B. Vice President - Al Goins
1. Board will work at a plan to improve through automation the rosters -
will report at March meeting
C. Secretary - Judy Termini
1. introduced Nancy Ale
2. John Currie thanked Judy for her years of service
D. Treasurer - Lynn Chapman
1. Distributed treasurer's report - highlight - we made $1200 on shirts.
E. Records - Karl Borst
1. Asked for feedback on website and for more photos.
F. Rules - Lori Puente
1. Lori thanked John and everyone who helped her through her first season
2. Lori will contact reps this winter to submit specific ideas for improving the rule book
G. Safety - Bill Leith
1. Formal inspecting every 3 years - this was our second round (in the years between we count on management companies to inspect).
2. This years inspections were put into 3 categories
a) Safety issues
b) Maintenance issues
c) All is well
3. Since 1999 more maintenance issues, and 3 pools have the same safety problems.
4. This year's reports, distributed to all reps., include all pools, so we can all see every report.
5. Inspectors met with pool management people at every pool so they were aware of problems at the time of inspection.
6. Inspectors are willing to hold a class for reps. and /or management people on maintenance & safety. Bill will find out cost. In response to questions he'll also ask the company if they could perform maintenance themselves for a fee.
7. Bill recommends requiring someone from each pool to attend a class if he can arrange for one. He'll report to the Board in January.
H. Ways & Means - Melissa Huey-Burns
1. Introduced Wendy Hamm from RE, who will take over next year.
2. Melissa will move to rules.
B. All Star Qualifying - this year's procedure went generally well. Lori spoke to all Division Coordinators and found only one team had any complaint about the procedure.
C. John Currie - if anyone has more feedback about this, send e-mail to Lori or Melissa.
D. John Currie reported that there was some concern that 5 divisions would produce a too big All Star Meet, but in fact it went smoothly both days.
B. Seeding & Schedule for 2003
1. John Currie explained that top 2 finishers in Divisions 2-5 moved up and bottom 2 moved down.
2. John received calls from 2 more teams wanting to join - he recommends going through the same process as we did with Little Falls this year - one year of exhibition meets and then become a full member.
3. Schedule is planned for Division 2-5; all teams have 2 home and 2 away meets.
4. John asked for approval - members voted unanimously for approve.
5. John then pointed to the actual calendar (attached). He noted an addition: June 21 mandatory coaches clinic for head and assistant coaches, to teach the specific MCDL rules to coaches, not "how to coach" but " how to coach in compliance with MCDL rules". Coaches are also welcome at officials clinics
6. John asked for approval of the calendar and urged reps. to share it with swim reps. ASAP.
7. Schedule unanimously approved
C. Coaching Vacancies
1. Lori will post resumes for MDC divers who want to be summer coaches. Karl will link our website to MDC's to facilitate this.
2. Lori and Joyce DeMond, who is current MDC president, will work on a Dive Safe class date.
D. Rules Changes
1. Joyce DeMond proposed a change in DD for dive 101 to be consistent with dive 201. This will be discussed at Jan. Board Meeting. Lori and John reminded all to submit proposed changes in writing.
E. Insurance Protocol
1. We did not succeed in getting $$ and rosters in. At deadline, 13 teams were not in compliance
2. John Currie reviewed Board's intent to implement an automated roster through a secure portion to the website.
3. Lori Puente reminded us that insurance payments are not refundable
4. Joyce DeMond suggested implementing her procedure for divers who want to "try it": they can try it for the $10 insurance fee - that way they're covered.
F. Robin Hood Invitational
1. Because the Friday before Divisionals can be difficult for teams, especially from far away, there has been some discussion of staging a similar meet at the western edge of the county.
2. Sharon Pyle reported that, perhaps because the weather was bad, only about 100 divers from 10 teams participated, which was much easier for the Robin Hood team. She felt that this indicated that perhaps the meet is growing too large, and it may be time to begin a second one.
3. John Currie asked for feedback and will contact Gary King, who has run the meet for years.
G. Sites for All - Stars
1. John Currie asked for suggestions for other sites, since EG and FV have hosted it for the past three years. He reminded us that the host makes a lot of money on concessions.