[PacMasterUpdate] Pacific Masters Update, March 10

pacmasterupdate at PacificMasters.org Fri Mar 11 00:53:37 EST 2005


UPCOMING EVENTS
RINCONADA SPRING SHORT COURSE MEET
The Rinconada Spring Short Course meet returns to the Rinconada Pool
in Palo Alto on Saturday March 12, 2005.  This will be at the 
Rinconada pool. The 1000 Free starts at 9 am ( you have to be 
pre-entered) The rest of the meet will not begin before 11am. It 
looks like Saturday will be a beautiful day - a great day for 
swimming.

STRAWBERRY CANYON INVITATIONAL
The Strawberry Canyon Aquatic Masters Invitational Meet will be
Saturday March 19. PreEntries must be received by March 9th.
	http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/schd.html

CHANGE TO PAC MASTERS RULES
The Pacific Masters Committee is considering  making a change to the 
Guide to Operations in that "All entries must include an entry time. 
No Time will be assigned an estimated time." the committee is also 
considering if a competitor enters a time that is much." Also if 
swimmers enters a seeded event with a time significantly slower than 
his recorded time, the meet director may change the seeded time th a 
realistic time.

ON YOUR MARK! - STARTS AND TURN CLINIC AT THE OLYMPIC CLUB
Mark your calendars!  USMS Coach of the Year Scott Williams of the 
Olympic Club will host a clinic to prepare competitors for the 
upcoming short course Pacific Championships in April. 

The focus will be on  starts and turns in the Olympic Club's new 
indoor facility. 

Space is limited to 50 participants.  

Clinic Date:  Sunday, March 27
Time:  4:00 to 5:30 pm
Location:  The Olympic Club, 665 Sutter Street, San Francisco
Cost: $25

Make checks payable to Pacific Masters, and send check with a copy of 
current USMS registration to:

	Leianne Crittenden
	1 Indian Gulch Rd.
	Piedmont, CA  94611

If you provide your phone number with your payment, phone 
confirmation of attendance will be made by Friday March 18.

For more information, please contact Leianne at (650)506-3933 or by
email at <mailto:LeianneC at aol.com>LeianneC at aol.com

Thanks to Scott Williams and the Olympic Club for putting this on.
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PRELIMINARY SCM TOP TEN
The preliminary SCM top ten is out. Please check it at
	http://www.usms.org/comp/tt/
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USMS ELECTIONS
Elected Officers and Directors on the USMS Board of Directors ("BOD") 
are elected by the members of the House of Delegates at the annual 
meetings. The elected BOD positions and their election schedule can
be found in the current USMS Code of Regulations and Rules of 
Competition (Articles 505: OFFICERS and 506: BOARD OF DIRECTORS). 
Processes for the election are governed by the current version of the
Election Operating Guidelines.  Information about the elections is on 
the USMS web site
	http://www.usms.org/admin/election05/



LOOKING FOR GOOD LINKS THAT TELL ABOUT THE SAN FRANCISCO
We are looking for good web links that  would tell visitors about the
San Francisco Bay Area. These links would be for the XI FINA World
Masters Championships web site.
   please email your suggested links to mailto:links at pacificmasters.org

Thanks for those who have sent in links already

USMS SWIMMER
The new USMS magazine for the membership is USMS Swimmer. It will be 
out soon. If you wish to read the articles early go to:
	http://www.usmsswimmer.com/

Oly Coach Scott Williams has an Training and Technique article on the 
Web Workout. Fremont swimmer Marion Briones is the co-webmaster of 
the USMS site.


USMS GOVERNANCE
A thread has been started on the Discussion Forum to discuss new 
proposals from the Governance Task Force.  The Task Force wants to be 
sure that all delegates are aware of the new proposals and have an 
opportunity to comment.  Below is the initial posting on the Forum 
under Long Range Planning/USMS Governance Task Force.

Major changes concerning the Officers and the Board of Directors were 
passed at the 2004 convention.  Since then, the Governance Task Force 
(formed by the USMS Planning Committee) has been working on the 
definition of powers and responsibilities for the House of Delegates 
(HOD), Board of Directors (BOD), and Executive Committee (EC).  A 
report and the documents can be found at: 
http://usms.org/admin/policies/content/governance_policies.


SPMA SPRING SWIM CAMP
The Mission Viejo Masters, Mark Moore and Karlyn Pipes-Nelson will be 
holding the SPMA Spring swim Camp March 18-20. Also coaching will be 
Wayne McCauley and Nadine Day. Hosted by the Mission Viejo Nadadores 
Masters. ($225) for more information http://www.mastersmvmswim.org

AQUATHON
The Community Association for Rehabilitation (www.c-a-r.org) raises 
money with an Aquathon every September. The mission of CAR is to 
support and promote the achievements of people with developmental and 
other disabilities so they can continue to be valued members of the 
community. The aquathon is a 30-minute 8-person relay where local 
companies and community groups compete against each other. It is 
normally held at a pool somewhere on the peninsula and is a lot of 
fun. Each participant is expected to raise a minimum of $50.

Please contact me, Ginny Langmuir (vklangmuir at yahoo.com), if you 
would be interested in putting together a team for either your 
masters team or for your company. I have been a volunteer adapted 
aquatics instructor for children with developmental disabilities for 
6 years and these children benefit in countless ways from being able 
to spend time in the pool.

STROKE AND TURN CLINIC IN NEVADA CITY
Here are the directions to the Stroke and Turn Officials Clinic hosted
by the Grass Valley Penguins.  Please RSVP to Brian Rhodes at
(530) 265-1559.   or E-mail    brian.rhodes at co.nevada.ca.us

Meeting Place     Nevada County Superintendent of Schools Offices
                            Houser Room
                            112 Nevada City Highway
                            Nevada City, CA 95959

(located on the corner of Ridge Road and Nevada City Highway)


Meeting Time       March 23rd, 2005     at  6:30 PM
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Pacific Masters by the Numbers
1	DAM	452
2	WCM	320
3	TCAM	273
4	USF	207
5	MAM	200
6	Menlo	198
7	SCAM	193
8	MVM	157
9	STAN	156
10	Cruz	154
11	TSUN	138
12	bmw	137
13	RINC	135
14	TVM	121
15	SMMM	110
16	RAMS	109
17	SAC	103

Total members	5287
Number of Clubs	93
Update List	13632

Team representative can get their membership roll from the Pacific 
Masters web site.

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thank you.

Have a good week

michael

Well  I am back from Shanghai, still a little jet lagged after flying 
to Washington, DC then flying to Shanghai for the FINA Bureau 
meeting. I made a presentation before the Bureau about the 2006 FINA 
World Masters Championships.

We most of what we asked for. The Bureau decided on qualifying times, 
which will be announced soon. The Bureau also agreed to the schedule 
we proposed - this will be release soon also - when it is announced, 
it will be mentioned in the Update.

See you at the Rinconada meet.

Have a good weekend.


michael
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michael w. moore
michael at mwmoore.org