SPMA MASTERS SWIMMING

Minutes of the January 15, 2004 Conference Call

Call to Order: by the Chair Wayne McCauley at 8:05 p.m.

Attending: Vic Anderson (Carpinteria/Santa Barbara), Michael Collins (NOVA), Trisha Commons (DSSM), David Flanders (SWM), David Freeman (Eagle Rays), Errol Graham (WH2O), Julie Heather (UNAT.), Michael Heather (UNAT.), Mary Hull (SWM), Wayne McCauley (ELST), Mark Moore (MVN), Jeff Moxie (DSSM), Sergio Rodriguez (Long Beach Grunions), Steve Schofield (SWM), Jessica Seaton (WH2O), Shannon Sullivan (SBM), Tom Trapp (LBSC), Bekah Wright (SCAQ)

MSP the minutes from November 20, 2003.

Officer Reports:

Chair Wayne McCauley: Coach of the Year nominations are to be sent in electronic form (via email in word.doc) to Julie Heather at registrar@spma.net by March 31, 2004. Voting will be done by e-mail. Wayne will also post his report on the SPMA website. MSP Wayne’s report.

Vice Chair report: Short Course Yards meet schedule: El Segundo January 25, Santa Clarita (new pool) February 14, Cal Tech Pentathlon March 7, Mission Viejo March 21, Southwest Zone SCY meet in Arizona March 26-28, UCLA April 3, Loyola April 17 or 18, USMS SCY Nationals in Indianapolis April 22-25, SPMA SCY Regionals at UCI April 30, May 1& 2. Long Course meet schedule: San Luis Obispo May 15, Las Vegas (Desert Breeze) May 29, World Masters in Italy June 3-13, Santa Clarita June 12, Santa Barbara July 10, SPMA LCM Regionals at Mission Viejo July 31, August 1 & 2, USMS LCM Nationals in Georgia August 12-15. The USMS convention this year is September 15-19 in Orlando Florida. MSP Steve’s report.

Treasurer’s report: Jeff submitted his report in writing and it is included in these minutes. MSP to accept Jeff’s report as written.

Registrar’s report: Julie submitted her report in writing and it is included in these minutes MSP to accept Julie’s report as written.

Awards: The 2003 pool swimmers of the year are Rita Simonton and Erik Hochstein.

Fitness: The virtual swim to Catalina Island is now on the USMS web site.

Old Business:

Michael Heather will follow up on laser measure tools to measure competition pools.

New business: MSP to suspend our current policy for nominations of USMS delegates for the current year. Nominations were closed for SPMA’s delegates to the USMS convention. Trisha Commons, Errol Graham, Wayne McCauley, Mark Moore, Jeff Moxie, Tom Trapp, and Bekah Wright were nominated. All nominees need to post their resume on the SPMA website.

MSP to renew our ad in Competitor magazine (due in July) at $220.00 plus a possible 10% increase.

MSP to authorize Jeff to make a payment of 25cents per swimmer to the Southwest Zone fund.

MSP to renew our membership in SCOPPOA for $25.00.

Adjournment: 9:20 pm

Next Meeting: Thursday March 11, 2004 at 8:00pm

Mary Hull, Secretary