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Columbia Gorge Masters
General Workout Policy
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Inclement Weather Workout Policy
October 2008
General Policy: The Hood River Parks
and Recreation District no longer requires that Park & Rec have
a staff member on deck to lifeguard while we swim. As long as
our CGM coaches are current in their lifeguard certification, can
check the pool chemicals, and be present on deck while we swim, our
team is allowed to make our own decisions regarding if we are
having workout on a scheduled day.
This policy is dependent,
however, on each of us being registered with Oregon Masters
Swimming for insurance purposes. CGM is also still required to
pull the pool covers, remove the pool vacuum, and put in any
additional lane lines that we desire.
Inclement
Weather: The Hood River Parks and
Recreation District is no longer linking its closure procedures to
school closures. If the weather is snowy, CGM’s coaches
can usually get to the pool, so the workout schedule on Monday
through Friday AMs will be at the usual times. Only if there
are extremely risky driving conditions, a power outage at the pool,
or some other unforeseen condition that makes it dangerous for the
coach and/or us to travel to the pool will we cancel
workout. So you can assume that usually there will be a
workout.
Note that if conditions are
snowy and we have a 6 AM workout, we have committed the team to
shovel a three foot wide path from the curb, up the steps, and to
the front door. Shovels will be available. Consider it
part of your warm-up!
In Case of Extreme Weather
Conditions: There may be times when even
we dedicated swimmers and/or coaches decide it is too risky to
attempt driving to the pool, e.g. a true freezing rain. If a
decision is made by the coach to cancel workout, an e-mail will be
sent out by 5:30 AM to alert you to this. Our coaches will
plan to make a decision by 5:15 AM to allow for time to get this
notification out. So if you even think the conditions are
severe, then check on line before you leave for the pool. If
no e-mail is received by 5:30, you are pretty safe to assume there
is workout. Obviously things can go wrong with e-mail, so this
is not a foolproof system, but we think the number of times we
would utilize this system would be very few. If you have
questions, you can call the coach planning to be on deck that
day.
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