Corvallis
Aquatic
Team
Board of
Directors Meeting
February 13th
, 2008
Members
Present: Rick Guenther, Greg Bostrom, Jeannie Schoper, Laura
Pfeifer, Lindsay Parker, Carol Allen, Suzanne
Marinello, Jay Celorie, Caroline
Wells, Tom Brooks, Bill Boyce, Kristin Shreeve
Jay
filling in for Alan.
The
meeting began at 7:01 PM.
Last
month’s minutes approved without change.
Reports:
Swimmer’s
Representative:
Caroline said the bowling party turned out well. .
Office
Manager
–
Laura got the file cabinet and lock. Cost
was only $10.
Thanks,
James.
Treasurer
–
Jeannie has
130 swimmers, about the same as last year’s at this time.
Last 3 meets exceeded budget by about
$2700. Still about $6,000 short. 11-14’s meet budget is $10,500. There was some discussion about what items
should be billed to OSI from the meet.
Awards
banquet budget $2,000 – includes awards, facility, and
decorations. Linus Pauling reserved
already.
The
relay board ended up costing more than was originally
thought. The Worden’s donated the
remainder of the cost.
$500
was made at the Woodstock’s
pizza.
Press
Liaison:
No report.
Coaches:
Rick
- Rick
talked about the Johnson
family’s sad news that Jane has advanced breast cancer and is now
receiving
hospice care. CAT will be sending
flowers.
After
an interesting attempt at
purchasing a video recorder through e-bay, one was finally purchased
through
Amazon at Target.
Rick
talked about all the meets that
were coming up: 11-14 champs next weekend; Sr. Oregon A’s-
Feb 28,29, Mar 1,2; Sr. Sectionals – Mar 5-9
(long course); Season Finale in Tualatin; Age Group Sectionals – Mar
14,15,16;
and Nationals.
Greg
– 10
and unders
this weekend. 14 kids going. 11 – 14’s –
30 kids in this group. Greg said he will send the season finale entries
to
Jeannie. Jacob Pebley going to zone
select camp. Greg would like to go as
his coach.
Masters
Representative – no report.
Pool
Director
– James
talked about the city council voting unanimously to
appropriate money for boiler replacement.
It was the only enhancement that the council was unanimous on. He appreciated those who came to speak to the
importance of Osborn.
Increased
splash fees have really benefited the pool – resulted in
an additional $3,200.
District
swim meet – CV girls placed 1st, CHS boys
placed 1st.
New
recreation equipment donated to the pool Will
be available to use at the CAT
prowl.
Talked
about needing more controls at the swim meets to help avoid
confusion as to CAT practices, for example.
Activity guide coming out soon. If CAT has anything they would like to
add,
let him know.
Meet
Director
– Kristin
has the 11-14’s time line and psych sheet done. Prelims
end at 1:30, finals start at
4:00. Warmups start at 4:00 on Thursday,
Feb 21st.
Concerned
about the need for volunteers. There are
still a lot of open spots on the
volunteer board. Jay said that he had
recruited the boy scouts to help out with the meet – in the area of
clean up in
particular, but they are willing to do anything that needs to be done.
Fundraising
– Has
made an
appointment with Applebee’s to see if they would be interested in
sponsoring
another fundraiser night. Has approached
McMinneman’s – they said no. Other
suggestions: Ruby Tuesday’s, El Sol de
Mexico, Dutch Bros, American Dream, Bombs Away.
Housekeeping
Items –
no housekeeping items
Open
Discussion – Still
no chairperson for the Awards Banquet. Waiting
on a response from Kerri Beamer. Several
parents willing to help out, but need
a leader.
Old
Business –
1. Suzanne passed around
the completed marketing flyer was passed around. Used
SP & B.
2. Bill and Rick completed
Level I for the USA
team recognition. Haven’t heard back yet
if qualify for the silver/gold level.
Should find out in March.
New
Business –
CAT-a-thon
– Rhonda Soule will be the chair. CAT
prowl is on April 26th .
Laura
said we need to start thinking about getting a press liason
as the Leslie’s won’t be active in CAT after this year.
And also, to consider a dues increase every
year rather than wait and then need to increase by a large amount.
Greg
can’t get the Vista meet
manager program to update. Needs $25 to
take care of that.
Tom
raised concern that we need more revenue. Rick
wanted to focus on summer league to
bring in more swimmers.
The
meeting adjourned at 8:18 PM.