New England Swimming

Wellesley Community Center

Wellesley, Massachusetts

September 10, 2007

 

Members Present:Ray Grant (SSA), Kathy Dacey (BGSC), Priscilla Davis (UN-NE), Carol Healey (SAC), Scott Doty (PSC), Ben Daus-Haberle (ABF), Clare Foster (SAC), Matt Craven (SAC), Laura Matuszak (GMA), Mariella Allard (UN-NE), Bob Gauvin (SCA), Pam Warner (UN-NE), Sherry Wingfield (HRY), Leandra Manos (BSSC), Josh Stern (BOSS), Tim Murphy (HARV).Guests:Mary Riddell (NE-OFFICE), Harriett Kinnett (MAG), Chuck Batchelor (ABF), Rick Osterberg (Webmaster).

 

Secretary�s Report, Kathy Dacey (BGSC):Minutes of June 5, 2007 meeting accepted with small typographical changes.Motion made to accept minutes by Priscilla Davis (UN-NE), second by Pam Warner (UN-NE), motion passes.

 

Treasurer�s Report, Carol Healey (SAC):As of 9/10/07 accounts are as follows:

 

����������������������� Money Market Account:���������� $122,977.02

����������������������� Checking Account:������������������ $89,863.47

 

Reimbursement, Mary Riddell (NE �OFFICE):Motion made to accept all of the reimbursement requests on the Reimbursement sheet dated September 10, 2007 attached hereto and made a part hereof with the exception of Eric Nilsson (ABF) for attending Senior Nationals and Kristin Prautzsch (UN) for attending Junior Nationals.Discussion followed reading of letters from the athletes requesting a waiver due to extenuating circumstances and asking the Board to grant reimbursement.Motion made by Tim Murphy (HARV), second by Scott Doty (PSC), to grant waiver to Eric Nilsson (ABF).With a vote of 10 in favor, one opposed, three abstains, motion passes.Motion made by Carol Healey (SAC), second by Mariella Allard to grant waiver to Kristin Prautzsch (UN).Motion fails.

 

Calendar Committee, Bob Gauvin (SCA):To date there have been 59 bids for meets, 57 short course, 2 long course.40 specialty meets, 5 prelims & finals format, 2 pentathlons, one relay carnival.Both 12 & Unders and 13 & Overs meets which had been previously bid on have fallen through, and they are now back on the calendar ready to be open for additional bids.

 

Zone Meet, Sherry Wingfield (HRY):Sara Li (Mei�s Typhoon) had 7 1st place swims at the zone meet, and broke some meet records.Lots of positive feedback from parents and swimmers alike, 55 swimmers attended with 6 chaperones.Head Team Coach Sherry Wingfield (HRY) commented that the team behaved very well and the meet ran smoothly.A wonderful time was had by all.

 

Convention, Ray Grant (SSA):The biggest item on the horizon for discussion at the United States Aquatics Sports/United States Swimming Annual Convention is R25 which covers LSC Financial Reporting Requirements.More on this following convention.

 

Banquet, Bob Gauvin (SCA):Olympic swimmer Neil Walker will be the speaker.Note to be made that they are changing the way the annual Top 10 books are done.Observed swims are no longer eligible for inclusion.The books are eliminated � the information will be available on-line.�� The clinic which will be held the day before still has some spots available.

 

Athlete�s Representatives, Ben Daus-Haberle (ABF) & Clare Foster (SAC):Welcome to Clare Foster (SAC), the new Junior Athlete Representative.

 

Coach�s Representatives Sherry Wingfield (HRY) and Leandra Manos (BSSC):There has been low attendance at recent coach�s meetings, which is a sure sign that everyone is extraordinarily happy with how things are going.

 

Official�s Report, Scott Doty (PSC):Scott Doty (PSC) attended the Official�s Chair meeting held recently in San Antonio, TX.There will soon be an Official�s Tracking System to monitor meets worked in place soon.Kathy Schubert (NSSC) and Mike Harrison (SAC) will be attending the training to be held soon in St. Louis, MO.There are many clinics scheduled in the next few months, see the website for dates and locations.There are currently 350+ officials registered with New England Swimming, and all are pleased that the reputation of New England trained officials is strong at the national level.

 

Other Business:Tim Murphy (HARV) is planning on bidding on Sectionals for 2009; the only question is what the best weekend is in March.

 

Matt Craven (SAC):The Age Group time standards are ready.�� Ray Grant (SSA) will work on a disclaimer to be put out if facilities cannot support the published time standards and the number of swims needs to be reduced.

 

Carol Healey (SAC):Commented that the New England Senior Meet which is scheduled for December must have the information published almost immediately, particularly if the meet is going to be open for out of district teams.As the meet is being held at Harvard, a request has been made to Tim Murphy (HARV) and Josh Stern (BOSS) to send this information forthwith to the Webmaster.

 

Mary Riddell (NE-OFFICE):The first of October Mariella Allard (UN-NE) will be attending a �Running Meets� seminar hosted by United States Swimming out in Colorado Springs.New England is fortunate to have such talented and interested parents as Mariella Allard (UN-NE) who continues to volunteer their time and efforts on such a high level to New England Swimming in the years following the end of their own children�s swimming careers.

 

The Golden Goggles event, the annual celebration of United States Swimming, and the premier fund raising event for USS, is scheduled for November.Tickets are $8,000.00 per table.See Mary Riddell (NE-OFFICE) for more details.

 

SWIMS is now allowing college meets to be part of the records.The cost will be absorbed by all concerned.LSC could potentially now charge for observed swims.

 

Priscilla Davis (UN-NE):there is now a new way to do safety training, it will be available on-line.Water certification can then be done through your local WSI or lifeguard instructor.A safety training instructor is no longer required.This will make certification much easier for interested parties.

 

The next meeting of New England Swimming will be held on Tuesday, October 16, 2007 at 7PM at the Wellesley Community Center.If that is not available, the meeting will look to be held on Monday, October 15, 2007.Check the Website and look for email announcements from the New England Swimming Office.

 

Chairman Ray Grant (SSA):Thanked Scott Doty (PSC) for his years of work as the Official�s Chairman.The group is strong and healthy due to the hard work and dedicated hours of volunteers such as Scott.

 

There will be some appointments for various positions on committees (Age-Group, Senior and Technical) which do not require Board approval.Announcements will be made as to who is on these committees at the October meeting and should be posted on the website.

 

Nominations for the At-Large members of the Board are:Mariella Allard (UN-NE), Pam Warner (UN-NE), Tim Murphy (HARV), Bob Menke (Officials) and Mike Parratto (SSA).Motion made to accept these nominations by Scott Doty (PSC), second by Laura Matuszak (GMA), motion passes.

 

Meeting adjourned at 8:35 p.m.

 

Respectfully submitted,

Kathy Oates Dacey, Secretary

New England Swimming