[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