Call to Order: The House of Delegates was called to order by General Chairman Bill Krumm at 7:54PM at the Marriott Courtyard, Shelton, CT.

Present Board Members: Jeff Allen, Bill Ball, Ken Block, Kayleigh Boucher, Peter Boucher, Steve Carroll, Eryn Crane, Ed Doernberger, Ed Dunn, Sean Ferrel, Jeff Gray, Mike Huffman, Bill Krumm, Sue Lecza, Jason Paige, Dave Reilly, Barry Silver, Judy Snow, Ed Steinnagel, Todd Stevens, Meg Whitaker

Absent Board Members: Nick Cavataro, Ann Hughes, George Miles

Clubs Represented: AJSC- John McCann, CAC- Chris Hug, CAML- Cathy Koelle and N. ?, CAT- LeeAnn German, CDEV, HNHS- Gary Cavaliere, LEHY- Scott Burr, MRDN- Linda Langley, NCY- Mark Sedlak, NTSC, OMNI- John Spadaflina, PSDY- Henk Jansen, RAC- Mike Carlucci, RRST- Rich Dufour, SHEL, SNCO, VSYM- Chris Kelley, WAC, WCYM- Jim Liguori, WILD- Julie Urciuoli, WRAT- Ellen Johnston, WWRX- Cliona Beaulieu and Nancy Dulz, WYW, ZEUS- Omar Cruz.

Approval of Agenda: The agenda was approved as published.

Adoption of Minutes: A motion to approve the minutes of October 19, 2004 was made, seconded and approved.

Welcome/Announcements/Chairman’s Report: Bill stated his goal of continuing to try to increase attendance at the House of Delegates meeting. We will host a Swimposium in 2006. There will be a long range planning meeting in the fall. Similar to USA Swimming, we are working to have a quadrennial plan. He also encouraged use of USA Swimming programs. Bill announced that: Bill Repass and Mike Huffman officiated at World Championships trials; Dan Madwed was part of the United States team at the Junior Pan-Pac meet; CSI members Jeff Allen (YMCA), Jason Paige (open water) and Ellen Johnston (technical rules) will attend the convention as members of national committees; and our adapted athletes swam well at their championship.

The following information is in addition to the written reports each officer submitted.

Administraive Vice-Chair: Jeff Gray’s goal is to use technology to make things easier. He is looking at the central office, FAST, the annual banquet, Top 16, and scholar-athlete awards.

Treasurer: Susan Lecza reported that our income is up $20,000.

Finance Vice-Chair: Ken Block reported that our portfolio is conservatively invested and doing well.

Age Group Committee Chair: Barry Silver said that our team did great at Zones. They are looking at ways to better balance the age groups at LC Regionals.

Senior Committee Chair: Jeff Allen said we had a good senior meet with special thanks to the meet referee and meet manager. Selections for the All-Connecticut Senior team were being completed. The reimbursement program is being revamped to make it simpler. They are planning a senior elite camp for next year.

Program Development Division Vice-Chair: Sean Ferrell reported time standard for both SC and LC were approved.

Program Operations Vice-Chair: Peter Boucher reported that the meet evaluation form will be moving on-line.

Technical Planning Committee Chairs: No report.

Coaches Representative: Jason Paige encouraged participation at the open water championship.

Athletes Rep: No report.

Coach-at-Large: No report.

Safety Chair: No report.

Officials Chairman: Mike Huffman reported that Pat Lumsford, the starter for the men’s events in Athens, was well received as the guest speaker at the officials’ annual meeting.

Registration Coordinator: Judy Snow reported that we have moved to electronic registration. We have had an increase of 400 swimmers.

Zone Team: A high percentage of the team had best times at the meet and all relays made top 8.

Banquet: The annual banquet will be held November 6^th at the Aquaturf.

National Times Officer: No report.

Time Standards: No report.

None.

The budget was approved as presented.

The annual audit was accepted.

Sandi Blumit, Senior Vice-President, Risk Management Services, Inc., gave an overview of USA Swimming’s insurance coverage and then answered questions from the audience.

Meeting adjourned 9:47PM

Respectfully submitted,
Ed Dunn