Not Present: Peter Boucher, Nick Cavataro, Mary Anne Condon, Larry Frost, Ann Hughes, Bill Krumm, Haley Ottenbreit, Dave Reilly, and Meg Whitaker.

Also Present: Nan Cooper and David Heller

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Chairman Steve Carroll called the meeting to order at 7:40 PM

Approval of the Agenda: A motion to accept the agenda with the following changes: Officials Workshop was added to New Business and Hartford YMCA Requirements were removed from New Business.

Approval of Minutes: A motion to accept the minutes of January 21, 2004 was made, seconded and approved.

Announcements: Steve Carroll reminded board members that members must attend 75% of the Board meetings and Division meets (if applicable) if he/she would like CSI funding to attend the USAS Convention. Steve will also forward to all board members a copy of the "Right to Participate" bill that is currently on the desk of State Legislator Al Adinolfi. If passed by the Connecticut General Assembly it would give high school athletes the right to select the meets they participate in.

None.

General Chair- Bill Krumm (WRAT)
Administrative Vice-Chair- Carol Feeney (NCY) and Jeff Gray (PSDY)
Program Development Vice-Chair- Sean Farrell (CDEV) and Ellen Johnston (WRAT)
Finance Vice-Chair- Ken Block (PSDY)
Secretary- Ed Dunn (WRAT) and Nanci Liscinsky (CAC)
Senior Committee Chair- Jeff Allen (WYW)
Nominations will be taken from the floor at the House of Delegates meeting.

2004-2005 Proposed Budget: Ken Block presented the proposed budget with the following corrections: Program Operations Income, LC pool subsidy was changed from $7,000.00 to $3,000.00; Program Operations Expenses, Awards was changed from $6,000.00 to $6,500.00; Coaches Expenses, Educational Incentive Program was changed from $1,000.00 to $2,000.00; Program Development Income, SC Age Group Championships Meet Apparel was changed from $5,000.00 to $6,000.00 and Program Development Income, LC Age Group Championships Meet Apparel was changed from $4,500.00 to $4,800.00. These changes resulted in a balanced budget. Motion made, seconded and the 2004-2005 budget was approved.

Eastern Zone Meeting: The Board of Directors approved sending Steve Carroll, Nan Cooper, Clark Cooper, Ann Hughes, Ellen Johnston and Nanci Liscinsky to the May 8^th Eastern Zone meeting in Portland, ME. The board would like to see additional coaches attend if possible.

House of Delegates Presentation: Ken Block suggested inviting adapted athletes to the House of Delegates as part of an adapted swimming presentation. This met with favorable response.

Coach Attestation Form: Barry Silver handed out a proposal (attached) for an attestation procedure coaches would follow if they arrived at a meet without credentials and without a listing on the CSI list of coaches in good standing. It was agreed that a policy and form would be drafted and sent to USA Swimming for approval.

Volunteer of the Year: Nominations should be forwarded to Nan Cooper. The selection will be made at the June Board of Directors meeting.

Officials Workshop: Motion made, seconded and approved to send Carol Feeney and Mike Huffman to the USA Swimming Officials Workshop. The focus of the workshop will be conducting officials clinics at the LSC level.

Present. No report.

YTD financials are available (attached). Audit is complete and tax filing for 2003 is done.  Catch the Spirit camp will be run May 1^st. One more coach is needed for the camp.

Investment Portfolio has seen a gain.

LC Age Group Championship preliminary sessions will be run at Wesleyan University and Cheshire on Friday, Saturday and Sunday mornings. SC Age Group Championships and Zones ran successfully. A zones task force is in place and will be bringing forward recommendations for change to the zone team operations.

Successful SC senior meet was conducted. Thanks to Sara Roberts and Ed Doernberger. Policy is nearly finished for CSI's Elite A and B teams. Speedo has agreed to donate caps. Currently, the committee is working on updating the LC meet announcement.

No report.

Not present but via written report Peter reported that the LC meet schedule is complete and he is currently working on standardizing meet announcements and establishing on-line submissions.

No report.

Ellen is reviewing the Coaches Grant. Coach election is in the works; nominations will be sought at the House of Delegates.

No report.

No report.

No report.

Hartford YMCA will be requiring all LEHY swim meet volunteers to have a background check. Three officials clinics are scheduled in May.

Judy reviewed registration statistics (handout). Judy and Nan Cooper will be holding 2 registration clinics in the fall.

The meeting was adjourned at 9:00 PM

Respectfully submitted,

Nan Cooper