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CONNECTICUT SWIMMING, INC.

Present: Bill Ball, Ken Block, Peter Boucher, Eryn Crane, Ed Doernberger, Ed Dunn, Mike Huffman, Ann Hughes, Bill Krumm, Susan Lecsa, Jason Paige, Barry Silver, Haley Smith, Judy Snow, Meg Whitaker

Not Present: Jeff Allen, Kayleigh Boucher, Steve Carroll, Nick Cavataro, Sean Farrell, Jeff Gray, Dave Reilly, Todd Stevens

Also Present: Nan Cooper

Chairman Bill Krumm called the meeting to order at 7:30 PM

Approval of the Agenda: A motion to accept the agenda with the following changes was made, seconded and approved. Under New Business, Program Operations meet schedule addition was added and club recognition in FAST displays.

Approval of Minutes: A motion to accept the minutes of the 1/19/2005 meeting was made, seconded and approved.

Bill Krumm reported that we are only eligible for a Swimposium every three years.

Slate of Officers: Dave Heller, nominating committee chairman, proposed the following slate: Barry Silver, Program Operations Vice-Chairman, Peter Boucher, Age Group Vice-Chairman, Mike Huffman, Officials Chairman, Judy Snow, Registration/Membership Coordinator, Susan Lecza, Treasurer, Ellen Johnston, Technical Planning Committee Chairman, Jason Paige and Cathy Koelle Co-Safety Committee Chairmen.

2005-2006 Budget: Ken Block presented the 2005-06 budget. A motion to accept was made, seconded and approved.

Eastern Zone Meeting: Ann Hughes, Ellen Johnston, and Bill Krumm will attend the Eastern Zone meeting. Ellen Johnston was delegated as CT Senior Representative to the EZ Technical Planning meeting.

House of Delegates Meeting: Sandy Blumit, a representative from the company that manages USA Swimming’s insurance, will be the guest speaker at the House of Delegates meeting to be held at the Marriot Courtyard in Shelton. It was moved, seconded and approved to spend approximately $900-950 for room rental and dinner.

Pomperaug Aquatic Club is changing its name to Panther Aquatic Club. Motion made, seconded and approved.

USAS Convention: The general chair, senior coach representative, administrative vice-chair, senior and junior athlete representatives, program development vice-chair, program operations vice-chair are charged by the bylaws to attend the USAS convention annually. Availability of delegates was discussed and Bill Ball, Mike Huffman, and Jason Paige indicated interest in attending the convention if delegate positions are not filled. Bill Krumm will finalize the attendance roster.

Volunteer of the Year: Start thinking of nominees for volunteer of the year.

Addition to LC Meet Schedule: Peter Boucher, Program Operations, has received two requests for sanctions for meets to be held at UCONN from teams in New England Swimming that did not go through our bid process. A motion was made seconded and approved (with one abstention) that we would notify those teams that at this time their request is denied but in keeping with our LC policy of revisiting the schedule if not enough meets are being held, we will notify those teams if that becomes the case. A 9/U meet hosted HMST was approved.

Club Displays in FAST: A request was made that times database FAST display club name for recognition purposes. Discussion was held regarding recognition versus representation. A motion was made, seconded, and approved to have it FAST display the club or team the athlete was representing for each swim for except NCAA and CIAC in which case the club displayed will be UN.

Not present.

This year’s results are comparable to previous years.

Our portfolio is holding steady.

We had a highly successful zone team. Barry attended a workshop for Age Group committee chairs. Compared to others we have a very large and diverse committee. We are weak in the creative and fun area for swimmers. Camp support for camps is changing and will be less in the future. CSI is not high on the list for help from USAS fighting the high school issue. We should look into the parent education area more. Hytek is developing a power point system for USAS.

Not present.

Not present.

On-line submission of bids worked well. Meet announcement is to be made more consistent. There is an issue with year round bid process with late developing conflicts such as college basketball games.

Not present.

They are discussing 15-18 representation at regionals and the number of heats at finals at seniors.

Nothing to report.

Coach’s safety training class has been scheduled. There is concern about the crowding on stairwells at meets and the ability of marshals to correct it.

New officials clinics and a starters clinic have been scheduled. Thanks go out to our four officials that worked at zones. We had two officials work World Trials (Mike Huffman and Bill Repass. The annual meeting will be held in October.

Some current teams are merging. Some teams that have been inactive for five to ten years are looking at being active again. They would have to go through new club procedures.

The meeting was adjourned at 9:53 PM.

Respectfully submitted,

Ed Dunn

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