[PacMasterUpdate] The Update (the Ides of March)

[Update on Pacific Masters Swimming sent to members and friends.]

HELP
I need  help at the Bay Area Senior Games (tomorrow Sunday 16 March) 
at Stanford's Avery Aquatic Center for the Bay Area Senior Games 
swimming competition. It is a morning meet and should be over by 
noon. If you can help (timers are welcome) come to the Avery Center 
by 8:30. Thank you - michael


STRAWBERRY CANYON AQUATIC MASTERS MEET
The Strawberry Canyon Masters invitational Meet wil be Saturday 29 
March 2008 at the Spieker Aquatic Complex, University of California 
Berkeley. You can register on line by going to 
	http://scam.mastersswim.com
Online registration will be taken until 11:59 pm Wed March 26. Race 
day registration will be taken. The 500 Freestyle must be pre-entered.

PACIFIC MASTERS SHORT COURSE CHAMPIONSHIPS
The Pacific Masters Swimming Short Course Championships will be held 
11-13 April 2008 at the Dolores Bengston Aquatic Center, Pleasanton, 
California. The Championships are being organized  by the Tri Valley 
Masters and the Walnut Creek Masters.
	http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/08wcmscy.pdf
You must pre-enter the meet. Mail entries must be postmarked by 
Monday 24 March and received by Thursday 27 March. or you can enter 
on-line by 2 April 2008.

WORLDS
You must register by March 22 to compete at the XII FINA WORLD 
MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS.
    http://www.2008finamasters.org

STANFORD UNIVERSITY INVITATIONAL GRAND PRIX
The Stanford University Invitational Grand Prix will be held April 
4-6 2008 at the Avery Aquatic Center, Stanford. The meet is hosted by 
Stanford University, Palo Alto Stanford Aquatic and Pacific Swimming. 
Information can be found at
	http://www.pasa-swim.org/GPMain.html

It looks like there will be excellent competition.

CANCER SURVIVORS
Susan Helmrich, and Judy Struass masters swimmer, and  cancer 
survivors are organizing a Forum at Nationals in Austin for Cancer 
survivors. Janel Jorgensen, 1988 Olympian and Executive Director of 
Swim Across America has graciously agreed to be the speaker. They 
are working on a specific time and location for her talk but  it will 
be after the competition on Friday evening, May 2. They  would like a 
good turnout  Contact Judy Straus  judystrauss  at  sbcglobal dot net 
for more information.

SERVICE TO OUR MEMBERS
The Pacific Masters executive committee met in December to review 
where Pacific Masters is going and what can be done to improve our 
service to our members. There was much discussion, and we want to 
share our ideas with the membership. The committee will be discussing 
the Mission Statement and the goals at the April meeting, and would 
welcome you input. You can make comments directly to me by email, or 
may attend theMeetings

"SWIM FOR JUST 60 MINUTES A WEEK AND YOU'LL CUT YOUR RISK OF PROSTATE 
CANCER 31 PERCENT" From Men's Health April 2008 (Of course I realize 
that this information is of value to only 50% of our members.) (I 
wonder if I swim 2 hours a week will that cut the risk 62%) "Men with 
the highest fitness levels are three times less likely to die of 
cancer compared with those are are least active according to a 
University of Buffalo study."

PacMasters does well in FINA 2007 Top Ten (Take two or six)
I tried to read the FINA Top Ten. The information was in 5 point type 
in a four column format. There was no team designation, only country 
designation. I have made many changes and there have been five 
updates. The current version is at:
	Pacific Masters 
http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/07/07finaToptenPacMstrs.pdf

If you catch any errors, (this was all done by hand), please contact 
michael at michael at pacificmasters.org

OPEN WATER SWIM DIRECTOR'S MEETING
The Open Water Swim Director's meeting will be Sunday 30 March at the 
Olympic Club, 665 Sutter Street, San Francisco 94102

USMS SHORT COURSE NATIONALS
The 2008 USMS Short Course National Championships will be held May 
1-4 at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center at the University 
of Texas at Austin. The complete set of meet information is now 
available for this meet as well as the online entry system.

http://www.usms.org/comp/scnats08/pool.jpg

Swimmers are encouraged to enter online to help reduce entry errors.

https://www.usms.org/comp/scnats08/onlineentry.php

Online entries will be accepted until midnight CDT on April 3. Mailed 
entries must be postmarked by March 20 or received by March 27. Be 
sure to get your entry in early -- the entry fee is reduced by $10 
for entries received online or postmarked by March 20.

Read more...   http://www.usms.org/comp/scnats08/

ONLINE REGISTRATION
If you have not registered for Pacific Masters, you can register on 
line. It is quick and easy and you can do it in the privacy of your 
home. To compete you must be a current member of United States 
Masters Swimming, if you go to a meet to register and compete, you 
will just stand in line longer. By registering now you will get the 
USMS Swimmer and all the benefits of being a member, besides 
belonging to a group that has great people.
http://www.pacificmasters.org/admin/onlineRegistration.shtml


PACIFIC MASTERS 2008 SCHEDULE
The 2008 Pacific Masters Schedule has been posted on the web site.
	http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/schd.html
Currently 35 events are planned for the next year. Included in the 
schedule are short course yards, long course meters, short course 
meters and open water.


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michael

Recommendation for a physician
After having the same family physician for 40 years, he passed away 
late last year. I have to find a new family doctor or internal 
medicine doctor. If you have a  great doctor or know of one on the 
east side of San Francisco or south side of San Francisco, please let 
me know michael at pacificmasters.org. Thank you.
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The committee welcomes your comments, as the goal of the committee is 
to serve the clubs and members. PMS Mission Statement (draft). 
"Pacific Masters Swimming welcomes anyone who would like to gain and 
maintain fitness through swimming and encourages programs to foster 
this mission." Goals.

We would like to achieve the following goals this year. If you are 
interested in participating to achieve them, please let me know.

Goal 1. Target coaches and clubs for PMS programs and help. a. 
Implement a pilot program offering financial assistance to engage a 
coach for clubs that don't have one. Determine costs, identify clubs 
without coaches, sort by geographical areas.

b. Institute communications regarding opportunities to coaches and clubs.

Goal 2. Provide programs to enhance fitness and competitive opportunities.

a. Provide clinics, lectures, and other programs to improve the 
skills and health of our members.

b. Promote existing USMS fitness programs to clubs and individual members.

c. Promote pool, open water, and postal opportunities to members.

Goal 3. Provide resources to help clubs solve their problems.

Goal 4. Provide high quality competitive events. a. Implement the 
Hy-Tek meet program in all PMS events.

b. Update the Meet Directors handbook to be short, concise, and user 
friendly. Link to cuent appendices.

c. Provide resources to clubs hosting events.


-- 
michael w. moore
michael at mwmoore.org