Not Present: Nick Cavataro, Mary Anne Condon, Larry Frost, Ann Hughes, Dave Reilly,

Also Present: Nan Cooper

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Chairman Steve Carroll called the meeting to order at 7:35 PM

Approval of the Agenda: A motion to accept the agenda with the following changes: Add performance review of Administrator and purchase of 50M cable to New Business.

Approval of Minutes: A motion to accept the minutes of April 26, 2004 was made, seconded and approved.

Announcements: Steve Carroll congratulated the new and returning board members and thanked everyone for their participation and efforts. He has enjoyed serving as General Chair and working the board and committees over the past 4 years. He plans to stay involved with the Right to Participate legislation.

Volunteer of the Year: please submit nominations for the September board meeting.

USAS Convention: No more than 13 people were approved to attend the convention and three of these will be for athletes. Those whose attendance is mandated by the bylaws will be asked first to attend. Then Judy Snow, Ellen Johnston, Bill Repass and Susan Lecza will be asked to attend.

Coach Attestation Form: Peter Boucher, Program Operations, presented this form as a way to process coaches that arrive at meets without their credentials and allow them on deck. The coaches would sign the form in lieu of showing credentials. After discussion it was decided not to allow an attestation form and that a valid coach card is to be presented at every meet. It was suggested that meet managers be reminded of the policy and that enforcement is mandatory.

Annual Meet Bids: Peter Boucher, Program Operations, would like to go to one bid meeting per year for the sc and lc season. This meeting would be held in February with the understanding that changes to the sc season would be taken in August-September. The first annual bid meeting would be February 2005. Motion made to move the bid meeting to a full-season schedule (SC and LC) beginning February 2005. Seconded and approved.

SC Meet Schedule: Peter Boucher, Program Operations, has stated concern from some host clubs and coaches that due to the large number of sc meets, competition has been diluted and the meets are either cancelled or not competitive. Technical Planning was asked to review this situation. Technical Planning recommends no changes to the number of meets. Steve suggested getting recommendations from the Senior and Age Group Committees and forwarding those recommendations to Technical Planning.

Official Headsets: Bill Repass requested $500 for the purchase of headsets. Motion made, seconded and approved.

50M Cable Purchase: Motion made, seconded and approved to purchase a 50 M cable that will accommodate primary and secondary timing devices. Clark Cooper will research the advisability of going to buttons for tertiary timing.

Meeting went into closed session to discuss performance of the Administrator. A 4% salary increase was approved effected July 1, 2004.

Administrative Vice-Chairmen - Clark Cooper
Present. No report.

Treasurer - Sue Lecza
YTD financials are available (attached).

Age Group Committee Chairman - Barry Silver
Zone Task Force has complete their report. No major changes. The report highlights some issues and makes some recommendations with specific guidelines for future zone coordinators. Coaches for the LC Team: Dan Zeek (head coach), Joanne McCaffrey, Jim Ligouri, Jen Lyman, Kaeley Steinnagel and Jeff Fargo (in no particular order). The 2005 SC Zone meet bidder has withdrawn and will not be hosting the meet.

Senior Committee Chairman - Jeff Allen
Sara Roberts is now available to run the LC Senior Championship. Senior All-Star team policy is still in the works.

Program Development Vice-Chairman - Bill Krumm
June meeting was cancelled. Bill will email committee about sc time standards and meet schedule.

Technical Planning Committee Chairs - Dave Reilly and Nick Cavataro
No report.

Coaches Representatives - Jason Paige
Nominations for Jr. Coach Rep will be reopened. Election will be via email or at the LC Championship meets. Ellen Johnston is still reviewing the Coaches Education Grant and will have a recommendation at the next Board of Directors meeting.

Athletes Representatives - Meg Whitaker
No report.

Coach-at-Large
No report.

Safety Committee Chairman - Ann Hughes
No report.

Officials Committee Chairman - Bill Repass
Maxwell Award went to Clark Cooper and was published in the June issue of Swimmer's World.

Annual meeting will be held October 16, 2004. Pat Lunsford will speak and high school officials will be invited as well. Bill offered his resignation and recommended Mike Huffman (LEHY) to the Board of Directors as a possible replacement.

Registration/Membership Coordinator - Judy Snow
Present. No report.

It was mentioned that a coach-at-large position is now vacant and a coach should be appointed.

The meeting was adjourned at 9:30 PM

Respectfully submitted,

Nan Cooper