[cst_board] Re: League Meeting - Short Version
- From: Lisa Hubert <lisabhubert@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "cst_board@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <cst_board@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 18:37:04 -0600
I am so excited with all of this progress. Nice job!!! And what is most
exciting is that is sounded like everyone was cooperative and mindful of what
summer league is all about. Thank you for going, Heidi.
Lisa
> On Mar 25, 2015, at 6:04 PM, Marlene Hutton <marlene.j.hutton@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> It sounds like you guys really got a lot done, Heidi! I'm so glad that Janie
> was there, too, and willing to be a possible board member. Changes for
> scheduling sound good. Isn't it nice that your talents will be used in so
> many ways? :-)
>
> We will be out of town visiting John's parents for the next few days, but
> will be back next Tuesday. John is picking up Meet Manager from Mike N.
> tonight, and the new printer is here.--Marlene
>
>> On 3/25/2015 5:29 PM, Andy and Heidi Mechtenberg wrote:
>> Ok – I’ve been dying to get this off all day. When I think about it I get
>> excited and happy! I think it’s a tremendous step forward for summer club
>> swimming in Northern Colorado. The people there were generally willing to
>> work towards solutions and had some great ideas.
>>
>> Before the meeting I had a call from Mike Novelle. He wanted to touch base
>> because there have been conversations with our coaches and Adam Hoffman and
>> the Rec Board. A & B Pools will be managing Collindale this year, so this
>> gives us a lot more flexibility with our time available with the pool vs
>> conflicts with swimming lessons. Nothing is set in stone – but know that
>> they are really working on flexibility. He has also taken our comments to
>> heart on the contract and is making those changes. I should have a new daft
>> in a week or so.
>>
>> Now, the meeting itself. For the most part everyone was civil and Amy
>> conducted it very well and kept the discussion on track.
>>
>> 1. It was determined that a formal board will be created and have the
>> individuals elected and in place by May 1st. This may be a first iteration
>> – as the positions are not defined – nor are all the tasks the board will
>> take on. There will be 3-5 members elected in a rolling fashion (hat draw
>> for 1-year, 2-year and 3-year terms for the first time – something we could
>> think about as well). All kinds of details to work out. Seems I may be
>> destined to help hammer out another set of bylaws!
>> a. Janie was at the meeting last night, but a quiet observer. I didn’t
>> get a chance to talk with her after the meeting but did send off a quick
>> e-mail to ask if she was willing to throw in her hat as a possible board
>> member. She said Yes!! Woo Hoo!!
>> 2. Meet Scheduling – Rob Huey had a brilliant idea – working off Kyle’s
>> format as well.
>> a. We will be breaking the League into 4 groups and those groups will be
>> determined by the scores at the City Meet the year before. There are now 21
>> teams in the League!! Fort Collins Country Club will always be in group 4
>> since they do not attend City Meet.
>> b. Scheduling between teams in a group will take place within their group
>> first (before the planning meeting) – and then they can go outside their
>> group if they need more at the planning meeting.
>> c. There are 6 teams in our group – Village Green, Nelson Farm, Willow
>> Springs, Miramont and Westfield in addition to us.
>> d. This was determined a better solution than to have a more static
>> schedule and does allow teams to schedule with whomever they want to swim
>> against.
>> e. I talked with MacKenzie after the meeting – and we agreed that
>> swimming against each of these teams + our intersquad and purple and gold
>> relay meet gives us 7 meets which is probably enough in the short season we
>> have.
>> f. We will be meeting with these teams on Monday March 30th at 6:30 at
>> Westfield. I am happy to be at the meeting along with MacKenzie, but if
>> someone else has an interest, that would be fine as well.
>> 3. City Meet
>> a. It was determined that structuring City Meet like the State Meet would
>> provide more opportunity for smaller teams to garner some championship
>> points and a coveted trophy. I think it will be 4 groups – but determined
>> on number of entries.
>> b. It was determined that having several smaller teams host City Meet at
>> one of the larger pools would be too chaotic. However, there were
>> possibilities for revenue sharing discussed – such as someone taking on
>> T-shirts and such. It was thought that having a standard design from
>> year-to-year could help facilitate this sharing. This may not get hammered
>> out this year, but perhaps by the time Collindale is hosting again.
>> c. Amy has heard that people do not want to travel to Windsor for City
>> Meet – so that pool is out. The new Buckinghorse pool, while 6 lanes, is
>> too new and too small and too unorganized to think about taking this on any
>> time soon. So, for now it stays rotated with the 3 teams with experience.
>> 4. Officiating – it was voted last night that officiating will become
>> part of our responsibility as swim teams. Denise Welting had
>> the wonderful idea of DQ’ing for Major Infractions – which I have a list of
>> – that would affect awards. Their time could be recorded to serve as proof
>> of completion or for progress tracking. Minor infractions can be recorded,
>> and those records then go to the coaches for training and teaching purposes,
>> but not affect awards, times or results. Officiating will be performed by
>> parent volunteers – not paid officials. (Funny Heather had one of the
>> biggest push-back on this since she said coaches are already doing this…).
>>
>> I think that is about it. Again, I could not be happier with the outcome!
>> Your thoughts would be most welcome.
>> Have a great night.
>> -Heidi
>
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