What does EOLA mean?

EOLO following a listing means that the club is an Equal Opportunity Lifestyle Organization, a concept originally proposed and used by Connection Magazine of Cleveland, Ohio. NASCA and Affiliates have adopted this designation as a means of telling potential members and visitors that the club or publication is open to all races and nationalities. NASCA International supports this concept of equal opportunity. The directory questionnaire sent to swing organizations worldwide provided space for the organization to indicate their exclusions, if any, to membership and/or participation in their parties and other activities. Few indicated exclusion based on race or national origin. Exclusions, where known, are noted in the listings. NASCA is opposed to race and national origin discrimination by swing organizations. At the same time, we uphold the right of a swing organization to operate in a manner of their choosing, provided that they make known to potential members/participants their policies. In other words, NASCA asks that such organizations be "upfront" with their policies so as to avoid embarrassment and discomfort for any person answering their ad. NASCA feels that race and national origin discrimination in swinging is a dinosaur at best, and will, in time, disappear. We maintain that each person should be judged on his or her own merits and with the same criteria that is used to judge all others.