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Privacy Statement
Code of Ethics
SOS Event
Insurance FAQ
SOS Membership FAQSOS has Individual, Family, Institutional and Corporate
memberships as described on the form.
The SOS Bylaws (here) explain
the voting rights of each type.
Ontario Underwater Council (OUC) membership and Insurance are
required to participate in any SOS sanctioned event.
See the SOS Event Insurance FAQ for details of coverage (here).
OUC negotiates insurance coverage and premiums yearly, so you
can join SOS for up to 5 years at a time as an Individual, Family or
Institution, but you are required to remit OUC membership and insurance every
year if you wish to participate in SOS events.
OUC insurance and membership are not mandatory to be a member of
SOS. Your support for SOS is very important and simply being a supporting
member goes a long way to helping us meet our goals.
OUC membership and insurance is paid yearly. Any
over-payment of OUC insurance premiums or membership will be considered a
donation to SOS. We have tried hard to make this as clear as possible, but
a few still send in multiple years of OUC fees. We appreciate your
membership, but can not extend OUC coverage for multiple years until the OUC
does. We are their agent and as such must work within their policies.
We cannot issue refunds, so please ask first if not sure. Call or email the
SOS President (here),
your regional representative (here) or your local
Chapter Committee Chairperson (here)
if you have questions about what is the correct amount.
Students who join SOS to participate in an NAS course
require OUC Membership and Insurance to take the course. You will
also require coverage if participating in an SOS survey project or sanctioned
event after the course ends. Therefore you must opt for
the OUC options when filling in the SOS Membership form to take the course.
People applying to SOS must sign and date the membership form
promising to the terms of membership. Although extremely rare, in accordance with
the SOS bylaws (here), SOS may decline
an application.
SOS membership fee, SOS Donation, OUC membership fee and OUC
insurance amounts are non-refundable i.e., no
pro-rated refunds.
Tax Receipts are issued for donations greater than $10.
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