MCSL Executive Committee

MCSL Reps

Minutes of the February 8, 2007 Meeting

1. Call to Order: The meeting was held at the Montgomery County Executive Center Cafeteria. President Jim Garner called the meeting to order at 8:05 p.m. All but 27 teams were represented at the meeting.

2. President:

· Jim welcomed all the MCSL Reps to the first meeting of the 2007 season and especially welcomed all of the new Reps. He then introduced the MCSL Executive Committee Members and described the positions held and duties of each member. He welcomed Robbye Fox and Brian Crilly as newest MCSL Board members.

· Jim put out a call for those teams interested in purchasing Colorado starting equipment and accessories. He is able to get a one time volume discount for new units and requested interested Reps to e-mail him.

· Jim advised that there was a suggestion to start the MCSL Rep meetings at 7:30 p.m. going forward and asked the Reps to decide on this time change at the next meeting.

· Jim also advised that the next two meetings will include pre-arranged seating by division in order to be able to discuss items of interest to each division among the Reps.

3. Vice President:

· Vice President Sally MacKenzie discussed the MCSL policy on changing teams advising those with members changing teams but not their addresses to submit requests to her at rules@mcsl.org.

· Sally advised that MCSL will celebrate its 50^th Anniversary in 2008. She informed Reps of ideas compiled to date and asked Reps to talk about this and advise of those who would be interested in forming a committee to assist the Board. Contact Sally at rules@mcsl.org.

· Sally discussed the two proposed rule changes of which Reps had been given an advance mailing. One involved a change to the Relay Carnival events to which the Board recommended a no vote, and the other to add a relay in the Open Medley event to which the Board is neutral. Sally clarified that a swimmer can, indeed, swim three relays--the Open Medley, the IM, and the Free Relay. If the swimmer swims all three relays, he or she can only swim two individual events. (See p. 45 in the handbook, Rule 11 h.i Example 1.). She also clarified that a swimmer must be on the team roster to swim in the meet, but a swimmer does not have to be entered in an individual event to swim in a relay. (p. 47, Rule 11 q. deals with swimmer entries for relay events.). Several Reps offered compelling comments as to how they viewed the rule changes. Sally requested that Reps communicate with one another on these changes and be ready to vote on them at the next meeting.

4. Secretary:

Secretary Frank Magnanelli advised that the Reps e-mail list is a work in progress and to be sure to e-mail changes to him at secretary@mcsl.org and cc to web@mcsl.org.

Around the Table:

· Denice Wepasnik (Clinics) discussed the 2007 Officials Clinic schedule that will include an Advanced Referee Clinic for returning Referees and several full clinics. Please see the MCSL Website for the full schedule soon to be posted. She also noted that MCSL Officials may attend a Potomac Valley Stroke and Turn clinic and a PVS Automation Clinic that will serve as MCSL certifications. Please see the PVS website for details.

· Linda Rabb (Automation) provided an overview of the upcoming automation clinics on Meet Manager software. She requested that Reps contact their team’s automation reps or designate someone to handle automation duties. MCLS provides MM software to the teams but teams must purchase their own copies of the Team Manager software. This year we will be using the TM4 version and she advised that Hytek will not provide support to previous versions. She will distribute the MCSL Automation Manual at the clinics. Please see the MCSL website for all the details.

· Linda also discussed the MCSL Records process.

· Debbie Mengering (Awards) advised B-Meet ribbon forms will be distributed at the March MCSL Reps meeting and plans to have the ribbons by the June meeting. She asked the Reps to gather their B-Meet ribbon requirements for the upcoming season.

· Bob Hincke (Webmaster) advised team information is an automated process and teams should mail new information to him at web@mcsl.org. He noted that he is in the process of updating all of the MCSL Website pages and to keep checking the website to verify current info as it is posted noting an April 1^st deadline for information to make it into the printed MCSL Handbooks.

6. Adjournment: The President adjourned the meeting at 8:45 p.m.

Respectfully Submitted,

Frank Magnanelli