Surfside Board Meeting Minutes September 13, 2021 6:30 pm Call to Order The August 9, 2021, minutes were approved. President’s Report – Case Spencer The board approved purchasing insurance to cover the board members. The board adopted USA Swimming’s Athlete Protection Protocols. Case is going to meet with the coaches before an upcoming workout to discuss USA Swimming’s Athlete Protection Protocols. Tyler from the Redondo pool has asked that Surfside continues asking Covid screening questions before each workout. The city of Manhattan Beach has said they are not requiring testing...

Surfside Board Meeting Minutes August 9, 2021 6:30 pm Call to Order The July 12, 2021 minutes were approved as submitted. President’s Report – Case Spencer The Redondo pool is confirmed through August. Elisa will take over future scheduling responsibilities. The board members are completing background checks and athlete protection policy review, if not previously completed. Case will send out a copy of the bylaws to the board members to review. The board and coaches are continuing to seek out additional training resources from SafeSport in the area of athlete...

Surfside Board Meeting Minutes July 12, 2021 6:30 pm Call to Order President’s Report – Case Spencer Coach Katie has been well-received as the new coach at Redondo Beach. Currently, since there has been such a low turnout at the Redondo pool, she is the only coach on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Even though we are currently not getting a lot of swimmers at Redondo, we are going to keep all our lanes in the hopes that with upcoming tryouts and the fact that summer participation is typically low, we will...

Surfside Board Meeting Minutes June 14, 2021 7:30 pm Call to Order President’s Report – Case Spencer Case will send an email to the members indicating that beginning Monday, June 21st all swimmers will be billed $14 per workout. He will also let the members know that Surfside plans to go back to quarterly billing as soon as the hours for the Mira Costa pool stabilizes. Head Coach Issues – John York Katie Stone is starting tomorrow and will be coaching at the Redondo pool on Tuesdays and Thursdays. She...

Surfside Board Meeting Minutes May 3, 2021 6:30 pm Call to Order President’s Report – Case Spencer The Board discussed increasing the rates charged per workout. However, we decided to postpone that decision for another month. Instead, we would like to focus on getting more swimmers back in the pool. Surfside will continue to charge per workout: $10 – B/C group, $12 – A/B group and $14 – A/Senior group. Eventually, we would like to go back to charging quarterly dues. We have been told another change is coming next...

Surfside Board Meeting Minutes February 25, 2021 7:00 pm Call to Order President’s Report – Case Spencer Redondo Union pool: Looks like it may open in a month. Surfside will have the same days and times (Tues/Thurs 6-8pm). Because this is an earlier time (than at Costa), the Board anticipates it will be popular especially with the C group. We will have six lanes from 6-7pm and three lanes from 7-8pm. With two swimmers per lane, this allows 12 swimmers in the first hour and six swimmers in the second...

Surfside Board Meeting Minutes February 8, 2021 7:00 pm Call to Order President’s Report – Case Spencer New contracts need to go out to the coaches soon. Salary for the coaches will stay the same. Coach Lelei is working on her getting her certifications. 2020 tax forms should go out to the coaches within the next week. Holding off (for now) on getting a new equipment shed at Mira Costa. Head Coach Issues – John York Expecting more pool hour changes at Mira Costa in mid-February. Redondo Union is now...

Surfside Board Meeting Minutes January 4, 2021 7:00 pm Call to Order Presidents’ Report – Case Spencer Coaches are concerned for their health and want to stop taking temperature checks before workouts. Since Surfside began temperature checks in September, no swimmers have been turned away because of elevated temperatures. Coaches are not sure the thermometer is accurate. Often many swimmers get the same exact temperature. No other local aquatics programs are taking temperatures any longer (including the Trojans who also practice at Mira Costa). When parents sign up their swimmer,...

Surfside Board Meeting Minutes December 28, 2020 7:30 pm Call to Order Presidents’ Report – Case Spencer Given the high Covid numbers and the fact that one of our swimmers tested positive in mid-December, it was decided that we will not resume workouts until the week of January 4, 2021. The swimmer that tested positive will need to provide a negative test result before returning to practice with Surfside. Case will contact John to find out the current practice schedule. An email will go out (again) to the three furloughed...

Surfside Board Meeting Minutes December 7, 2020 6:30 - 7:30 pm Call to Order Presidents’ Report – Case Spencer December Letter to Members drafted Sent out CANRA notice from the state of California to Board members and coaches Registration for Surfside’s USA Swimming Team registration is due this month. Board Members are required to become USA Swimming non-athlete members and register online. Swim team party is not feasible this year due to COVID. Regular approval of the Board will have to be postponed when we are able to meet again...