[PacMasterUpdate] December 4, 2001 Update

Tue Dec 4 23:47:11 EST 2001

PACIFIC MASTERS SWIMMING ANNUAL MEETING
The biennial election of officers occurred at the annual meeting. The 
Committee voted for
	Chairman:  			 Doug Huestis
	Vice Chairman - Administration:  Rick Windes
	Vice Chairman - Operations:      Barry Fasbender
   	Secretary:			 Joan Alexander
	Treasurer:  			 Clarine Anderson
	At-Large:			 Michael Moore

Each of the officers will serve till December 2003.
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COACHES CLINIC
Pacific  Masters will sponsor coaches who attend the January NorCal 
Clinic in Napa  with a 50% scholarship.  Mike Collins from Irvine 
Novaquatics Masters and
Doug Garcia from Washington State University Masters are the featured Masters
Track speakers. More details are available at the NorCal Swimshop's website
	http://www.swimshop.com
look for the Pacific Coaches Clinic link.  There is no Masters info 
posted on  the site yet the update is pending final arrangements. 
Send your scholarship
request via e-mail to Pacific Coaches Chair Brian Stack at 
stackb at aol.com Mailto:stackb at aol.com

There is a lot of good information there and coaches will meet the 
best coaches in the Pacific LMSC and LSC area. It is a great way for 
experienced coaches and new coaches to find out what is going on with 
other teams and to renew friendships.
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OFFICIALS CLINICS
The 2002 Pacific LSC Officials Clinic will be held January 5th 2002 
in Alameda. Clinics are open to ALL Pacific Swimming officials and 
individuals interested in learning about swim meet officiating. 
Completion of these clinics and the follow-up sessions will satisfy 
the clinic portion of the Pacific Swimming Officials Certification / 
Re-certification requirements for the stroke and turn, starter, 
referee. More information will be at:
	http://www.pacswim.org/official.htm
Sierra LSC will be holding their annual re-certification clinic for 
officials in the month of January - time and place are not yet 
available. For information contact Joan Smith, Pacific Masters 
Officials Chair mailto:rtjpsmit at cwnet.com

LAST MEET OF THE 2001 - RENO WINNERS MEET
The Reno Winners meet took place on Saturday.Thanks to Steve Lintz, 
Gwen Shonkwiler and the Sierra Nevada Masters who put on the meet. 
Also a salute to all the swimmers who made the drive over the hill. 
The results are posted
	http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/01/01snmscy.html
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TAMALPIAS POSTAL MILE
The first event of the 2002 is the Tamalpias Postal Mile. Swimmers 
can swim the mile any time between January 1, 2002 and February 28, 
2002 and you can swim it in your own pool.
	http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/02tamscy.pdf
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Pacific Masters AFFILIATE - LANDS END
Lands End is a maker of fine sports apparel for the active person. 
Click on the link to Lands' End from the Pacific Masters web site 
Lands' End will rebate some of the money of your purchase to Pacific 
Masters.
	http://www.pacificmasters.org
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NEW YEAR - TIME TO RE-REGISTER
It is December, time to re-register for the 2002 Pacific Masters. The 
form to re-register is on the web at:
	http://www.pacificmasters.org/admin/02Indivappl.pdf
(if you use the web form, you can type in the information and print 
it out from your computer).

If you are changing clubs, with the annual re-registration you can 
change clubs and compete for your new club without waiting 60 days or 
paying the extra $2.00 fee.
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PLACES TO SWIM
The Places to Swim page is one of the most popular page on the web site:
	http://www.pacificmasters.org/general/plctoswim.shtml
I will greatly appreciate it if you would check your clubs under 
places to swim. If there are any errors, there is a link to a form 
near the top of Places to Swim, please fill it out and I will update 
the page. Thanks to all who sent in corrections last week.
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COACH MIDNIGHT
Coach Midnight is taking a little vacation. He will be back the 
beginning of 2002.
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MORE OFFICIALS CLINICS
The SASO Swim Club is sponsoring a Fairfield Clinic.  Looking at our 
calendar, it will be on Thursday, December 6th. It will be at the 
Solano Athletic Club in Fairfield on Dover Ave.

DIRECTIONS FOR THE SOLANO ATHLETIC EAST CLUB
 From Sacramento take highway 80 to North Texas exit.  Go left over 
freeway to first stop light (Dickson Hill).  Turn left on Dickson 
Hill to next stop sign (Dover Ave.). Turn right on Dover, club will 
be on your right.

 From Bay Area take highway 80 East to Air Base Pkwy/Waterman Blvd. 
Exit and go right on to Air Base Pkwy.  Second stop light turn left 
on Dover, club is aprox. 1 mile down on your left.

THE STARTING TIME WILL BE 7:00 PM.

If you have any questions, please contact Cathy Wieser at:  <yzers at aol.com>
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The Turlock Clinic
Our next clinc will be in Turlock, California on December 8th.  The 
start time is 8:30.  Here are the directions to the Endsley/Coldwell 
Banker office at 331 E. Main Street, where the clinic will be held.

 From 99 - Take the Taylor Road Exit (1st Turlock exit from the 
north), turn east and proceed under the freeway to Golden State Blvd. 
(1st light). Turn right onto Golden State Blvd. and proceed about 4 
miles into town.  At the Main Street stoplight (about the 6th 
stoplight), turn left onto Main Street (this is heading north). 
 Proceed two blocks.  Endsley & Associates will be on the left side 
of the street near the second stop sign (corner of Main and Palm). 
You may park on the street or turn left onto Palm and then left into 
the "rear/off street" parking area behind the Endsley building.  We 
will be meeting in the large conference room in the rear of the 
office.

For more information or questions, please contact Paul Reidl at: 
<preidl at s2.sonnet.com> or Loren Holt <bradbury at sonnet.com> .
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Have a merry Christmas and happy New Year

michael

For those who want to contact Michael directly email 
mailto:michael at pacificmasters.org . If you hit the return button on 
your email client, it will only delay a response. thank you mwm