[PacMasterUpdate] The Update 25 May 2009

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

PACIFIC MASTERS MISSION STATEMENT:
As adopted by the Pacific Masters Committee the Mission of Pacific Masters is:

Pacific Masters Swimming welcomes anyone who would like to gain and 
maintain fitness through swimming and encourages programs to foster 
this mission.

Lake Del Valle
The Lake Del Valle1.5 mile will be a national championship meet next 
year. This year's meet will be a great time to practice for next 
year. The meet is 31 May and there is race day registration.
	http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/09triow.pdf

LAKE BERRYESSA
The Lake  Berryessa swim will be held June 6th. This is one of the 
most popular swims in the United States with about 1,000 Masters 
swimmers competing in the fresh water of Lake Berryessa. There is the 
two mile swim and the one mile swim for Masters Swimmers.
	http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/09damow.pdf
You can preregister on-line until 7pm 1 June. Late registration is 
possible with a payment of a late fee.

Tiberon Mile
The Tiberon Mile has had a date change. The swim will be held on 13 September.

OPEN WATER CHAMPIONSHIPS
The 2009 PMS Open Water championship will take place at the Santa 
Cruz Roughwater Pier Swim, August 2, 2009. Lake Mendocino is not the 
championship swim this year as indicated in Swimmer Magazine.

FACEBOOK
After the last Pacific Masters Committee meeting, Carolyn Lambert has 
started a FACEBOOK Page for members of the Pacific Masters Swimming 
Community. Anyone can join Facebook, then you can search for Pacific 
Masters to join the Pacific Masters network. There are also many 
Pacific Masters Clubs who have also established a Facebook group..
  	http://www.facebook.com

NEW MAILING LISTS
PACIFIC MASTERS CONTACTS
We are establishing two new mailing lists. The first is for the club 
contact for Pacific Masters.  It would be greatly apprecaited if you 
are the club contact that you accept the invitation to join the 
group. You will receive minutes and other information about Pacific 
Masters. When your invitation arrives, please subscribe to the 
Pacmastercontacts mailing list

You can subscribe by going to
	http://lists.sonic.net/mailman/listinfo/pacmastercontact

PACIFIC MASTERS COACHES
We are creating a mailing list for coaches. All who said they were a 
coach will receive an inviation to join the mailing list. This 
mailing list will be so that help facilitate information between 
coaches.

                 http://lists.sonic.net/mailman/listinfo/pacmastercoaches

5K and 10K M POSTAL
May 15th was the opening of the 5K and 10K Meters Postal event. If 
you swim the five or ten K swim you can submit your times and be 
entered in the event.

More information can be found at:
	http://www.usms.org/longdist/ldnats09/5k10kpostalentry.pdf

NEW OPEN WATER PAGE
Pacific Masters now has a new home page for open water.
    http://www.openwaterpacific.org
The page describes the Pacific Masters open water swims and has  a 
few pictures of open water swims.


OPEN WATER 101- Moved to Lake Del Valle
Want to learn about open water swimming, but not sure how to start? 
Concerned about cold water, crowded starts, open water culture, 
Pacific Masters is sponsoring Open Water 101 a clinic for new and 
developing open water swimmers. It will cover Breathing and sighting, 
coping with panic, pack swimming, water entry and exit and mental 
Preparation.

There will be dry land talks by Suzanne Heim-Bowen and Suzie Dods as 
well as other local, national and international open water swimmers. 
The location has been moved to Lake Del Valle. There is a limit of 50 
swimmers so register early:
	http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/09pmsow101.pdf
Tell your triathlete friends they can take the course, but you must 
be a member of US Masters Swimming to attend the class.

BIDDING FOR NATIONAL POOL CHAMPIONSHIPS
You can create an exciting opportunity for your club by bidding to 
host either the 2011 United States Masters Swimming National Short or 
Long Course Championships. The USMS Championship Committee to 
strongly encourage you to work with facilities within your LMSC to 
consider bidding for either of these showcase events. All entries are 
now processed by USMS, which takes away much tedious work from the 
host. The short course meet (25 yards or meters) typically takes 
place mid-May, however, it may be held anytime between April 15th and 
May 31st in accordance with USMS rules. The long course meet 
typically takes place mid-August although its allowable range is 
August 1 - September 15th.

BIDDING FOR NATIONAL OPEN WATER CHAMPIONSHIPS
The Long Distance Open Water Committee is soliciting bids for postal 
events for 2011 and the Open Water events for 2011. The Postal events 
are the One Hour Postal, the 3,000-6,000 yard postal and the 5,000 
and 10,000 M postal Clubs are encourage to bid for those events.

For the open water events, in 2011 it is the West region's turn to 
host and organize the one mile Open water swim, the 1 Mile cable and 
the 3-6 Mile swim. The national championships would be a great way to 
get swimmers from all over the US to come to your swim.

Next year Lake Del Valle wil be the venue of the 1-3 Mile national 
championship. This year Millerton Lake was the scene of the one mile 
national championship.

UPDATING THE PACIFIC MASTERS MAIL LIST
The Pacific Masters email list had almost 20,000 subscribers on it. 
Since we  are limited to 20,000 subscribers on the list, so was is 
time to do a little pruning. I went back to the 2007, 2008 and the 
current rosters and pulled all the email addresses from those lists. 
All members on those lists were re-subscribed to the updated list. 
(those who asked to be removed, were removed) . Anyone can subscribe 
to the Update at:
	http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/pacmasterupdate
You can also unsubscribe by going to that address.

PACIFIC MASTERS BY THE NUMBERS
Grand Count		8780
Last year at this time we were at 7609 a 15% increase over last year. 
Congratulations to all the coaches who work with the swimmers and do 
it in a manner that the swimmers stay with the team.

Clubs with 100 or more swimmers
Davis Aquatic Masters	553
Walnut Creek		443
Stanford Master		402
Tuolumne County Aqtic Msters	401
Menlo Masters		341
Santa Clara Swim Club	332
USF Masters		318
Santa Cruz Masters		247
Mountain View Masters	205
Manatee Masters		204
Temescal Masters		177
Tri Valley Masters		160
Modesto Area Aquatic Club	157
Burlingame Masters		155
Strawberry Canyon		155
Rocklin Aquatic Masters	151
Central Valley Aquatic Msters	150
South End Rowing Club	140
Bay Masters		136
Sierra Nevada Masters	132
Tsunami Masters		132
Dolphin Club		121
Rinconada Masters		121
The Olympic Club		120
Peninsula Covanent Aqu Mstr	115
San Mateo			106
Sacramento Masters		103

MARK GILL TO BECOME USMS DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS
Mark Gill will fulfill the position of Director of Business 
Operations. Mark has been a business management professor at the 
University of Louisville for the last five years. His official start 
date is June 1. Mark will have an office in Sarasota once the 
headquarters are open. He will manage the Member Services, and Club & 
Coach Services business units. Mark has frequently been the meet 
announcer at the Masters Championships and was one of the main 
announcers at the FINA Worlds at Stanford. Welcome aboard, Mark!

US MASTERS SWIMMING LONG COURSE CHAMPIONSHIPS REGISTRATION OPENS
The complete meet information, paper entry form (PDF) and online 
entry system are now available for the 2009 USMS Long Course National 
Championships to be held in Indianapolis August 6-10. The Long Course 
Championships will feature a relay day on Saturday, August 8, where 
all the long course relays will be contested.
	http://www.usms.org/comp/lcnats09/meetinfo.php
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FROM USMS PRESIDENT ROB COPELANE ON THE FINA RELEASE ON SWIMMING SUITS
Dear USMS Membership,

The Executive Committee met this week and discussed the recent FINA 
news release. USMS does abide by FINA policies however we recognize 
that there is much confusion with interpreting and applying the FINA 
release. In response and until further suit policy clarification is 
provided by FINA, USMS Board President Rob Copeland issued the 
following statement. Additionally, the USMS Rules Committee will be 
meeting on May 31st as they monitor the situation, any new 
information made available, and the implications it could have on 
USMS sanctioned events.

Rob Butcher
Executive Director

To: Kathy Casey, Rules Committee Chair
Marcia Cleveland, Long Distance Committee Chair

Date: May 20, 2009

At this point in time no suits should be listed as banned by U.S. 
Masters Swimming for pool or open water swimming.

While FINA has listed the 202 approved swimsuits, FINA has NOT listed 
the 10 suits that have been "rejected for not passing the tests of 
buoyancy and/or thickness" or made a ruling on the "136 swimsuits to 
be modified in accordance with "Dubai Charter"." Until FINA provides 
the definitive list of banned swimsuits and specific actions on the 
136, we should not report any suit as banned in a USMS sanctioned 
event.

If you hear anything from FINA in contradiction to this statement, 
please inform me as soon as possible. The list of FINA approved suits 
can be found at: 
http://www.fina.org/project/index.ph...=2389&Itemid=9. The FINA press 
release can be found at: 
http://www.fina.org/project/index.ph...390&Itemid=108

Rob Copeland
President - United States Masters Swimming

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