[cst_2014_board] Re: FW: FAST Coaching Services Agreement
- From: John Hutton <john.f.hutton@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: cst_2014_board@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 21:26:27 -0600
Hi Heidi -
Great report! Thank for the recap.
John, were you able to meet with Mike yet?
I copied you and Dan on a message I just sent to Mike. Figured I should
start looping the two of you in.
I will work on the simple contract this weekend and get the board to do
a "e-mail" review.
Thanks, John
On 3/27/2014 8:55 PM, Andy and Heidi Mechtenberg wrote:
I'm sorry to not relay this earlier -- it's been a busy week. But I
was able to call Lance on Tuesday afternoon!
First Lance laughed and said that obviously I was not successful in
running away screaming and kicking from the appointed position of
President of the Board. He feels my pain. JMost importantly though
our call was productive and positive.
First and foremost, FAST does not have an interest in who holds the
contract with them. The numbers I conveyed to him $7,500 for 100
swimmers and maybe a break point to $6,000 for 75 swimmers were also
acceptable. He also felt like the contract could be at a high level
and as simple as possible. Please see the attached first draft and
provide comment. I think this came out of their board meeting that
very same night.
As a side conversation -- Lance talked about how we were all concerned
about how the Horsetooth League might receive the news of our
partnership. Oddly enough -- that very morning, Amy from Splash Pools
called and asked FAST if they would be willing to entertain the same
kind of coaching contract with other teams this summer! He said FAST
might be interested -- but not this year. FAST agrees that this is a
system that needs to have everything worked out with just one
relationship before it could possibly be rolled out to other teams.
So that was an interesting turn of events.
FAST is 90% sure they know the coach that would be working with us.
Unfortunately it wouldn't be McKenzie -- but a coach named Amanda.
This is not for sure -- but highly likely and they think she is a
very good fit for us. Lance is trying to set up a time when I (and
anyone from Collindale who is available) to meet -- hopefully before
the Horsetooth League meeting. They have not determined who might be
a second or third coach who could rotate in for special sessions yet.
One idea we had talked about was that inter-squad meet which FAST
endorses because they do the same thing. Previously, there had also
been talk about that first week being set up as sort of a clinic
week. In Lance's conversation with Amy, this came up too and would
there be an opportunity for other teams to have clinics as well. One
idea put out there would be to hold a clinic at Collindale, but be
open to other team's swimmers. Perhaps a small fee could be
assessed... Just something to throw out there.
I did forward to Lance our Coach Responsibilities, Parent
Expectations, Swimmer Expectations and Board Responsibilities. Here
is his response "Heidi,
I took a look through your documents. I like that you are keeping
them all very high level. FAST Coach Mike Novell reviewed them as
well. His main comment was, "What are the repercussions when the
policies are violated?" For the last two years, FAST has had all of
its swimmers and parents sign a disciplinary code. I'm not sure you
need to go into as much detail for CST. As a team, FAST ran into some
trouble when punishments of different severities were handed down for
similar offenses. Outlining the punishment for each level of offense
takes the guesswork out of how discipline is administered.
I've attached a copy of the FAST disciplinary code. Please feel free
to use it as you see fit."
This seems a little extreme to me right now -- but as we know -- this
things get written because the issue comes up because someone does
something stupid!
So, please take a look at these two documents and let's discuss over
e-mail. I will put both of these documents in the drop-box. Please
feel free to edit and send them back to me.
I've got a busy weekend ahead -- so will check e-mail but not likely
be able to respond. I have a message to Janie Wagstaff but have not
heard back from her yet.
Oh -- Thank you Carol for the potential names for our group. I like
panel... so CAPS had some resonance with me. I also liked ABC's and
SPA (if nothing else that it's imagery is relaxation!).
John, were you able to meet with Mike yet?
I can't think of anything else at this moment...but it seems we are
aligning well with FAST's expectations and that makes me happy! Good
Night!
-Heidi
*From:*Lance Holter [mailto:lholter@xxxxx]
*Sent:* Thursday, March 27, 2014 4:21 PM
*To:* Mechtenberg, Heidi
*Subject:* FAST Coaching Services Agreement
Heidi,
I've attached the preliminary Coaching Services Agreement between CST
and FAST.
Please take a look at the agreement. If you have questions, concerns,
additions, or subtractions you'd like to make to the document please
respond to this email or feel free to give me a call.
Lance Holter
FAST Board President
970-229-9339
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