Transcript Team YES
Annual Parent Meeting Agenda • • • • • • • • Introduce Board Members & Committee Chairs State of the team Swim-a-thon Bring a friend to teamYES! Pool usage Merchandise Safe Sport Program Meet participation teamYES! Board and Committees • • • • • • • • • • President – Jerry Doyle Vice-President – Mark Crosby Secretary – Victoria Bishop Treasurer – Jerry Doyle / Mark Crosby Registrar – Armando Santamaria Communications – Cheryl Doyle Member-at-Large – Mark Walker Webmaster – By Committee Meet Entries – Armando Santamaria Merchandise – Jennifer Runco State of the Team • • • • 100 swimmers Stable and quality coaching staff Continued financial stability 100% volunteer run organization – We need your help – You will be expected to time at meets Swim-a-thon • Monday Nov. 4th at regular practice times • Further details coming soon • All group swimmers participate (not LTS) Bring a Friend Campaign • We want to continue to grow the club. Bring a friend to the team and receive a 50% discount on your fees for one month for one swimmer. Merchandise • Order from the website – Coming Soon • Please see Jennifer Runco or one of the board members. Pool Usage • Generally, that will be Cy-Springs on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Cy-Falls on Wednesday. Watkins and/or Falls are the alternates if there are conflicts due to school activities. • Conflicts arise, sometimes without notice. Check the website for practice location. • Make sure your calling post number is up to date. • Parents are not allowed on deck during practice or lessons. Please remain in the stands. If you need to speak to the coach, please do so before or after practice. • Parents of 8 and under swimmers or a designated adult are required to remain at the facility during practice. • Withdrawal requests must be sent by the 1st of the previous month in order to be effective on the 1st of the following month. Safe Sport Program • What is it? • Why such a big deal? • Protecting our athletes – What is being done? • What is teamYES! doing? • Resources – www.usaswimming.org/protect Safe Program Core Areas • • • • • • Policies and Guidelines Screening and Selection Education and Training Monitoring and Supervision Recognizing, Responding and Reporting Grassroots Engagement and Feedback Meet Participation Gulf Swim Meets and teamYES! Meet Entry Process Why Meets? • • • • • • Measures Improvement Builds Self Confidence Additional Coaching Opportunity Flexibility No Bench Fun, Fun, Fun Gulf Swim Meets • Monthly Meets – Gulf Sponsored Open Meets – Other Meets – Age Group Meets – Standards Based Meets – Distance Meets/Pentathlon Meets • Mid Season Champs Meets held in December – – – – Gulf Fall Champs (We need all qualified 9 and over) Gulf Age Group Champs Gulf 8 & Under Champs (We need all 8 and unders) Gulf Senior Champs (We need all qualified 15 and over) • End of Short Course Season Champs Meets in February/March – – – – Gulf Short Course 9-14 Champs (We need all qualified 9-14) Gulf Short Course 8&U Champs (We need all 8 and unders) Gulf Short Course Senior Champs (We need all 15 and over) TAGS/Sectionals Preparing to Attend a Meet • Meet Notification – Gulf website – teamYES! website – Meet emails • Entry Deadline – Gulf deadline – teamYES! deadline • Week of the Meet – Assigning timers – Email reminder • During the Meet – Circle-in (distance events only) – Meet warm-up – Keep track of timeline – Keep track of timing assignments 2013-14 Meet Schedule Entering a Meet • • • • teamYES! website Log-in Find target meet Click “Attend/Decline” • Clicking meet title brings up meet description • Click “Attend/Decline” from meet description page. • Your swimmer(s) listed • Select swimmer • Select from drop down menu “Yes, please sign my swimmer up for this event” • Enter any message for coaches • Select events • Save changes • Double check selected events • Repeat for other swimmers • Coach will review entries and approve or disapprove • Have fun at the meet! Additional Information • • • • www.usaswimming.org www.gulfswimming.org www.teamyes.net [email protected]