Thursday, August 21, 2014

Minutes August 13, 2014 6:30 at Woodstock Golf Club

Attendees - Tony Crann, Eileen Saunders, Mark Gaddas, Peter Carswell, Sharon Hamilton

1) -$5800 in bank-2 fees still o/s should raise balance to $7200 when collected
-Mark to e-mail parents to remind them of fees still due.
-Eileen to apply for operational grant $1200-$1500
-May need to look at doing some additional fundraising this year

2)-1 definite and have been talking to 4 possible new swimmers this season.
-Need to get posters in schools early in September to recruit new swimmers.
-Peter to see about getting some business cards done up with web site
 information to hand out.
-Could do free advertising in the weekend Advertiser.
-Ideally would like to have 35-40 swimmers.

3)-Need to recruit swimmers from Woodstock, Hartland and Carleton North
 for the high school swim team.
-Eileen to look after Woodstock
-Marie to look after Hartland
-Tony to talk to Todd Saunders for Carleton North
 -To avoid Swim Canada Fees they would need to have a teacher sponsor and
  we could provide the coach for practice and meets.
-Fees would be approximately $40 per swimmer for the 10 week season.

4)4 Premier Meets, 4 Invitational, 2 camps and Provincials.

5)Tony to talk to Luke, corporate lawyer for Day & Ross to see about getting papers
 done up so we can be incorporated.  Should be able to get done at no cost.

6)Practice schedule same as last year and can make any adjustments after Christmas.
-2 hours Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and 1 1/2 hours on Wednesday.

7)-Annual fees should remain same as last year with $8 adjustment for Swim Canada increase. 
-Meet fees will need to be paid before swimmers go to meets.

8)Tony has talked to Kelly Foster and to save paying LSD, the Civic Center wants to
 collect our annual fees and meet fees on our behalf.
-Mark to meet with Charlotte from the Civic Center to get plans in motion.

9)We will have our year end meeting and election of executives in September
 after registration.

10)Marta from Fredericton will be working with Eileen again this year so we can
 follow their schedule.
-Eileen will remain as Head Coach
-Lilianna has been trained and is doing her portfolio
-Marie will be coaching Tuesdays and Fridays 
-Caleb will assist again this year when can
-Mark mentioned that Jenna Bull may be interested in assisting with practice if she is available
-We still need to work on getting another coach for next year.

11)Tony to talk to Matt about getting new names done for record board.

12)Do not think our logo can be removed so Mark to talk to Ken Harding
 re cost sharing to replace.

13)Tony to get information from Pat for the Run, Skip, Jump program
-Eileen will review and see about getting it started in early September
 before the pool opens in preparation for the new season.

14)All in attendance agreed that we need more parent participation in
 different areas of the club to keep it running smoothly.

Meeting was adjourned

Sunday, August 10, 2014

Agenda WVST Meeting August 13, 2014 7:00 PM at the Civic Center

1) Call meeting to order.

2) Financial update from Treasurer

3) Recruitment of new swimmers for the fall program

4) High school swim Team discussion

5) Meet schedule and season planning

6) Practice schedule for the up coming season

7) Review of meet fees for new season

8) Year end meeting and election of Executive in September

9) User fees for LSD and how it affects the registration. Review offer from the civic center to handle our registration

10) Coaching discussion for the new season..

11)Updating of the records board for the fall season

12) Discussion of logo in the civic center . Can we get removed without ruining

13) Run skip jump new program for dry land to complement swimming

14) Adjourn meeting.