General Chairman Jeff Gray called the meeting to order at the High Plains Community Center, Orange, CT at 7:35 PM

Present: Stuart Ainsworth, Bill Ball, Peter Boucher, Ed Doernberger, Jeff Gray, Mike Huffman, Henk Jensen, Ellen Johnston, Bill Krumm, Susan Lecza, Rick Lewis, Jason Paige, Christine Pelham, Barry Silver, Haley Smith, Judy Snow and Dan Zeek

Not Present: David Heller, Chris Hug, and Jeff Scobee.

Also Present: Nan Cooper and Jen Lyman

Approval of the Agenda: A motion to accept the Agenda as published was unanimously approved.

Approval of the Minutes: A motion to accept the minutes of the October 7, 2006 Board meeting was unanimously approved.

Executive Committee Review: Jeff Gray summarized the Executive Committee meeting held via teleconference on November 6, 2006. Minutes from this meeting are attached. Updates since November 6, 2006 include naming Bill Ball to the Senior Committee, Coach Committee approved, Technical Planning Committee selection in progress and Cathy Koelle has resigned as Safety Committee Co-Chair. Jason Paige is seeking committee members.

Meet Approvals: Motion to adopt Approved Meet Policy (attached) was made and seconded. USA Swimming is encouraging approval of YMCA meets now that YMCA has adopted USA Swimming technical rules. Motioned approved.

Cash Prizes: Motion made and seconded to approve the Prize Value Policy (attached). Program Operations felt a LSC policy for cash prizes was necessary since USA Swimming offers very little guidance. Motion Approved.

Funding for Olympic Training Center Camp: Motion made to accept the Olympic Training Center camp proposal (attached), with a maximum of 40 athletes and with a CSI subsidy of $10,000 not to exceed $200 per athlete. Participating athletes will be directly reimbursed $200. Seconded and approved.

Teleconferences: Motion made to accept Teleconference Policy and Procedure (attached). Seconded and Approved.

Funding for USA Swimming Registration Workshop: Motion made to fund 1 person to attend the USA Swimming Registration Workshop in Tuscon, AZ, April 2007. Funding would include airfare only. Approved.

Athlete Representatives – Haley Smith and Stuart Ainsworth would like to see more athlete interest and Chris Hug has offered to help. They will submit a blurb for the website.

Administrative Vice Chair – not present

Treasurer – Sue Lecza reported that registration figures are up compared to this time last year. Credit card processing fees for the first 4 months of fiscal year have been $3,400.

Finance Vice Chair – Jeff Scobee not present and Sue Lecza reported the the budget will be sent out to committees soon and they get updated numbers to Jeff Scobee.

Age Group Committee – Peter Boucher reported that the zone coach application is posted. The committee is looking to "entice" clubs to run meets with a different formats. A meeting was held with the Senior Committee do discuss LC championship meet configuration. No changes were made to the LC schedule. Age Group Committee is considering 19-14 year old inclusion into Age Group Championships.

Senior Committee – Henk Jensen reported that the next Senior Committee meeting is February 7, 2007. Summer Senior Championships are July 5-8, 2007.

Program Development – Rick Lewis reported that the SC championship meets have been approved and Program Development is beginning to look at long course.

Program Operations – Barry Silver reported that summer bids are posted. Lack of Regional Championship bidders continues to be a concern.

Announced that there was a shortage of bids for long course Regional Championships during the Summer of 2006.

Technical Planning – Ellen Johnston continues to work on committee member selection.

Coach Representatives – Christine Pelham and Dan Zeek reported that the Coach Committee meet in December to define the committee goals. The committee will make arrangements for a spring coach meeting.

Coach at Large – Bill Ball is working on a coach clinic. He is hoping to schedule Bailey Weathers at USA Swimming.

Safety – Jason Paige reported that the American Red Cross has updated CPR/AED and is mandating that instructors completely upgrade. Jason’s goal is to complete a list of CPR instructors.

Officials – Mike Huffman reported that many officials clinics are held and the 50% of the attendees become certified. The exception are the referee clinics. Two CSI officials attended the US Open.

Registration – Judy Snow reported about 4,100 athletes are registered and background screening is in progress.

Next meeting will be held April 24, 2007.

Respectfully submitted,

Nan Cooper

1. Provide an educational experience for each participating swimmer.

2. To educate participants on the history and heroes of USA Swimming.

3. Improvement of swimmer’s self-image.

4. Promote LSC unity by camp participants.

5. Retention of athletes.

6. The transfer of information back to the swimmers’ home club.

Site: U.S. Olympic Training Center, Colorado Springs, CO

Dates: August 19-25, 2007. Athletes will arrive on Sunday afternoon

and depart on Saturday morning.

Number of Athletes: Maximum of 80 swimmers

Eligibility: CT selected USA Swimming athlete members

Qualification Standards/ Selection Criteria: On August 22, 2006 the top18 swimmers in each SENIOR LCM event from the CT FAST database (date range of: 04/01/06-08/22/06) will be selected and invited.

Camp Schedule: The 6-day camp program will include a combination of pool training, motivational and education sessions, and team building activities.

Cost: The total estimated cost of the trip including airfare will be $695.

Camp Staff: The camp staff will be selected from accomplished

Candidates from CT and include a head coach, at least 2

assistant coaches, a manager, and a CT athlete representative. (Number of assistant coaches depends on the size of the Coaches to Swimmers camp ratio being 1/10)