CONNECTICUT SWIMMING, INC.
Board of Directors
Present: Bill Ball, Ken Block, Steve
Carroll, Mary Anne Condon, Ed
Easley, April Haskell, Pam Libertiny, Susan Lecza, Mary Lynch, John McCann, Tim
Quill, Judy Snow, Lauren Taft, Leanne Spletzer, and Wendy Whitcomb.
Not Present: John Abrami, Bill Krumm, George Miles, David Moyer,
and Kathleen Walsh.
Also Present: Jeff Allen, Nan
Cooper, Clark Cooper, and Barbara Ehmer.
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General
Chairman Mary Anne Condon called the meeting to order at 7:35 p.m.
Approval of Minutes: The minutes of January 19, 2000 were reviewed. Motion was made, seconded and approved to
accept the minutes as published.
Approval of the
Agenda: Motion made, seconded and approved to accept the agenda as
published.
Announcements: Mary Anne deferred announcements to the Athlete and
Coach Representatives. Later during the meeting they will be asked to announce
the newly elected Athlete and Coach Junior Representatives.
OLD BUSINESS
Spectators on Deck Policy: Leanne
Spletzer and Bill Krumm both contacted USA Swimming regarding our policy. Leanne asked the USA Swimming insurer and
Wells O'Brien (Counselor, USA Swimming) to review our policy regarding
spectators on deck. Both were in
agreement that it is a sound policy.
Leanne will follow-up and ascertain a written document from USA
Swimming. Bill Krumm is attending the USA Swimming Safety convention (April 8,
2000) in Chicago and will bring the issue of spectators on deck to the USA
Safety committee, of which he is a member.
Motion made, seconded and approved to table this issue until the June
2000 board meeting. April Haskell will
contact Joe Brophy and relate information thus gained to him. Leanne Spletzer, Bill Krumm, April Haskell
and Judy Snow will report to the board in June.
Conflict of Interest: April Haskell reviewed and found acceptable the
Conflict of Interest statement. Number
4 was amended to read "cash" rather than "case". After discussion, consensus was that Board
of Directors, Committee Chairman and Committee Coordinators be required to sign
this statement upon taking office or appointment. Current Board of Directors, committee chairmen and Coordinators
were asked to sign and return the document to the CSI office. Motion made, seconded and approved to accept
the Conflict of Interest statement.
Task Force: The task force will schedule
a long-range planning committee meeting in the fall. Jeff Allen accepted the chairmanship of the task force committee.
Junior Athlete and Junior
Coach Representatives: Wendy Whitcomb reported a strong voting turnout at Senior
Championships. Elected to the position of Junior Athlete Representative was
Brian Carey (WRAT). Four candidates ran
for office. Mary Anne suggested that
the other two candidates be invited to become members of the Athletes
Committee. Bill Ball then announced
that Glenn Neufeld (NCY) has been elected Junior Coach Representative. Congratulations to both of our new
representatives to the board.
Coaches Clinic: Bill Ball reported that the May Coaches Clinic has been rescheduled
for October 6-7, 2000. Guy Edson will
be presenting Level I and Level II clinics.
Bill was asked to meet with coaches to determine a format for future
coaches meetings and what it is CSI coaches would like to have presented at
coaches clinics. Concern was raised
about the inaccessibility of Coaches Safety Training classes. Steve Carroll will contact Kathy Walsh
regarding this issue.
NEW BUSINESS
Review Committee: April Haskell reported that the Board of Review Committee met last
Saturday April 1st to hear a case. The
parties involved resolved the case.
Sarah Jalet Award: Pam Libertiny requested that the monetary
apportion of the Sara Jalet Award be increased from $100 to $500 with funding
to come from CSI, as the original endowment will not support an annual award of
this size. Discussion ensued as to the
original purpose of this award as well as the financial implications of such an
increase. The intent of the original donors nearly twenty years ago was that
Sarah Jalet's character and dedication to the sport of swimming be remembered.
It was not designed as a scholarship per se.
Currently, due to NCAA eligibly rules, athletes cannot accept monetary
awards in any form. Thus the Sarah Jalet award as it stands now could violate
the NCAA eligibility of a recipient.
Since NCAA rules allow athletes to receive scholarships, two
recommendations were made. First, convert the Sarah Jalet Award to a
scholarship and make the monetary apportion a line item in the annual budget;
or second, create a CSI $500 memorial scholarship for a graduating senior and
continue the Sara Jalet Award to recognize an athlete for leadership, character
and scholarship with no monetary gift.
Leanne Spletzer recommended that the Board of Directors nominate the
scholarship recipient. Motion made, seconded and approved to the concept of a
CSI $500 memorial scholarship to a graduating senior selected by the Board of
Directors and to be awarded beginning year 2001. Since application for Sara
Jalet Award for this year has been announced,
motion was made, seconded and approved to present the Sarah Jalet award,
at long course seniors this year, but due to NCAA eligibility rules, without
monetary apportion.
Nominating Committee: The
nominating committee, chaired by Leanne Spletzer presented a partial
slate. General Chairman: Steve Carroll
(SOCO) and Pam Libertiny (NCY), Administrative Vice-Chair: Jeff Allen (WYW) and
Clark Cooper (WCA), Finance Chair: John McCann, Secretary: Barbara Ehmer,
Senior Chair: Tim Quill, Registration Coordinator: Judy Snow. The committee continues to look for
candidates to complete the slate, which will be presented to the House of
Delegates in May.
Officials Training Clinic: Ed Easley announced that Jim
Diette has been selected by the officials committee to attend the USA Swimming
Officials Clinic in Lake Placid next month.
Coaches Incentive: Three coaches have applied for grants. Bill Ball will bring names and applications to the June Board of
Directors meeting for selection of recipients.
Meet
Entry Fees: After
a brief discussion of entry fees, it was decided that the issue should go to
Program Development's May meeting.
May
House of Delegates: Mary Anne Condon reminded all
Board members and committee chairs to submit a bullet-type report to Nan Cooper
for the House of Delegates meeting. It
should list accomplishments/goals for the past 6 months.
Eastern
Zone Meeting: This meeting will be held May 13th in Alexandria, VA. CSI will be sending three people to
attend. Sectionals will be the main
agenda item. Our zone will decide the
number of sectionals to be held, the sectional divisions, time standards, meet
date(s) and locations. There will be
funding from USA Swimming to host these meets.
Preliminary bids will be presented at this meeting from LSCs interested
in hosting a sectional meet. Program
Development will be meeting Tuesday April 25th to discuss these
preliminary bids.
2001
Budget: The
finance committee chaired by John McCann presented a balanced budget. It reflects a $23,180 increase over the 2000
budget. Motion made, seconded and
approved to accept the proposed budget for fiscal year 2000-2001.
Reports of Officers
Due
to time constraints only the following reports were heard:
Treasurer: A balance sheet as of March 31stt
and Budget vs. Actual sheet for September 1999 through March 2000 were
handed out. Sue Lecza asked that the
CSI checking account change to a business checking
account with an attached money market account earning higher interest. Motion made, seconded
and approved. In David Moyer's absence,
Mary Anne Condon signed resolutions for Chase Bank and People's Bank allowing
Sue signatory powers.
Finance Chairman: John McCann reported growth
in the CSI investment portfolio for the month of March 2000.
Program
Development Vice-chairman: Mary Lynch briefly reported that the Eastern Zone meet was a success
for our Connecticut athletes.
Registration/Membership Coordinator: Judy distributed a written report.
Officials Committee Chairman: Ed Easley distributed a written report.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 10:00 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Nan Cooper
ACTION LIST:
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Bill Krumm, Leanne Spletzer, Judy Snow and April Haskell |
USA's policy re children of coaches on deck |
Report to June BOD meeting |
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Task Force: John Abrami, Jeff Allen, Judy Snow and Leanne Spletzer |
Plan fall long-range planning meeting. |
Report to June BOD meeting |
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Bill Ball |
Coaches input regarding coach clinics |
Report to June BOD meeting |
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Steve Carroll |
Safety training |
Report to June BOD meeting |
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Nominating committee |
Complete slate of officers |
ASAP |
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Bill Ball |
Coaches' Grant Applicants |
Report to June BOD meeting |
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All |
Bullet Reports to CSI Office |
May 1, 2000 |
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