Board Meeting - July 11, 2024

Eileen Brown

Surfside Board Meeting Minutes

July 11, 2024

7:30 pm

 

Present:           Elisa Nye, Rich Fernandez, Kayo Libiano, Jered Lindsay, Ramya Sivasubramanian, Eileen Brown

Absent:            John York

 

  1. The Board approved the June 27, 2024 Meeting Minutes.
  1. Pool Situation
  1. We will continue to practice throughout the summer at the Redondo Union pool on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday evenings, as well as Sunday mornings.
  2. Beach workouts are on Wednesday evenings at 22nd Street in Hermosa.
  3. A few lane lines have broken at Redondo Union; therefore, we are going to alternate with Beach Cities Swim regarding who swims without lane lines.
  4. Friday, July 19 workout will be at the beach instead of the pool.
  1. Coaching
  1. Status on shift from independent contractor to employee
  • Elisa, Rich and John will be meeting with coaches (Beth, Lelei, Mary, Robert, & Nikki) soon.
    • Review FAQ’s
    • Review pay change
    • Review new payroll process.
  • Elisa will talk with John about any additional coaches/substitutes that will need to be considered for new contracts.
  • Target for implementing the new system is August 1st.
  1. Updates on staff
  • Nikki will be taking some time off. Elisa will discuss with John who will cover Nikki’s coaching duties.
  • USA Swimming coach membership issue has been resolved. All coaches are now listed correctly as coaches, not admin.
  1. Discussions regarding the coach to swimmer ratio have been resolved.
  1. Swim Meets
  1. No updates on any dual meets this summer.
  2. There will be a Surfside intramural meet on Friday, July 26 at Redondo Union. Everyone will swim five events – 50 yards of each stroke and 100-yard IM.
  3. No updates regarding Surf Festival youth competitions.
  1. Membership
  1. All swimmers’ squad assignments have been updated in Team Unify.
  2. Tryouts tomorrow – Friday, July 12.  There are 13 kids confirmed but there may be more that did not RSVP.
  3. Summer Beach Party
  • Wednesday, July 17, 5:30-7:30pm
  • Eileen is coordinating the logistics.
  • John will organize activities/games for the swimmers and their families.
  1. 2024 Scholarship Awards
  1. We have two recipients this year: Rylee Tretiak and Naomi Kim. We will be presenting the award to Rylee at the Summer Beach Party on July 17th. Unfortunately, Naomi is traveling. A check will be mailed to her.
  2. After this year, we will have $5,000 left of the original $10,000 in the scholarship account.