Middle Atlantic Board of Directors - Meeting Minutes - Monday, March 12, 2018

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Meeting minutes document the Middle Atlantic Board of Directors session held Monday, March 12, 2018 at LaSalle University, including attendance, absent members, and Zoom participants. The agenda covers approved minutes, revised agenda updates, transgender participation guidelines, D&I autism training plans, and Mini Champs changes to the championship series. Discussion also addresses policy manual review items, 9-Zones and 10-Rules revisions, elections and committee expectations, finance reporting and budget adjustment, HOD timing, and safe sport action planning with follow-up meetings.

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Meeting Information

Attendance

Call to Order and Announcements

Agenda and Decisions

New Business

Elections and Appointments

Finance

Unfinished Business

Safe Sport Discussion and Adjournment

2150 New Castle Avenue New Castle, DE 19720 302-429-6288 302-658-5666(Fax) [office@maswim.org](office@maswim.org) [www.maswim.org](www.maswim.org) Middle Atlantic-BOARD of DIRECTORS Meeting Minutes Monday, March 12, 2018 LaSalle University Present: Jamie Platt – General Chair Mike Seip-Staff Kate Scheur-Safe sport Chair Tom Malecki – Finance Vice Chair George Breen-Admin Vice Chair Brian Elko-Age Group Vice Chair Zoom: Cherita Gentilucci – MA Office Matt Sprang-Treasurer (late) Absent: Noah Jamieson-Jr Athlete Rep Sandy Hartmann-Secretary Aidan Daly-Athlete Rep Larry Schwarz-Officials Chair Fred Killion-At Large Doug Cornish-Tech Planning Amy Steeves-Office Amanda Pope-Diversity/Inclusion Chair David Burnette-Operational Risk Peter Gori-Athlete Rep Ryan Hartmann-Athlete Rep Stu Kukla-Sr Coach’s rep Reece Whitley-Sr Athlete Rep (late) Call to order: The meeting was called to order after off record conference call Announcements: Revised agenda in Dropbox. Agenda: Approved Minutes: Approved Feb BOD minutes New Business: (talked about last) A. Transgender guideline: Forgot to move D&I reports to March. US swimming recommendations in dropbox. \#7 of recommendation PA stricter; indecent law in PA very strict. Need to communicate rules to meet directors and officials. Each club should have a plan in place so the transgender athlete can change comfortably. Amanda needs to put something together for MD and officials about decency laws. B. D&I Autism: In February also. Every case individualized. Most families reach out to local clubs to see who best can handle their child. Amanda is looking for approval to move forward with a training plan for clubs. Given approval to move forward. C. Mini Champs: Timed finals; officials committee assigned officials; Needs to introduction to a champs meet. Out to bid. Officials would like to move to the meet out of March (end of February) . Need more officials to staff these meets. Motion: Mini meet added to the MA championship series: Approved D. Template: Amy to edit and get out by the end of the week. Jamie to work with Amy. *** Use new contacts to disperse information Elections and Appointments: A. Committee member appointments: Reece to bring in new athletes. Jamie to meet with travel and open water in person. Finance: A. Finance Report: Tom no internet for the week so reports late but in dropbox. B. Budget: Change to up the marketing $1000 . Approved so the budget can be taken to the HOD. Unfinished Business: A. Policy Manual Review: Nothing new available. A few things need attention. Meet management section with the deadlines and fees: George as Admin vice chair and Mike to look at; Need to have realistic timelines. The other items that the board needs to look at for the April meeting so it can be approved: 9-Zones (Brian and Kate recommended take out all reference to SCY meet) 10-Rules: Scratch policy and seeding of meets in all courses ( Mike to look at) 11-Awards: From finance Open water section still out there for committee. Thank you to Fred for all his work putting together all the thoughts on this. B. Governing Committee: Old nominating committee; there is a lot of complaints and no one willing to help. Need to make sure committees know what is expected of them to get the committees to the management level. Positions up for elections in 2018: Gen Chair; Admin vice chair; Performance chair; secretary; finance vice chair; and 2 athletes. C. HOD: Mike put the tentative plan for HOD in Dropbox. Some things need to be moved closer to the HOD meeting so people stay for it. Safe sport to move to the 11:30-12:30 slot with lunch during it. D. EZ May: In Florida. Yes: Kate, Jamie, Mike, and Cherita. D&I in Virginia E. Outstanding Volunteer: No nomination so far; Need to get the award soon to give out. Block Two: Matt Sprang wants to address board. Officials who had no meeting; Staff and director of competiti

FAQs

Who attended the March 12, 2018 Middle Atlantic Board meeting, and who was absent?

The minutes list multiple present members, Zoom participants, and several absent representatives including the Secretary and Athlete Reps. Names and roles are recorded under Present, Zoom, and Absent sections.

What were the key new business topics approved during the meeting?

New business included transgender participation guideline planning, approval to move forward with D&I autism training for clubs, and adding Mini meet to the MA championship series. A template edit assignment was also noted.

What safe sport actions and next steps were discussed after the board updates?

Safe sport discussions emphasized creating an action plan with timely impact, using templates for incident reporting aligned with law, and sharing a statement with an action plan. Follow-up includes an April 13 safe sport Eastern Zone meeting and coordinating presentations by safe sport experts.

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