CONNECTICUT SWIMMING, INC.
Board of Directors
Present: Ken Block, Steve Carroll, Mary Anne Condon, Ed Easley, April
Haskell, Bill Krumm, Pam Libertiny, Susan Lecza, Mary Lynch, John McCann, Tim
Quill, Judy Snow, Leanne Spletzer, and Kathleen Walsh.
Not Present: John Abrami, Bill Ball, George Miles, David Moyer,
Lauren Taft, and Wendy Whitcomb.
Also Present: Nan Cooper, Clark
Cooper, Joe Brophy and Barbara Ehmer.
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General
Chairman Mary Anne Condon called the meeting to order at 7:40 p.m.
Approval of Minutes: The minutes of September 28, 1999 were
reviewed. Motion was made, seconded and
approved to accept the minutes as published.
Approval of the
Agenda: In response to the request
for any additions to the evening’s agenda, the following items were added: USA
Swimming Disability Championships (Easley) and a hearing pending Board of
Review (Condon). Sara Jalet award was
removed from the agenda. Motion was made, seconded and
approved to accept the revised agenda.
Announcements: Mary Anne welcomed two new board members, Sue Lecza
(Treasurer) and April Haskell (Counselor-at-Large). Mary Anne reminded committee chairs and others to follow the
monthly meeting schedule. Age Group and
Senior committees should meet the first week of the month, followed by Program
Development the second week of the month and Board of Directors the third
week. By following this format,
committee recommendations will follow proper protocol for approval.
OLD BUSINESS
Spectators on Deck Policy: Attorney
Joe Brophy, representing Sue Healey and Karen Roth, asked the Board of
Directors to reconsider the clarification of the policy as set
forth in the
June 1999 amendment to #9 of the Rules of Conduct. Attorney Brophy and his
clients feel this amendment is too restrictive and would like to see babies/children on deck with coaching
mothers/fathers considered on a case-by-case basis by meet
management. The Board of Directors agreed to review this policy. Bill Krumm (USA Swimming Safety Committee
member) and Leanne Spletzer (USA Swimming VP) will contact USA Swimming
regarding its policy concerning babies on deck and ask USA Swimming to review
our policy. Information gained will be
reported back to the Board of Directors.
Conflict of Interest: Pam Libertiny distributed her recommendation
regarding the Statement of Principles. April Haskell was asked to review this
document. Any revisions will be
discussed at the April Board of Directors meeting and then the final document
will be presented at the House of Delegates in May.
Investment Policy: John McCann reported on his further investigations into the USA
Swimming Investment Policy, including contacting other LSCs regarding their
investment experiences. This policy would allow CSI to mirror USA Swimming's
investment portfolio with management fee proportional to the investment. The fund would be managed by Dain-Rauscher
with Steve Drexler as the advisor. John
recommended voting by resolution to invest $100,000 into a growth and income
portfolio. Motion made, seconded and approved.
Mary Anne Condon signed the corporate resolution in the absence of CSI
secretary, David Moyer.
Coaches Clinic: Mary Anne speaking for Bill Ball stated that the 2000 coaches clinic
has been scheduled for May 6, 2000.
Bill has make arrangements with Guy Edson of ASCA to present a Level I
clinic to assist our new coaches with the Level I test and possibly another
speaker and/or presentation. At Mary
Anne's recommendation, discussion ensued regarding combining the coaches'
clinic with an officials' clinic and the May House of Delegates. The request was then withdrawn after
discussion due to time constraints.
This concept will be considered at a later meeting for May 2001.
Task Force: The Task Force will not be making any recommendations to this May's
House of Delegates. The Task Force has
not met as of yet, but plan to meet in the near future.
Volunteer Recognition: Mary Anne Condon recommended we recognize CSI
volunteers by awarding service pins in five-year increments at the annual
awards banquet. In order to be
recognized, a volunteer must have served as a CSI committee member, committee
chair or on the Board of Directors for five continuous years or longer. This would include those volunteers
representing CSI on the national level. The official's committee (Ed Easley,
Officials Chair) was asked to make a recommendation regarding recognizing
officials for their volunteer efforts and present their recommendation at the
April meeting.
Athletes-at-Large: Neither athlete representative was present to make recommendations for
the athletes-at-large. Pam Libertiny
will be overseeing the athlete representative election at the senior open in
March.
Counselor-at-Large: Motion made, seconded and approved by resolution to give newly
appointed Counselor-at-Large, April Haskell, voice and vote as a board member.
NEW BUSINESS
Review Committee: April Haskell will be contacting the review committee to address a
grievance.
2001 Budget: The Budget Committee will be meeting February 16, 2000 in Orange. Committee members are:
John Abrami- Sr. Coach
Representative, Ken Block- Age Group Chair, Steve Carroll- Program Operations
Chair, Mary Anne Condon- General Chairman, Sue Lecza- Treasurer, Pam
Libertiny-Administrative Vice-Chair, Mary Lynch- Program Development Chair, Tim
Quill- Senior Chair, and Wendy Whitcomb- Sr. Athlete Representative. John McCann, Finance Chair, will chair this
committee. All members should bring their budgets to this meeting.
Reimbursement/Request Forms: Sue Lecza presented two new forms for check requests
and reimbursements. Authorized
signatures will be required for reimbursements over $250 and for all check requests. Members of the Board of Directors are authorized
to sign check requests. Reimbursements for over $250 must be approved by the
appropriate division chair. The General
Chair will sign for Nan Cooper. Motion
made, seconded and approved to use reimbursement and check requests forms. Nan will distribute forms in the near
future.
Nominating Committee: The
nominating committee will be meeting the first week of February.
Disability Championships: Ed Easley reported that Debra
Gruen (HNHS) has achieved the qualifying times in 6+ events at the USA Swimming
Disability Championships in Indianapolis this June. Nan Cooper will contact Rick Lucan about travel subsidy.
Software: Nan Cooper clarified that the LSA software sent out this past fall
contained Meet 57 (fully functional), Team 65 (fully functional after fix off
LSA web site) and a beta version of
Meet6.
Reports of Officers
Administrative Vice-chairman: Pam Libertiny had no report.
Treasurer: Financial Statement for month
ending August 31, 1999 was handed out.
Barbara Ehmer, former Treasurer, reported that the audit was completed
and report sent to the IRS. Sue Lecza
handed out balance sheets and summary sheets for CSI accounts YTD.
Finance Vice-chairman: John McCann had no report.
Age Group Committee Chairman: Ken Block reported that his committee reviewed the
age group meet announcement and discussed some zone issues. Ken will be contacting Ben Wallace, Zone
Coordinator, in the near future for a zones update.
Senior Committee Chairman: Tim Quill announced that Mary Beth McCarthy will be
Senior meet manager along with Bonnie Fisher.
Bonnie will be training Mary Beth. Tim thanked both for their support.
Tim also reported that the Senior Open meet announcement has been mailed.
Technical Planning Chairman: No report.
George Miles was not present.
Program
Development Vice-chairman: Mary Lynch was present but had no report.
Program Operations Vice-chairman: Steve Carroll had no report. Ed Steinnagel will be overseeing the LC meet
bids.
Coaches Representatives: John Abrami and Bill Ball were not present.
Coach-at-Large: Bill Krumm was present but
had no report.
Safety Committee Chairman: Kathy Walsh reported that she would be distributing a coaches' safety class schedule for long course in the near future.
Registration/Membership Coordinator: No report.
Officials Committee Chairman: Ed Easley was present but had no report.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 10:05 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Nan Cooper
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WHO |
ACTION ITEM |
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Bill Krumm, Leanne Spletzer |
USA's policy re children of coaches on deck |
Report to 4/5/00 BOD meeting |
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Pam Libertiny |
Conflict of Interest |
Report to 4/5/00 BOD meeting |
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John Abrami, Bill Ball |
Recommendations for coaching clinic, etc |
Report to April BOD meeting |
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Task Force: John Abrami, Jeff Allen, Judy Snow and Leanne Spletzer |
Study the organization and function of CSI. Make recommendations as to changes |
Report to April BOD meeting |
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Ed Easley |
Officials' Recognition |
Report to April BOD meeting |
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Pam Libertiny |
Oversee Athlete election |
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April Haskell |
Board of Review |
ASAP |
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