Board Meeting - January 12, 2023

Eileen Brown

Surfside Board Meeting Minutes

January 12, 2023

6:00 pm

 

Present:             Elisa Nye, Margo Trone, Kayo Libiano, Eileen Brown, John York

Absent:            Rich Fernandez

 

  1. The Board approved the December 6, 2022 Meeting Minutes.
  1. Coaching
  1. All coaches have signed their 2023 contracts except Lelei and Melissa. John will follow-up with them.
  2. Coaches need to be updated on all training or it will impact monthly pay – John, Beth and Melissa are in good standing. John will follow-up with Mary, Sean, Lelei and Robert to be sure this gets done. Coaches must be in good standing, or they will have $100 deducted from their monthly paychecks.
  3. John will get quotes for purchasing starting equipment and coach microphones.
  4. John will follow-up with Mary and Sean about setting up a Zoom meeting for them to present their joint Assistant Head Coach proposal to the Board.
  5. John will also follow-up with the external candidate for the Assistant Head Coach position.
  1. Swim Meets
  1. Winter Champs will be on Saturday, February 4th at East LA College.
  2. The Board decided to table the discussion with SOBA on a potential meet software change for the time being.
  1. Membership
  1. Next round of tryouts will be on Friday, January 27th and Friday, January 3rd.
  2. USA Swimming membership renewal – 102 swimmers have signed up to date. There are 129 members on Surfside.
  3. Margo will follow up on the issues with the Team Unify website connection to USA Swimming website.
  1. Website
  1. Margo is creating Facebook & Instagram pages. She is looking into having a public Facebook account but setting up a private Instagram account so that we can post pictures.
  2. After the Facebook account is set up, Margo will create a “Buy Nothing” type exchange for team gear (eg. team suits, parkas, fins, etc.).
  3.  The coaches have asked for help taking photos of new kids at workouts, so they can learn names with faces. A request will be sent out to parents to see if they can provide photos.
  1. JG Prep Class
  1. John will check with Manhattan Beach to see if we can get in the pool earlier.
  2. John will follow-up with Mary to discuss duration and date to start classes.
  3. Last year we had 12 participants. We have 14 kids interested this year so far.