[PacMasterUpdate] February 2, 2002 Update

Sun Feb 3 20:06:54 EST 2002

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PACIFIC MASTERS DISCUSSION FORUM
There is a new Pacific Masters Forum on the USMS web site. Feel free 
to bring up topic about Pacific Swimming. The forum section of the 
USMS web site is a place to talk about swimming issues. You are only 
asked to be respectful of another person's opinions.
	http://forums.usms.org/
(The link to the Pacific Masters section is near the end of the page).

UPCOMING EVENTS
USF VALENTINE'S AFFAIR
The USF Valentine's Affair will be this Saturday at the Dullea 
Natatorium in the Koret Center. The meet is a mixture of 200's and 
50's. You may deck register for the meet.
	http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/02usfscy.html
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
WALNUT CREEK INTENSIVE TRAINING CAMP
Walnut Creek Masters will be having their annual intensive training 
camp March 1-3, 2002. Coaches include Kerry O'Brien, Mike Heaney, 
Steve Stahl, and Susan Strong, Brian Stack, Veteran Instructor at 
Terry Laughlin's Total Immersion Swim Camps, and the 1997 Pacific 
Masters Swimming Coach of the Year. Dr. Jim Miller, Coach of the 2000 
Long Course National Champion Virginia Masters. If you register by 
February 8th, you will also receive a free t shirt. Register early if 
you want to attend at the camp always sells out.

WALNUT CREEK MASTERS - WEB SITE
After seeing that the web is not just a passing fancy, there is now a 
web site for the Walnut Creek Masters swim team
	http://www.swim4wc.org
Tom Dugan is the web master and Karen Duggan is responsible for 
content. On the site they have an impressive wall of fame.

STREAMLINES
The USMS National Newsletter Streamlines is available on line:
	http://www.usms.org/admin/nycu2002winter.pdf
Streamlines is primarily about the running of USMS but everyone is 
invited to read it to find out what your officers, chairmen and 
volunteers are doing to run the national organization.
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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

BECOME AN OFFICIAL
Saturday, Feb. 9th at Shasta College in Redding at 9 a.m. in the Gym. 
Take I-5 to 299 East, exit on Old Oregon Trail.  Take 2nd Shasta 
College entrance and park.  Gym is next to pool.  Enter front doors 
of gym and room is on right.  Contact -
<mailto:race at c-zone.net>race at c-zone.net
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2002 SERVICE AWARDS
Pacific Masters tries to honor a few of its volunteers with the 
annual service awards:
	Contributor of the Year
	Distinguished Service
	Personal Achievement  and
	Appreciation Award
Doug Huestis wrote about the awards in the newsletter
	http://www.pacificmasters.org/newsltr/02/02janfeb.pdf
To see the list of who has been presented the awards in the past go to:
	http://www.pacificmasters.org/general/awards.html
If you wish to nominate a person for a service award, write a letter 
of nomination and send it to Doug Huestis, 9 Escondido Av, San 
Francisco  CA  94132

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The minutes for the January meeting have been posted to the web site.
	http://www.pacificmasters.org/

REGISTRAR WILL BE OUT OF OFFICE MUCH OF FEBRUARY
Nancy Ridout, the Pac Masters registrar, will be out of the office 
much of February. This month she will be at the Olympic Training 
center in Colorado Springs with USMS Masters, have her shoulder 
"scoped" out, then at the USMS Executive Board winter meeting. If 
your questions are not quickly answered or your email not quickly 
answered, now you know why.

Have a good week.

michael

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michael w. moore
michael at pacificmasters.org