Minutes of the Board of Directors Meeting
Held on August 4 2001 at 1:30pm, at the Ad Aster Pool in Lenexa KS
The meeting of the Board of Directors of Missouri Valley Swimming was
held at the Ad Astra pool, Lenexa, KS. Jim Devine, General Chair, called
the meeting to order at 1:30 pm. The following Directors were in
attendance: Brian Barnes, Sue Courtney, Tom Herder, John Malnar, Pete
Malone, Richard Maxfield, Billie Jo Parrack, George Schluter, Dulcy Sellon,
Alex Sidelnik, and Mike Soderling. Also in attendance was Linda Dandy.
Jim Devine announced that the Northland Swim and Dive Conference has
established the "Tim Kidder Award". This award, in honor of coach Tim
Kidder who passed away this year, honors the individual who best portrays
personal dedication and contributions to the Northland Swim Conference and
the sport of swimming. This years recipient is Michelle Street of the
Kearney Swim Team. She managed to keep the Kearney Swim Team operational in
the face of the Kearney School District s move to a year round calendar.
Each club in the conference nominated an individual and the first year s
recipient was chosen by the Tim Kidder family and presented with the award
before the conference finals July 25.
Jim also reported that the Missouri Valley web site has had over 15,000
visits in July 2001. The site has been received well and is being actively
used.
At the Sectional meet, Jim reported that Missouri Valley swimmers had
performed well. The Blazers won the meet; Wichita was fourth, and Lawrence,
eighth. Over 40 national cuts were achieved and new pool records and
Sectional records established.
REPORT OF OFFICERS
Age Group Vice Chair: Tom Herder reported that Mike Soderling is well
prepared for this year s zone meet. He also stated that the Division II
time standards will be corrected. It is his plan and Jim s to then publish
the time standards on the web page. When meet flyers for the championship
meets are distributed, these time standards will be included along with a
list of the order of events. By eliminating the practice of listing
qualifying times with events, Missouri Valley should remove the possibility
of sending out incorrect times on the meet flyers.
Membership: Dulcy Sellon reported that swimmer registrations were up
slightly this year. Missouri Valley had 3763 regular athletes registered
this year (3510 last year) and 4416 season II athletes this year (4559 last
year) for a total of 8188 athletes this year and 8069 last year. The
non-athlete registration was down slightly; 876 this year, 896 last year.
This registration year we had 46 regular clubs register (48 last year) and
36 season clubs (34 last year). Jim also stated that the number of
sanctions issued this year had increased.
Treasurer: Billie Jo Parrack reported that Missouri Valley s actual income
had exceeded its expenses thus far but some of the Zone payments might
overlap the end of the fiscal year. She also reported that we have not
received a webmaster bill as yet and that is an expense to be paid. The
2001 airfares and hotels fees for the USAS Convention are still to be paid
but that will also be in the next fiscal year. The sanction fees still due
are sanctions MV01-41, Blazer Bucks: 01-36A, Jefferson City; 01-35,
Blazers; 01-71A MMAC; 01-60 Manhattan; 01-73A Warrensburg; and 01-75A Salt
Fork. She thought Missouri Valley's financial picture is good right now.
Coaches Representative: Mike Soderling reported that he currently had 125
swimmers participating in the zone meet and hoped to have the checks from
them by Sunday, August 5.
Athletes Representative: Alex Sidelnik, Missouri Valley s new Junior Rep.
Was introduced. He reported that the swimmers had contributed to the Zone
T-Shirt design.
Records Chair: Brian Barnes reported that 15 new Missouri Valley Citizen
records had been set. He is currently working on the Top 16 Long Course
report; the short course report has been completed.
Officials: Joe Ogilvie reported that we now have bells for use with the
distance events. Two Missouri Valley officials, George Bruce and Theresa
Johnson attended the official s clinic in Salt Lake City. Missouri Valley
also had officials working at the Sectional meet and would need to supply
many for next spring s sectional meet in Lawrence. George Schluter asked
that a method be devised to allow officials to sign up to work at the
Division Championships. It was decided to ask the webmaster to create a
page for this purpose
Safety Chair: Helen Lochow, Fort Leavenworth Lancers, was introduced as
Missouri Valley s new Safety Chair replacing Gary Colonna. She had received
his last report which detailed 13 accidents in Missouri Valley.
Outreach: Joe reported that Mary Jo Klier is working with the Boys and
Girls club of Kansas City to start a swimming outreach program there.
MV Scheduling Committee: Pete Malone reported that the meet bid packet will
be sent to the clubs before Christmas
District Delegate Reports: Richard Maxfield will take over as District 5
delegate at MVS's fall meeting.
Web Master: Missouri Valley's website has some email accounts available
for MVS use. These are available from Richard Winn, our current Webmaster.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
USAS Convention: John Malnar reported that the Convention registrations
were complete and the tickets were in the mail. Pete reviewed some of the
issues that might arise at the Convention. These include a proposal to
double registration fees, USOC Budget and funding changes, national
championship dates, and direction USA Swimming plans to follow in providing
service to clubs.
Missouri Valley Mini Convention: Our procedures for swimmer recognition
will be discussed at the mini convention as will volunteer recognition. Joe
also plans an officials meeting there. The meeting will be held on
Saturday, September 29 starting at 8:00 am.
Missouri Valley s college recruiting page on the web site will be
advertised to college coaches. The site will also have a password so
information from swimmers cannot be changed. The Missouri Valley office
will verify that swimmers posting information are currently registered
Missouri Valley swimmers.
NEW BUSINESS
Zone Meet: A committee has been set up to revamp the procedures used for
the Zone meet entries and travel. John Malnar, Mike Soderling and Craig
Ivancic will work on this and hope to create a handbook for future Missouri
Valley zone participation.
Thanks for providing excellent Division meets were extended to Topeka Swim
Team and the Kansas City Blazers. The new procedure of publishing an order
of events and set of time standards for the meet flyers was stated. Any
team will be able to download the time standards from the website at any
time.
Summer league meets and registration problems were addressed. Currently
some summer teams are participating in league dual meets without current
registration. Jim appointed a committee of George Schluter, Billie Jo
Parrack, Dulcy Sellon and himself to meet and propose possible methods for
correcting summer registration problems before the MV fall meeting.
Billie Jo stated that the deductible on our insurance policy for Missouri
Valley equipment had risen considerably and asked that any information on
new insurance bidders be sent to her.
Meeting adjourned at 2:45.
Respectfully submitted,
Dulcy Sellon,
Missouri Valley Swimming Secretary
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