Jim Garner proposed the possibility of adding 50 free and the 50 strokes (Breast, Back and Fly) to either Senior I and II as well as the Senior and Junior Championship LC meets. A copy of his written Proposal is attached.

Discussion followed which included whether the 3 event/day limit should be modified if these events were added.

Motion was made to add 50 Free to either SR I or SR II - Motion Passed

Questions were raised whether the 50's would count toward the events needed to receive PVS travel assistance. Linda Klopfenstein agreed that the 50's (either free or stroke) would count if swum at the appropriate meet. Further discussion continued regarding the effect of adding 50 stroke to the SR LC Open meets and the Championship meets, including the likely impact on the time lines and the possible placement of those events.

Jim Garner made a motion that 50 Strokes be added to the JR & SR Champ LC Meets and that 100M QT's would be used for 50M stroke events. - Motion Failed

Mike Pliuskaitis moved that 50 Free be added as the 1st event of SR I. Motion passed There was a discussion of how this would impact other events in that meet. It was proposed that the 200M IM would now be swum before the 100 M Butterfly. Motion passed

There then followed discussion regarding adding of 50 Stroke to the SCY meets for the 13 & Overs at the 2000-01 PVS SC Opens Meets. Greg York and Kit Mathews encouraged the body to consider these events at the Club level first and then gauge the interest.

Kit Mathews subsequently moved to add the 50 Strokes to the January Open keeping the event limit to 3 events per day. There was discussion followed regarding event order and placement of new events. Motion Failed

Dale Lewis moved to add 50 stroke (only one each at each of the Opens). Motion Failed

Bonus Events
Discussion regarding bonus events at SC & LC Championship meets. Kit reminded the body that it was his view the intent was to progress from JR Champs to Sr Champs, but not forgo participating in Jr Champs to swim a bonus at SR Champs instead.

More discussion followed regarding the addition of Bonus events to JR Champs SCY 01.

Motion - Allow 1 Bonus event at SCY Jr Champs 2001, regardless of the number of events currently qualified for so long as the total number of events does not exceed the maximum of 3/day or 6/meet. A friendly amendment was made to possibly limit the entries in the distance events if time constraints at meet make this advisable. Motion Passed

Garner provided the Committee with a written proposal regarding a possible Open Water reimbursement policy. A copy is attached to these minutes. Discussion followed regarding the current Open Water reimbursement policies of other LSCs. Jim Garner referred to an email sent to him regarding MD Swimming's policy.

Lengthy discussion occurred regarding qualifying times and the level at which Potomac Valley should participate in travel reimbursement for meets that are rarely if ever hosted in this LSC. Consideration was given to looking at the Qualifying times for Distance events on the Jr & SR national level, but it was pointed out that athletes competing in Open Water events frequently are not good pool swimmers. They would never make a JR or SR national QT in the mile but do exceptionally well in a similar Open Water event. Kerry Ellett informed the body that athletes participating in USA Swimming Championship Open Water events must have previous open water times in the 5 & 10K and must have met certain qualifying times.

Further discussion continued regarding whether the LSC supports only pool swimming or all swimming. Opinions were offered about support coming from the club level versus the LSC level. Per Kerry, the number of athletes participating from this LSC in open water meets is approximately 20: 6 for the 25K, 3 for the 10K and 13 for the 5K. A motion was made by Kerry Ellett to support in principle Open Water Travel Reimbursement for Open Water National Events as recognized by USA Swimming. Motion Passed.

A motion - was made by Kerry Ellett that $5,000 be budgeted as Travel Assistance for the Open Water Season. An individual athlete's share would not exceed the current JR Share.

Discussion followed. Kerry Ellett pointed out the 10 K Open Water Swim was the next aquatic event being added to the Olympics, World Championships is adding both the 5 & 25 K events and the National Team will be selected off that meet. This is a positive move for athletes and clubs. A suggestion was made that a committee be formed and review the funding process after the first year. This suggestion was subsequently withdrawn. Further discussion occurred and Mark Eldridge suggested the athletes receive 1/3 the national share for a 1 day event. Kerry responded that a 25K is really much more than a 1 day event. Greg York responded that "an event is an event."

Vote on Motion to Budget $5,000 for the Open Water Meet Season with Shares NTE Jr Share or the $5,000 budget. MOTION Passed

Slow/Illegal Swimming
Discussion regarding the letter sent to Sr Swimming Chairman by the Meet Referee of the PVS SC Senior Champs held in March, 2000 regarding a number of "slow swims and intentional DQ's at SR Champs." Lengthy discussion followed. The consensus was the coaches need to work this out before September and make a recommendation to the BoD.

Athlete of the Year
Dave Tonnesen asked to withdraw the motion he made and which was passed at the January 2000 Competition Committee meeting. He made a friendly amendment to correct a misunderstanding. Motion to return the Athlete of the Year Age Groups to 15-16, 17-18, and Open - Motion Passed

Age Group Division
Ward Foley thanked the Body, the Zone Coaches, and Zone Team managers for all their hard work at the SCY Eastern Zone Meet. He further suggested that the incoming AG Chair and the Competition Committee look at the time lines and format of AG Champs. He stated, it does not appear to be working well and should be reviewed.

LC Zone Coaches
The Admin Office provided the names of the five coaches who had applied to be a PVS LC Zone Coach prior to the meeting. Motion was made to accept the five applications received : George Massey, Evan Stiles, Bob Walker, Christian Dowd, and Rob Griffin. Motion Passed

Vote by written ballot for the Head and Assistant Head Coaches: Qualified are George Massey, Bob Walker & Evan Stiles. Election Results: Bob Walker - Head LC Zone Coach - George Massey - Assistant Head LC Zone Coach. Motion to destroy ballots - Motion Passed

SC 2000-01 Schedule
The Competition Committee was provided with copies of the 2000-01 schedule that had been approved by the PVS Board at its April 25 meeting.

Venue for October Open
Greg York presented a proposal to move the October Open out of MLK and Mt Vernon and instead swim it, (as we will for the November Open) in three courses at two venues. He stated this would save an already stressed budget $1573, and get us out of Mt Vernon where many of the coaches had indicated in the fall and winter they did not want to swim due to poor facility conditions.

Discussion followed. Motion to take the proposal to the PVS BoD and ask them to reconsider the proposed schedule. - Motion Failed

November Open
Dave Tonnesen spoke to his subcommittee's progress on how to revamp the November Open meet program to swim take advantage of being able to swim three courses at only two venues. He suggested the meet be broken by age groups with all PVS teams at each session 9-10 @ 1 site (PGS&LC), 11-12 @ 1 site (PGS&LC) both in the am and 13 & Overs @ Fairland in the evening. Discussion followed which included concerns whether there would be sufficient deck space and what the resulting time lines would likely be. John H. requested that Dave and the committee submit a more formal plan in writing so Operations could fully understand the proposal, review the concerns of the body, and make a recommendation to the BoD at the June meeting as to whether the proposed meet was operationally feasible. Such information would also be needed to prepare the MA which needs to be finalized during the summer.

Concerns were raised as to how could a change in the program be adopted by Competition since any change would have to be reflected in a released MA prior to the fall Competition Committee. It was suggested that the Competition Committee could authorize a subcommittee of itself to act on behalf of the full Committee. Tonnessen's committee was given this responsibility with the understanding that Hirschmann was part of this subcommittee.

FY 2000-01 Proposed Budget Thirl reviewed the proposed 2000 summary budget that had been approved by the PVS Board of Directors with a recommendation to the House of Delegates that it be adopted. He highlighted the basis for the key accounts and responded to questions.

Discussion followed. This included the basis for the proposed $32,00 subsidy to the PVS SC and LC Zone Teams in 2000-01

A motion was made to reduce Zone Team subsidy from $32,000 to $20,000. Passed as a recommendation of the Competition Committee to the House of Delegates

A motion was also made to reduce National Meet Travel funding by $10,000. Passed as recommendation of the Competition Committee to the House of Delegates.

Zone Report
Ward Foley asked the General Chairman how much the LSC made from the Zone meet. Thirl's response was that number has not yet been determined to date. Greg York questioned how much was made by the club - Linda Crudup passed around a copy of the Meet Directors's Financial Report that was submitted to USA swimming and the Zone. Bob Walker's provided a report as Head SCY Zone Coach and summarized his observations for the body. A copy of his complete report is attached.

Bob discussed his three main concerns as outlined in his report. Dave Tonnesen and the body concurred that Bob should prepare a report with his recommendations for the Fall Competition Committee Meeting. It was noted by several that since Bob has so much experience as a Zone coach it would be most appropriate for him to make some specific suggestions for the body to review in the fall.

Linda Crudup reminded the body of possible implications the Zone budget cut which she felt should be considered when making any recommendations.

Greg York recommended that PVS policy be modified so that the election of the Head and Assistant Head Coaches for the SC Zone team be held in September. The other assistant coaches should be elected in March before the meet when they know if their kids are going and their interest is greater. It was recommended that he take the proposal to the HoD or BoD.

Records
Greg York reported on the recommendation of his committee for the PVS records policy. Minutes of that meeting are attached.

A motion was made to adopt the recommendation of the committee. - Motion Passed

The Records committee will take steps to implement these recommendations and report back to the PVS BoD and to the fall Competition Committee Meeting