New England Swimming

Wellesley Community Center, Wellesley, Massachusetts

December 2, 2003

Present:� Bruce Mohl (SSA), Kathy Dacey (BGSC), Priscilla Davis (UN), Pam Warner (BOSS), Carol Healey (SAC), Bob Gauvin (SCA), Dan Warner (NSSC), Marielle Allard (UN), Bill Geary (MAG), Ray Grant (SEEK), Chuck Batchelor (CUDA).� Guests:� Rosemarie Meissner (MAG), Harold Whitney (SSA), Mary Riddell (NE).

Secretary�s Report, Kathy Dacey (BGSC):� correction to first sentence under heading Zone Meets in October 21, 2003 minutes. It should read:� explained why New England is opting out of the Short Course Zone meet in the spring, and will instead concentrate and develop New England�s support of the summer long course meet as the big meet for New England swimmers.�

Treasurer�s Report, Carol Healey (SAC):� as of September 30, 2003

����������������������������������������������� $ 60,937.59 in the checking account

����������������������������������������������� $109,322.42 in the money market account

Discussion regarding placing some of the money market account into CD�s.

Reimbursements, Mary Riddell (NE): �no reimbursement issues before the Board this evening.

Banquet Review:� The Banquet was a wonderful success, and well attended.� Tom Malchow was excellent, and the swimmers were very excited to hear him speak.� A good time was had by all.

Calendar Committee, Pam Warner (BOSS):� The long course calendar to go up on the web with a bid date listed of 1/15/03.

Ray Grant has established a Regional Meets format of 23 teams per site, with an estimated 10-12% scratch rate.� The Board thanks Ray Grant for the amazing job he has done analyzing this event to provide each site with excellent competition.

Officials, Bill Geary (MAG):� Bill Geary will speak with teams to set up officials.�

There will be an October meeting in Colorado Springs, issues including:� how to better serve the sport, recruiting and progress, communication, training and developing a �customer service attitude�.� Bill Geary also spoke about how to recruit within a team to develop more officials.�

Sanction Requests:� See sheet distributed by Mary Riddell.� Bruce Mohl suggests that the requests for meet sanctions should be handled by the calendar committee to see if there is any effect on regularly scheduled calendar meets.� If sanctioned invitational type events hurt the calendar meet, further discussion should be had.� All discussion is for calendar events scheduled for next year, as this year is all set.� Without a sanction, the major issue facing coaches and clubs is the lack of insurance.� Without a sanction, there is no insurance for the event provided by United States Swimming.

Web Site Committee, Harold Whitney (SSA):� Teams should be aware that registrations are being checked by meet directors more carefully now.� There will be a web Committee meeting in January.� Note is made that the on-line data base has not been running for a while.

Coach�s Report, Chuck Batchelor (CUDA):� All are happy, for the moment.

Athlete�s Representative, Ray Grant (SEEK) for Caitlin Grant (SEEK): Ray Grant (SEEK) reports that Caitlin Grant (SEEK) has been communicating regularly with about 14 different teams and is already working on coordinating volunteers for the Special Olympics.�

Technical Committee:� No report this month.

Data Base, Rosemarie Meissner (MAG):� looking to have all meets verified by SWIMS, including high school championships.

The next meeting of the Board of New England Swimming is scheduled for Tuesday, February 03, 2004, call the NES office for confirmation of the meeting should there be a weather alert.�

Meeting adjourned 8:35 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Kathy Dacey, Secretary