In Attendance:
Shelley Palmer, Tony Crann, Eileen Saunders, Rhonda Tompkins, Diane Foreman, Stephen Dibblee
Meeting Called to order by Tony
1) Stephen gave a Coaches update. Only couple of meets left for the year. Which all require qualifying times. MWC is thinking about holding another development. There was a note sent to the parents to determine who is interested in attending.
2) Stephen discussed the structure of the groups for next year. The current Juniors well need a step before they can become part of the Senior group. He plans on putting back in a Intermediate group which would consist of primarily the existing Junior group. He will do and evaluation of the existing beginners and determine which ones should move to the Juniors.
3) Stephen we will need to discuss the Coaching structure of the groups for next year and make sure we are covered at each level.
4) Basic expectations are that beginners will attend at least one meet per year and beyond that the team is a competitive Team with Juniors and above competing in meets as recommended by the Head Coach
5) Rhonda gave the Treasurers report. Team finances are in good shape. The final fundraiser should give us the funds we need to finish the year in the black
6) Reviewed the caps. We have sold 12 caps and have 38 in inventory.
7)Tony to review with Kelly Foster cutting back the lanes to 2 from the end of May until the end of June
8)Swim-a-thon. Diane is in charge she will send the info to the parents. Will set expectation of raising minimum of $25 per swimmer. Date for event will be April 19th will probably have some sort of pot luck and invite the parents. Tony book a room for that afternoon
9)Tony gave a update from the most recent SNB board meeting in Fredericton. There are 869 registered swimmer in the province, 473 competitive and 329 non competitive and 67 Masters swimmers. The meets are going well around the province
10) Discussing the AGM(Annual General Meeting) for the WVST. Need to encourage all parents to attend this meeting. Will elect officials for the new year plus have a planning session for the upcoming. Date of the meeting May 5th at 6:15. Tony to send notice and the agenda to all parents
11) The group discussed any additional to the planning session/AGM agenda. Added to the agenda Development Planning for the coaches, officials development, discussion on fundraisers for next season. Funds sources swimmer fees, grants, Grocery Bagging, gift card promotion, Christmas basket, selling citrus, swim-a-thon
12) Tony to discuss with the civic center the back stroke flags. Does the Team need to buy or will the civic center.
13) Tony to have adds in the paper mid April recruiting new swimmers for the end of the season to try and get them back into the regular program for the fall. Tony to get prepared the letter to go to all summer swim Team participants and all swimming lesson kids. The civic center has agreed to distribute
14) Meeting adjourned
