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Thank you for all you did for our members in 2017; we're looking forward to working with you in 2018.
Swimming for Life,
Your Friends at U.S. Masters Swimming
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Convention Wrap-up
Meeting minutes and surveys available
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Club Registration Opens October 1
Renew your club so members can find you!
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All club contacts will receive an email in the first week or two of October with an online renewal link.
It's important to have your club register before Nov. 1. On that date, individual members can begin registering or renewing with USMS for the 2018 membership year. If your club is not registered, it will not appear in the pull-down lists and your members will not be able to register with you.
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First Annual Winter Fitness Challenge!
Create excitement and participation in your LMSC
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Be part of the first annual U.S. Masters Swimming Winter Fitness Challenge from Feb. 15-28. The Fitness Challenge Series exemplifies the fun and inclusive nature of our organization.
The first event of the series is a 30-minute swim that can be done however you like: with fins, broken into 100s, a relay, you name it! The goal is to get swimmers together and push each other to finish 30 minutes of swimming.
We're encouraging clubs to find a date to host this event in their local pools and then invite teammates, co-workers, recreational swimmers, friends, or family to come out and see if they can finish the challenge.
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Upcoming Peer-to-Peer Calls
Log on to teleconferences for best practices
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Mark your calendars for the next three peer-to-peer teleconference calls for the following:
Registrars:
Oct. 3, 8:30 p.m. EDT/5:30 p.m. PDT
Annual meetings: Nov. 7, 8:30 p.m. EDT/5:30 p.m. PDT
Fitness: Dec. 5, 8:30 p.m. EDT/5:30 p.m. PDT
These calls provide an opportunity for you to pose questions, get answers, discuss challenges, and share successes as you fulfill your role. In turn, we can use the information shared to help build a repository of best practices for each of our volunteer positions.
Prior to the call, we encourage you to log on to the
LMSC Administration Forum to post questions or topics of interest that you would like covered. Email notifications are sent 2 to 3 weeks prior to the respective volunteer and to the LMSC chair.
Notes from Peer-to-Peer calls are now more easily accessible in the
Meeting Minutes section of usms.org
. Look under the For Volunteers tab and select the Meeting Minutes page. Then, select Peer-to-Peer Teleconference Notes from the By Committee or Group drop-down menu. Happy reading!
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Year-Plus Membership
Year-Plus means more swimming for less!
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In October, new members may select the Year-Plus option, which provides the opportunity to join USMS at a reduced cost for 2017, when purchasing a 2018 membership.
On Nov. 1, all members can join or renew for the 2018 membership year. The national office and your LMSC registrar will be providing more information as Nov. 1 approaches.
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Top 10 Submissions Due
LCM Top 10 due October 20
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About U.S. Masters Swimming
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U.S. Masters Swimming encourages adults to enjoy the health, fitness, and social benefits of swimming by providing more than 2,000 swimming programs and events across the country, including open water and pool competitions. USMS's nearly 70,000 members range from age 18 to 99 and include swimmers of all ability levels. USMS, a nonprofit, also trains and certifies coaches and provides online workouts, a bimonthly member magazine, monthly eNewsletters, and technique articles and videos at usms.org.
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About STREAMLINES for Volunteers
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A subscription to STREAMLINES for Volunteers is required for all LMSC and national-level USMS volunteers; please do not click "SafeUnsubscribe," as that will remove you from all other USMS National Office mailings.
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