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Weekly Mailer - September 16th 2020

September 16, 2020
AIR QUALITY IMPROVES & SWIMMERS BACK IN WATER
It was great to see everyone back at the pool again yesterday. It is wonderful to finally have better air quality this week and be able to get all our swimmers back into the water again. We thank everyone for your patience last week while we had to cancel so many practices. It was also great to see so many of our swimmers keeping up their workouts over our Zoom Meetings. Great Job Swimmers!
 
 
 
 
 
 
VJO ANNUAL AWARDS BANQUET
Please Fill Out RSVP Survey!
Believe it or not, it’s time for VJO’s Annual Awards Banquet!  This year has been challenging to say the least, but nevertheless we would still love to celebrate our 2019-2020 swim season and the accomplishments of our swimmers.
 
In order to safely plan for this event, we need your feedback.  Our team has secured the Ascension Episcopal Church in Vallejo on Saturday, 9/26/2020, to hold our awards banquet OUTSIDE in the back lawn area.  There will be strict social distancing guidelines in place where families will need to sit 6 feet away from others and also must wear masks.  Traditionally, this event would be a potluck, but due to the circumstances, we will be foregoing the potluck this year.
 
Depending on the interest and how many people RSVP, our plan is to break it up in two sessions (1 ½ hour each session) to allow proper social distancing.  We would also ask families to bring their own lawn chairs and/or blankets.
 
The VJO Board and Coaches would like to thank you for all your support and ask you to please click on the link below and help us prepare for a safe and fun Awards Banquet!
WHAT:      VJO Awards Banquet
WHERE:  Ascension Episcopal Church (BACK LAWN), 2420 Tuolumne St, Vallejo
WHEN:     Saturday, September 26, 2020 - 2:00 - 5:00pm
 
Stay Safe and Go Sharks!
Jennifer Matteo
Events Coordinator
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
"MOST LIKELY TO" AWARDS
Swimmers Place Your Votes!
As you all know our VJO Annual Awards Banquet is coming up on Saturday, September 26th.  We need all our VJO swimmers to place their votes for our "Most Likely To" Awards.  Swimmers, please think back over the past swim year (Sept 2019-Aug 2020) and list up to 3 individuals names you feel best exemplify each of the16 "Most Likely To" Award items. Please open and fill out the attached "Most Likely To" Awards Survey to place your votes. 
*This voting is for our VJO SWIMMERS ONLY. 
*Swimmers may submit the following survey only once. 
*Swimmers, your name is required, so we can assure that each swimmer submits only one survey. 
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VJO GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
(Mandatory Parent Meeting)
Sunday September 20th 2020
6:00-7:30pm

Our Semi-Annual mandatory general membership meetings is scheduled for Sunday, September 20th, 2020, from 6:00-7:30 pm.  The meeting will conducted virtually utilizing Zoom (The link is provided below).  Please have at least one representative from each VJO family attend. 

Some of the topics that will be discussed:
Annual Budget
USA Swimming update
Pacific Swimming update
VJO update
Voting on Board of Directors Positions
Fund Raising Committee Needed
Covid-19 Safety Precautions
Swim Practice maximum group numbers
Swim Meets
Membership Dues

VJO General Membership Meeting ZOOM Info:
Time: Sep 20, 2020 06:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) 

Join Zoom Meeting 
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Meeting ID: 813 2112 5233 
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Looking forward to seeing everyone,
Phil Grant
President
Vallejo Aquatic Club
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
VJO FALL PRACTICE SCHEDULE (started Monday, Aug 31st)
H1           M/W/F       3:15-4:15pm
 
H2           T/Th          3:15-4:15pm
                Sat           9:00-10:00am
 
H3           T/W/Th      4:45-5:45pm
 
Leopard  T/W/Th      3:30-5:00pm  (dryland 3:30-4:15pm)
                 Sat           9:00-10:00am
 
Mako       T/W/Th      5:00-6:30pm (dryland 5:00-5:45pm)
                 Sat           9:45-10:45am
 
Junior      M/F           5:30-7:45pm (dryland 5:30-6:30pm)
                 T/Th         6:15-7:45pm
                 Sat           7:45-9:15am
 
Pre-Senior (JR2) & Senior Group
M/F        4:00-6:15 (dryland 5:30-6:15pm)
T/Th       5:45-7:30am
W           5:30-7:45pm (dryland 5:30-6:30pm)
Sat         7:45-9:15am
 
Masters (18 & Over Adults)
M/F       5:30-6:30pm
Sat        8:00-9:00am
 
 
*Swimmers in the Hammerhead Groups will swim one per lane. Swimmers in the Leopard, Mako, Junior, Pre-Senior, Senior and Masters Groups will swim two per lane. 
 
*All groups’ practice times include a 15 minute line up time at the beginning for symptom checks, temp checks and lane assignments.  Groups will line up along the side gate of the pool and then be escorted by their coach to the Main entrance. Please remember there is not shared equipment allowed. Swimmers must come to practice with their own equipment
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PRACTICE PROTOCOL PROCEDURES- CUNNINGHAM POOL
All VJO swimmers and families attending practice at the Cunningham Pool must read through our "Practice Protocol Procedures" PDF for Cunningham Pool.  We need all swimmers to know what to expect when they arrive for practice at the Cunningham Pool. The PDF will teach our swimmers the new protocol and procedures that we will be following at the Cunningham Pool.  These procedures are similar to both the American Canyon and Benicia Pool.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SAVE THE DATE:
 
GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING (Mandatory Parent Meeting) ***CHANGED***
Due to a scheduling conflict our General Membership Meeting will be now held on Sunday, September 20th from 6-7:30pm
Sunday, September 16th from 6:00-7:30pm
Zoom Meeting 
 
VJO AWARDS BANQUET
Saturday, September 26th 2-5pm
Location: Ascension Episcopal Church (2420 Tuolumne St. Vallejo, CA 94589)
Our VJO Awards Banquet is planned for Saturday, September 26th from 2-5pm at the Ascension Episcopal Church. The banquet will be held outdoors will social distancing in place. There will be no potluck this year. Please fill out the RSVP survey, so we can get an exact head count of individuals attending. If need be we will split the Banquet into separate waives to keep the group size smaller.