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Minutes of the August 18, 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), Julie Heather (UNAT.), Michael Heather (UNAT), Mary Hull (SWM), Lucy Johnson(UCI), Wayne McCauley (UNAT.), Mark Moore (MVN), Jeff Moxie (DSSM), Steve Schofield (SWM), Jessica Seaton (WH2O), Shannon Sullivan(SBM), Tom Trapp.

MSP to approve the minutes of the July 14, 2005 meeting

MSP for this year only to allow voting for the contract of Top Ten and Records and Registrar to be held during our conference call.

Officer Reports:

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

Vice Chair: 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 (SPMA Regionals) Long Beach Grunions at Belmont. A tentative schedule for Short Course Yards has also been set. The schedule is as follows: Las Vegas January 21, 2006, Eagle Rays at Yorba Linda on February 21 or 22, Cal Tech Pentathlon March 5, Mission Viejo March 19, UCLA April 1, and Short course yards regionals at Santa Clarita April 21,22,&23. USMS Short Course Yards Nationals May 4, 5, 6, & 7 in Coral Springs Florida.

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. MSP to accept the Registrar’s report as written.

Awards: Trisha reported that the awards for LCM Nationals were nice especially if you earned one of the “spinners” which were given for first, second, and third place finishers.

Open water: Almost all the results for 2005 open water swims have been posted except the Semana Nautica swims. Seal Beach has had problems making sure that Masters Swimmers are actually registered. This year was no exception with over 20% not being registered. As a result it was MSP to refuse a sanction to Seal Beach for next years (2006) event. MSP to have a trial one day registration (to SPMA) next year at the Naples Island swim.

The Nomination Committee for SPMA officers (Tom Boyd and Shannon Sullivan) have said that all the current officers will run again and that they have received one additional nomination for member at large. The cutoff date for nominations is November 1, 2005. Elections will take place at the annual meeting on November 17, 2005.

Old business:

New Business:

MSP to approve the bid for SPMA registrar /Top ten and records from Julie Heather.

A discussion was held on the upcoming legislation proposals for USMS. An update on who from SPMA is running for USMS offices. Jeff has recommended Laura Winslow for the position of the Southwest Zone Director. Jeff has been asked to be the new Finance Chair, and Michael Heather will be removing his name from the V.P. of National Operations on then be nominated from the floor for the position of V.P. of Community Services.

Mark Moore gave a report on Nationals and said that he is receiving lots of favorable comments on how well the meet was run. The vendors were happy, hospitality was well run, and the officials were very appreciative. Mark also thanked the SPMA volunteers, Steve Schofield, Trisha Commons, and Mary Hull. He also thanked the Grunions for pitching in on the timing line, and Connie Barrettt for helping with the running of the meet and doing a lot of work. Everyone had a good time and there were over 70 records broken at the meet.

Next Meeting: Annual Meeting November 17, 2005 at the Heather Castle. Dinner will be at 7pm and the meeting will begin at 8:30pm.

Adjournment: 9:57pm