wall must be prescreened by the Director of Recreation. This process involves the completion of a questionnaire administered by and in the presence of the Director. Permission to use the wall will be granted, based on the response of the requesting individual, to the questionnaire.

   2. If permission is granted, the Director will sign the questionnaire.

   3. The individual then will go to the Equipment Room and present the authorization (the questionnaire signed by the Director) to the Equipment Room staff member.

   4. The staff member will ask the individual to sign a waiver releasing SFU from liability, pointing out that if the individual is not 19 years of age, then his parent or guardian must sign for him. (Ref: Appendix I).

   5. The individual's name and signature will be recorded in the climbing wall log book and the two forms filed. The individual will then be an authorized user of the wall and will be entitled to sign out the key for the wall.