Not Present: Mary Anne Condon, Larry Frost, April Haskell, Ellen Johnston, Haley Ottenbreit, Kathleen Walsh

Also Present: Nan Cooper, David Heller, Dave Parcells and Caitlin Urciuoli

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Chairman Steve Carroll called the meeting to order at 7:30 PM

Approval of the Agenda: The agenda was approved as amended. After Nominating Committee add Nan Cooper. Add Reaffirming Appointments as last item and make No Show Penalty first followed by Fly-Over Starts.

Approval of Minutes: A motion to accept the amended minutes of January 22, 2003 was made, seconded and approved. Amended: USA Swimming will be contacted regarding Canadians attending the senior open championship.

Prioritizing entries by officials: A proposal was handed out. Discussion of proposal illuminated execution problems. It was decided that more time is needed for determining a policy and input should be requested from host clubs and participating clubs. It was felt that it might be beneficial to discuss proposal at the House of Delegates meeting in May.

SC Regional Championships subsidy: Steve Carroll distributed a handout of the host team financials for 2002 and 2003 SC meets with a recommended subsidy. Motion made, seconded and approved to subsidize the 2003 host clubs: CAC, LEHY and NCY (awarded original bids). It was noted that the numbers for the 2002 NCY meet needed to be updated. It was suggested that in order to avoid future subsidies, meets should not be changed after the bidding has closed. If this is unavoidable, the bidding should be re-opened.

Long Range Planning: Steve Carroll spoke with Mike Saltzstein and Jeff Gudman about possibly chairing a long range-planning meeting for CSI. Both indicated interest.

Hytek Software: Steve Carroll spoke with Tom at Hytek about a letter that is mutually acceptable to Hytek and CSI. This letter would allow clubs purchasing software a discount but would not allow Hytek as an exclusive vendor.

Swim Across the Sound: Dave Parcells is looking for endorsement and promotion of the a new charity, Swim for Kids with Cancer, an adjunct to the St. Vincent’s Medical Center and the Swim Across the Sound charity. Monies from this charity would go to cancer patients and their families in the local area. Possible fundraisers include an Aquathon, swim meets or any other swim event. Dave would like to see this organization grow beyond Fairfield County.

Relay for Life: Caitlin Urciuoli, athlete, has contacted the American Cancer Society about holding Relay for Life fundraisers as swim relays. The ACS agreed to allow this type of fundraiser following their guidelines. Caitlin would like to see this promoted by CSI.

Nominating Committee: Committee chair, David Heller, presented the proposed slate of nominees for election at the May House of Delegates. All eligible board members will run again and there is only one contested election. Age Group- Barry Silver, Coach at Large- Brian Gordon, Officials Chair- Bill Repass, Program Operations- Pam Libertiny and Peter Boucher, Registration- Judy Snow, Technical Planning Co-Chairs- Dave Reilly and Nick Cavataro, Treasurer- Sue Lecza and Safety Chair- Ann Hughes.

Budget: The annual budget for 2003-2004 was not ready to be presented at this time, and thus the Budget Committee will be meeting again in the near future. A proposed budget will be circulated to the Board of Directors via email by May 1^st. A motion was made, seconded, to raise the CSI annual registration fee from $10 to $15. Of the $15, $10 will go into the budget and $5 will go into reserves. A friendly amendment eliminated the earmarking for the reserve fund and raised the LSC fee to $15. Approved.

Coach Representative Election: An election was not held at the short course championship meets this past March. Ellen Johnston hopes to conduct an election via mail before the May House of Delegates.

Surcharge Relief: Motion made, seconded and approved to relieve BEAR of surcharge fees for its January 26, 2003 meet.

Committee and Coordinator Appointments: Ken Block was appointed as Adapted Swimming Chair and Bob Thomann was re-affirmed as Outreach Chair. Clark Cooper will contact Jim Cooper regarding Technology Coordinator.

Adapted Swimming Policy: Barry Silver presented a draft of the Adapted Swimming policy as put forth by the Age Group Committee and moved to accept the draft as policy. Seconded. Some discussion regarding wording of policy was discussed and will continue via email. The policy was approved, subject to some wording changes that do not significantly impact the intent or essence of the policy.

No Show Penalty (CT Scratch Procedure): Bill Repass stated that the Officials Committee had determined that the CT Scratch Procedure is too severe and difficult to enforce and has put forth 2 proposals: First, remove the no show additional penalty (next event) at preliminary or timed final events for non-championship meets. Swimmer will be disqualified for the event he/she did not show for but not for the next event. The motion was tabled pending further review by the coach representatives and other various committees.
Flyover Starts: Officials Committee will approve flyover starts but would prefer more time for training. Bill Repass suggested discussing this at the June Board meeting.

None due to time constraints.

The meeting was adjourned at 10:10 PM

Respectfully submitted,

Nan Cooper