Life Saving Victoria (LSV) Life Membership
LSV Life Membership recognises those individual members whose volunteering has rendered a distinguished, sustained and conspicuous service to LSV over a period of at least fifteen (15) years.
The Honours and Awards Committee annually forwards to the LSV Board of Directors recommendations for Life Membership. Following a resolution by the LSV Board of Directors to accept the nominations presented for Life Membership, the successful nominee(s) will be notified and invited for presentation at the Awards of Excellence evening.
NOTE: Life Membership is regulated under LSV Constitution: Rule 7.3 and By Law 3.3 (revised 2021)
Essential Criteria
- Must be a financial member of an affiliated lifesaving club.
- Must be an LSV member of good standing.
- The point of distinction to this recognition is the nature of the nominee’s contribution to LSV at state level over a period of at least 15 years which sets the nominee apart and ahead of other members.
LSV By Law Extract - 3.3 Criteria for Life Membership
- Members of LSV may be nominated for Life Membership.
- To be considered for Life Membership, a nominee for Life Membership must have rendered distinguished voluntary service to LSV at a state level, including any voluntary service with SLSV or RLSSAV, over a period of at least fifteen (15) years (which need not be continuous).
- For service to be considered distinguished it must comprise both a sustained and distinct contribution to LSV in accordance with the Honours and Awards Committee (HaAC) Members Recognition Manual.
- Concurrent service in two or more positions may only be counted once in determining the total period of service.
- Service at state level that can be classified as unique and attributed to that person in an individual capacity may be taken into account for the purposes of considering a member's nomination for Life Membership.
Interpretative Criteria
- Will have maintained a sustained level of conspicuous service at a level that brings distinction to that service.
- Will have made an individual contribution that can be classified as unique and which can be attributed to that person as opposed to being a member of a wider group of members.
- Will have given distinguished service to LSV over a period spanning as least 15 year.
- The unique and distinguished nature of the service can be at different levels of LSV provided that the nomination evidences exemplary and distinguished service that can be seen as a unique contribution to the advancement of lifesaving in Victoria.
NOTE: Club service MAY be considered within the nomination, should the nature of such service be of innovation and leading best practice and was provided to assist in the development of objectives of LSV.