Minnesota Swimming, Incorporated Board of Directors

 

Minutes of the meeting of January 20, 2004�� (Quorum equals 7 people)

 

Present:

 

Executive Board Members:�� ������������� David Braun, Dave Goble, Jean Freeman, Drew Walden, Paul Lundsten, Sarah Solfelt, Jack Boder

 

Other Voting Board Members:��������� Olga Espinosa, Kathy Czuprynski, Michael Bougie, Dennis Dale, Neil Mahoney

 

Appointed Committee Members: ������ James Goetz, Marlene Goblish, Dave Shapley, Jeff Chida, Bob Pearson, John Witzel

 

MSI Staff: ������������������������������������������� Cassy Shapley, Sheryl McGuire

 

Non-Board Members: Al Ness (Twin), John Sfire (Roc), Jim Stewart (Roc), Ellen Youngers (Roc), Bob Petersen (Hop), Dave Arnold (Rwsc), Tom Gau (Mgc), Rick Biggs, Megan McNair (Stc), Natalie Kuramoto (Mca), Bill and Heidi Shaughnessy (Mca), David Villafana (Bolt), Matt Brown, Dave Cameron (Ywca).

 

The General Chair called meeting to order at 7:35 p.m.

 

Motion:To approve the new secretary.Olga Espinosa will replace Tim Mann.Seconded.Passed, Unanimous.

 

Motion:To approve the minutes of the meeting for November 18, 2003.��� Seconded; Passed with corrections.

 

New Business (Action Items):

  • Report from the meeting of Executive Committee

 

  • Bill Shaughnessy vs Orcas Complaint.RSC asks that this complaint be dismissed.

 

Motion: to overrule this complaint against RSC.Seconded, passed, not unanimous.

 

  • Rocky O�Neil- age group swimmers aging up between A/B/C finals and State.Creation of an additional way to qualify for State for 8 & under and 9-10 year old swimmers.

 

Motion: to approve legislation as proposed.Motion carries.

 

Old Business (Action Items):

  • Zone Team Future (no legislation)

 

 

Executive Officer Reports

 

General Chair Report: �������� David Braun

 

����������� No Report

 

 

Administrative Vice-Chair:�� Dave Goble

 

  • Progress on the title page of Red Book.Request to all board members to evaluate their own job description and deliver it back to Dave Goble by second week of February.

 

 

Senior Vice-Chair: �������������� Jean Freeman

 

  • Tom Malchow Grand Prix report- very successful meet, good organization.
  • Reimbursement forms are DUE on April 15 and September 30.If fail to meet the deadline, there will be no reimbursement.

 

Age Group Vice-Chair:�������� Drew Walden

 

  • Two calendars for 2004/2005 season.
  • What is the procedure of becoming a Zone coach?More info coming to MSI website.Coaches interested in coaching Zone meet, please contact All Ness.

Finance Vice-Chair:������������� Jack Boder

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  • Financial balance sheet as of December 31, 2003.
  • Finance comitee will meet next week

 

 

Senior Coach Rep:�������������� Paul Lundsten

 

��������������� No Report

 

Junior Coach Rep:�������������� Dennis Dale

 

  • Request for volunteer timers for 2004 Big Ten Championships February 19, 20 and 21.If interested please contact Duane Proel at 612-624-6349, [email protected]

 

Senior Athlete Rep:������������� Sarah Solfeldt

 

Not Present/ No Report

 

Junior Athlete Rep:������������� Neil Mahoney

 

No Report

 

 

Voting Committee Chair / Coordinator Reports

 

Safety Coordinator:������������ Kathy Czuprynski

 

  • Safety training class will be held on March 28.

 

Technical Planning Chair:�� Rocky O�Neil

 

  • The Procedure Manual is a huge project.Sheryl McGuire has been volunteering her time to try to find all the legislations from the past ten years.The work is in process.

 

Officials Committee Chair: Michael Bougie

 

There are 142 Officials.

  • 36 obtained Referee certification
  • 21 are certified as Starters
  • 85 are certified Stroke and Turn Officials

 

  • Recognition of officials who worked at the Tom Malchow Grand Prix.Will supply the names to the secretary so that the officials are noted in the minutes.

 

 

Non-Voting Standing Committee Chair / Coordinator Reports

 

Legislative Chair: ������������������������������� Jim Goetz

 

No Report

 

TIMES / NTV Coordinator: Dave Shapley

 

No Report

 

 

Adaptive Swimming Chair: Marlene Goblish

 

No Report

 

Public Relations Chair:������� Bob Pearson

 

No Report

 

Webmaster:�������������������������� Matt Brown

 

Experienced considerable problems with the website host company at the end of December and beginning of January.This caused a full week of inaccessibility for the public.

    • The problems have prevented me from implementing my new-and-improved site design
    • The problems and the continued lack of support and troubleshooting capability of this company is troubling.I am currently searching for a better solution for hosting services.

 

Site postings are up-to-date

Online database is up-to-date

 

Equipment:��������������������������� Jeff Chida

 

  • MSI lost 3 touch pads since the last board meeting

 

Registration / Membership: Cassy Shapley

 

  • There are 51 clubs and 5 organizations

 

Records Chair:

 

  • Tim Mann resigned from this position.

 

Motion: to approve Ellen Youngers as the new Records Chair.Seconded, passed.

 

Meet Sanction Coordinator:�������������� Sheryl McGuire

 

  • Deadline for Top 16 jackets is May 16, 2004.

 

Outreach Coordinator:������� David Cameron

 

No Report

 

Board of Review:����������������� John Witzel

 

No Report

 

Nomination Committee:������ Paul Lundsten

 

  • Need to receive information from USA swimming about the next HOD.

 

Order of Events Comm:������ Rocky O�Neil

 

No Report

 

2004 Central Zone Comm:�� Al Ness

 

  • Requested that there will be no rules on how the budgeted amount should be allocated.Affords the Zone Managers the flexibility to determine the swimmer cost.

 

Passed unanimous.

 

 

Unfinished Business (Discussion Only):

 

  • None

 

New Business (Discussion Only):

 

  • Credentials on pool deck.Is there a need for a rule about credentials on the deck?
  • Next BOD is February 17, 2004.There will be a closed executive board meeting on 2/17/04.���

 

 

Motion to adjourn at: 9:20pm