The President called the meeting to order at 7:05pm

Attendance:

• Mimosa - Ellen Gassen
• Chateau - Aimee Carletta
• JCC - Corinne Hebert
• Cypress Lakes -
• Grand Ridge - Cherlyne View
• MCC - Daniel Wendt
• Timberlane - Heather Grant
• NOCC - Rob Dowie
• NOLTC - Nick Bourgeois
• SYC -
• Park Timbers - Running 131
• English Turn - Tim Buisson
• Leslie Merritt attending as a Board Member from Park Timbers

Rob outlined the agenda with individuals present.

Review of Prior Board Actions

• 2021 Season
  • Dual Meets on June 2, 9, 16, 23
  • A question was asked about age groups and how that works
  • Rob clarified that it depends on deck space. The clubs will determine whether or not they can fit everyone on the deck. The League cares about making sure league events are compliant with Gov. mandates. Large clubs should plan to have a plan.
  • City Meet on June 28 at UNO (if allowed by state guidelines)
    • Will need a host club. Champ Committee will go over that info later
  • Google Form for club data - submit ASAP if you haven't already
• Dues
  • League Dues: $5 per swimmer
  • $100 per team fee waived by the Board
  • Aimee will send out due date to the league
  • To compete in City Meet, you must reconcile dues to the League before participating

Financial Update - Corinne Hebert

• Non-profit status continues and still in good standing
• No revenue and minimal expenses last year. $2700 in expenses.
• Bank account has about $13,978

Review of COVID restrictions

• No caps on the # of athletes per lane
• No caps on # allowed at practice
• 50% capacity for sporting events
• Mask mandate - until get on starting block and put back on upon exiting the water
• 2 lane timers if both are masked, otherwise 1 per lane
• How clubs practice as a private entity is totally up to the individual clubs. The League is not going to dictate how to run that. The League's role is to govern interteam competitions.
• Gov order expires at the end of the month, so guidelines are likely to change
• Main worry about the season is large teams swimming each other and the meet being hosted at a small pool in terms of deck space. The schedule is dependent on deck space considerations and capacity. League will try to have 2 home and 2 away meets and will specify the home team. Coaches will be required to work together to determine the host team and meet format once the schedule is set. This may include having two meets based on age groups. The underlying principle on how the league operates is that if both coaches agree on something prior to the swim meet day - that trumps the league rules. For example - they can agree to only swim freestyle, change meet days, change times, etc.

Board of Directors Nominations and Elections

• Rob gave an overview of the league structure and how voting is structured.
• Officers of the Board are elected for 2 year terms
• Members at Large positions up for 1 year terms
• Officer and Member at Large positions only had 1 individual nominated. Rob moved we elect the board as a slate. Daniel moved and Nick seconded to adopt the slate as given. There were no objections. Officers were accepted as nominated and there were no objections.

Old Business

• No old business.

New Business

• [email protected] - if you send an email to add to the mailing list, Aimee will send lots of information to the clubs to that.
• Aimee needs the following information from each club - Head Coach, General Manager, Parent Rep (if applicable)
  • Aimee will work with new clubs to get them caught up to speed on league operating procedures
  • Aimee recommended working to encourage parents to get more involved in the league and Board
• Gnoccsl.swimtopia.com operates as the league site. It hasn't been updated in a while, but it will be updated soon. Pretty soon gnoccsl.org will be the redirect link.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:32pm.