SPMA Standing Committees

• Coaches - The Coaches's Committee provides liaison and coordination with coaches of SPMA for educational and communication purposes.
  
  
• Fitness - The Fitness Committee promotes and encourages an emphasis on physical fitness in SPMA.
  
  
• Health and Safety/ Fitness - The Health and Safety Committee promotes and disseminates information on all aspects of health and safety for regular practices and events. The Fitness Committee promotes and encourages an emphasis on physical fitness in SPMA.
  
  
• Sports Medicine - The Sports Medicine Committee promotes and disseminates information on all aspects of Sports Medicine. The SPMA Sports Medicine Chairmen shall be the laison to the USMS Sports Medicine Committee.
  
  
• Hospitality/Equipment - The Hospitality/Equipment Committee is responsible for hospitality at the monthly SPMA meetings, and the maintenance of SPMA safety signs and stopwatches.
  
  
• Marketing/Public Relations - The Marketing/Public Relations Committee promotes Masters swimming to further the objectives of SPMA.
  
  
• Meet Operations - The SPMA Vice-Chairperson shall be in charge of the scheduling of all swim meets, subject to confirmation by the SPMSC and the mailing of entry blanks. The Meet Operations Committee reviews, coordinates, and approves all applications for pool meet sanctions. The SPMA Vice Chairman will be Chairman of the SPMA Meet Operations Committee and shall carry out the duties of the LMSC Sanctions Chairman, as defined by USMS, for pool events.
  
  
• Officials - The Officials Committee promotes and coordinates officials' clinics.  It encourages certification of Masters swimmers and others as officials for pool and open water events.   It coordinates with USS and Pacific Swimming to provide names of officials for officiating at SPMA meets.   The responsibilities of the Officals Committe Chair may be found here.
  
  
• Open Water Swimming - The Open Water Committee promotes, coordinates, and publicizes the scheduling of all open water swims.  It also reviews and approves event sanctions and seeks to improve the safety of open water swimming.  The Chairman of the SPMA Open Water Committee shall carry out the duties of the LMSC Sanctions Chairman, as defined by USMS, for open water events.
  
  
• Publications - The Publications committee shall be responsible for production of all publications and newsletters of the LMSC.  The Newsletter Editor shall be a member of this committee.
  
  
• Rules and Legislation - The Legislation and Rules Committee solicits input for improving USMS and SPMA technical and management rules and policies.  It also makes recommendations to SPMA for action and referral.
  
  
• Scheduling - The Scheduling Committee promotes, coordinates, organizes, and publicizes the scheduling of all SPMA events.