This is a list of Orienteering USA’s policies with a short description.
Junior Focused
- Abuse and Misconduct – Prevention and any abuse or misconduct within orienteering
- Junior Alcohol – Limits alcohol consumption for juniors (primarily abroad)
- Background Check – Requirements for background checks
- National Junior Safety – Summary – Ensure the safety of all our juniors
- National Junior Safety – Handbook – Ensure the safety of all our juniors
Club Focused
- OUSA Communicable Disease Policy (superceded SARS-CoV-2 / COVID recommendations effective Feb 1, 2023)
- Land Use – Outlines appropriate land use for Orienteering in the US
- Funding for Map Making – Operating parameters of the map fund for clubs
- Day Membership – Single day membership in OUSA upon waiver signing (Insurance coverage)
Board Focused
- Calendar – Types of event listings on the calendar
- Communication and Privacy – OUSA’s communcation and privacy guidelines
- Conflict of Interest – Prevents conflicts of Interest
- Convention – Outlines requirements for the convention
- Coordinators – Creation/destruction of coordinators
- Credit Card – Eligibility of OUSA credit card for employees and board members
- Document Retention – Outlines length for retention of documents
- Executive Committee Actions – Executive committee actions between board meetings
- Financial – Financial Policies and procedures
- OUSA Billing Process – How to submit bills
- OUSA Investment Policy Statement – Investment goals for excess cash
- Funds on Endowment – Outlines purpose of endowment fund
- Reserve Funds – Establish operating reserve of funding.
- Supporting Member Policy – supercedes Event Promoter policy