BCSSA

Fraser South Regional District

 

Minutes of Annual General Meeting

August  7th,  2001

 

 

Present:     Steve Plummer, Mike Murphy, Andy Hobbs, Anne Munro, Bob Munro, Joan Angrignon, Virginia Moore, Amelia Werk, Winnie Palubiski, John Roberts, John Godin, Kim Findlay, Andrea Findlay, Julie Jones, Mike Girard, Rod Smith, Allison Miller Bruchet, Gary Payne, Debbie Payne, Judith Huntington, Myna Moriega, Donna Beaton, Pierre Leduc, Diane Gerwin, Margaret Price

 

1.  MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING

The minutes of the Annual General meeting held August 4, 2000 were approved.  Motion to approve by Bob Munro, seconded by Joan Angrignon.                                                              Motion Carried

 

2.   CORRESPONDENCE - none

 

3.   REPORTS

 

Regional Director

·         Thanked Bob Munro for doing a great job at organizing Regionals

·         Thanked Gary & Debbie Payne for all their hard work as Directors of Officials

·         Presented Master Pins to Bob Munro, Gary Payne, and Debbie Payne

·         Proceeds of the 50/50 at Regionals will be going to the Cancer Society.  We are hoping to raise $250 this weekend.

·         Presented Regional Directors report – see attached

o        Highlights of the report include:

§         Great to see continued growth in our region

§         Encourage all to work toward their Senior & Master official pins

§         Preliminary study has been done on our A/B cutoff times

§         Recommend reviewing the value of the coaches conference

§         Thanked all for completing the Fraser South questionnaire

 

Assistant Director    

·         Thanked all that have helped at Regionals.  So far the meet has run smoothly.

·         Acknowledged Team Aquatics donation of $250 which will go towards coaching development

·         Grateful to Sierra Wireless for copying the Regional programs at no charge.  This is a savings of approximately $800 to the region. 

 

Registrar

·         Total registration this season is 979 slightly down from 1,072 last season.

 

Club                       2001                       2000

 

Boundary Bay          104                         107

Cloverdale                 49                         67

Crescent Beach         88                         104

Delta Diving               16                            0

Ladner                    145                         139            

North Delta              151                         242                  

Richmond                190                         167

Surrey                       90                           89

White Rock             146                         157

 

Totals                     979                         1,072

 

 

 

 

Director of Officials

·         Great year!  Had at least 5 clinics with approximately 50 people attending.  Let’s keep it up!

 

Treasurer

·         Presented financial statements – see attached. Have $5,000 in term deposit & $25 remaining in chequing account. 

·         Request all Provincial entries to accompany club cheques by Tuesday, as we no longer have extra money to cover advance payment.

 

Secretary – nothing to report 

 

Coach’s Representative

·         Presented report – see attached

o        Highlights of report include:

§         Recommend using Watermania for Regionals and to run as a double ended swim meet

§         Addressed concerns expressed from Simon Fraser region regarding winter maintenance & the 2 hr rule

§         Request that “A” swimmers not be allowed to swim their respective “A” events at Development meets.

§         Recommend changing wording in the Regional package – Swimmer Eligibility from “The Dequalifying Time in any BCSSA sanctioned meet may swim in the “B” Tier… to “Fraser South “A” Qualifying time.

Equipment Manager

·         Equipment purchased this season – 1 Touch Pad, 7 Interconnect cables, & 1 Harness cable

 

Water Polo- Vacant

 

Diving - Not present

 

Synchro - Vacant

 

4.   CLUBS

 

 

Boundary Bay –  Great year due to excellent coaching!

 

Cloverdale – Many best times this year due to great coaching!

 

Crescent Beach – It was slow start but came around.  Having a good year.  Encouraging swimmers and families to come to meets.

 

Ladner – Lot’s of younger swimmers but down in senior swimmers this year.  Having a good year.

 

North Delta  - Capped swimmers at 150, which worked out better for coaching.  New pool scheduled to be open next June, but since this is not a given, North Delta probably won’t have their meet next year.

 

Richmond  - Great year!  This is Eric’s last season, after 6 years as head coach.

 

Surrey – Had 90 swimmers this year – Great year!

 

White Rock  - All is going well and having a great year!

 

 

 

5.         ELECTIONS

 

These people have agreed to let their names stand.

 

·         Regional Director – Pierre Leduc

·         Assistant Director(s) – Steve Plummer & Mike Murphy

·         Treasurer – Donna Beaton

·         Secretary – Anne Munro

·         Registrar – Lynn Hobbs

·         Director of Officials – Amelia Werk

·         Equipment Chairperson – Firth Bateman

 

6.         NEW BUSINESS

 

 

Motion – to be brought to the Provincial board

 

Whereas the Fraser South region believes the BCSSA voting system is inequitable, Fraser South region puts forth the recommendation that the Regions, in total, should have the majority vote and that the Regional vote should be proportional to Regional size.

 

Motion by Andy Hobbs, seconded by Gary Payne.                                                     Motion carried

 

 

Meeting adjourned at 1:30pm

 

NEXT MEETING: 

 

Wednesday, October 3, 2001 at the LADNER LEISURE CENTRE.