SPMA MASTERS SWIMMING

Minutes of the July 14, 2005 Meeting

Call to Order: by the Chair at 8:03 p.m.

Attending: Connie Barrett (MVN), Tom Boyd (LBG), Trisha Commons(UNAT.), Errol Graham(WH2O), Eric Grubb, Julie Heather (UNAT.), Michael Heather (UNAT), Mary Hull (SWM), Wayne McCauley (UNAT.), Mark Moore (MVN), Jeff Moxie (DSSM), Steve Schofield (SWM), Jessica Seaton (WH2O), Shannon Sullivan(SBM), Bekah Wright(SCAQ)

MSP to approve the minutes of the May 12, 2005 meeting as amended. The amendment is in the Vice Chairs report in which the Southern California Charity Classic on May 21 was listed as being a long course meters meet and it should have been listed as a short course meters meet.

Officer Reports:

Chair: Wayne McCauley will post his report on the SPMA website

Vice Chair: The USMS convention this year will be September 14-18 in Greensboro North Carolina. Short Course Meters meets: October 2 at Mission Viejo, October 15 at UCLA, November 5 at Santa Clarita, November 20 Turkeyshoot at Pierce College, and December 2, 3, & 4 Long Beach Grunions at Belmont. MSP for the Short Course Meters Championships to go to the Grunions on December 2, 3, & 4 at Belmont. Short Course Meters schedule is closed at this time.

Treasurer’s report: The treasurer’s report was submitted in writing and it is included in these minutes. MSP to accept the treasurer’s report.

Registrar’s report: Julie submitted her report in writing and it is included in these minutes. Julie has reported that there has been a lot of confusion about swimmers joining their Masters teams and assuming that they were also members of USMS when they joined a team. MSP to issue a coupon with the swimmers name and an expiration date for $10.00 for those who register after September 1 through October 31 2005 and pay the full $35.00 registration fee.

Fitness: Jessica reported that USMS is in the process of updating the website and that they are no longer allowed to post articles that have appeared in SWIM magazine.

Awards: Trisha reported that there were a lot of first time swimmers at the Santa Barbara meet.

Open water: Shannon said there were 248 swimmers at the Newport Pier to Pier swim. She is also working on updating web results and getting links to open water swims updated.

Marketing: Tom Boyd reported that Palm Springs is trying to organize a Masters program and also that Lenny Krazelberg is organizing programs at the Jewish Community center in West Los Angeles.

Old business: Those of you that are entitled to a stipend for half a room on Tuesday (Jessica, Lucy, & Mary) for USMS convention 2005 need to send Jeff an email. Mark Moore explained why the LCM Nationals deadline was extended. At the time the entries were due there was only 650 entries, an all time low. Because the deadline was extended there is now 1105 swimmers entered, the 4^th highest.

New Business: There is currently no one running for the Southwest Zone director position for USMS. Justin Davis from Rose Bowl Masters has said that he might be interested in running and Jeff Moxie has said that he will run for the position. Michael Heather has said that he will withdraw his name from USMS Vice President of National Operations and then ask to be nominated for Vice President of Community Services for USMS. Bids for top ten and Registrar need to be in by August 15 as the decision needs to be made by September 1. Elections for SPMA officers will be held at the annual meeting on November 17, 2005. The cutoff date for nominations of SPMA officers will be November 1, 2005.

Next Meeting: Conference call on (Thursday) August 18, 2005 at 8:00pm

Annual Meeting November 17, 2005

Adjournment: 8:55pm