There's a lot of detailed information below regarding this year's virtual annual meeting. Check it out.
Thank you for all you do for U.S. Masters Swimming!
Swimming for Life,
Your Friends at U.S. Masters Swimming
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2020 USMS Virtual Annual Meeting
Details below to plan for this year's virtual meeting
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Below are important updates on the
technology that'll be used,
schedule, and training and orientation opportunities to ensure all delegates will be prepared to fully participate.
Zoom
The annual meeting will be held virtually via
Zoom
. It is highly recommended that delegates
sign up
for an account and use it to
log in to Zoom
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- Zoom Survival Guide for the Annual Meeting - This will give you an overview of what to expect.
- Please ensure you are using your first and last name followed by your LMSC (e.g., Jenny Freestyle - Florida) while participating in meetings held in conjunction with the annual meeting.
- Zoom links have been provided within the schedule for delegates and attendees to join committee meetings in conjunction with the annual meeting.
- Customized Zoom links will be sent directly to voting delegates for meetings of the House of Delegates at a designated date in the future.
- Attendees will be able to watch HOD sessions via a live streaming platform, such as YouTube. More details to come.
Schedule
Meetings of the House of Delegates will take place Sept. 25-27. Committee meetings in conjunction with the annual meeting will take place Aug. 30-Sept. 24 and will be open to all delegates and attendees who would like to participate. The complete schedule of meetings and sessions of the House of Delegates can be found online on the
2020 annual meeting schedule page.
- Virtual schedule manager - Given the virtual nature of the annual meeting, USMS will offer a virtual calendar through Sched, which will allow our delegates and attendees to explore meetings and sessions, build their own schedule, register for meetings, learn about speakers, and discover who'll be attending sessions. It is recommended that you sign up for an account and use it to log in to Sched to bookmark your favorites, indicate your plans to attend, and/or sync meeting details to your phone or calendar.
- We've put together this guide to help you navigate through using the Sched functionality.
Annual Meeting Overview and Zoom Training
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Election Packet Posted
Meet the next representatives of USMS!
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Those attending the 2020 virtual annual meeting can now get to know those up for a position in the 2020 elections.
This election cycle, we will elect USMS At-Large Directors in the following zones: Breadbasket, Colonies, Dixie, Great Lakes, Northwest, Oceana, South Central, and Southwest.
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Important Delegate List Reminder
We need to know who will be attending!
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LMSC chairs: Please submit the names and contact information for your delegates ASAP to
Jessica Reilly, if you haven't done so already.
Chairs of Finance, Legislation, Long Distance, and Rules Committees: Please contact your committee members and report to
Jessica Reilly if any members from your committee will not be attending the virtual annual meeting.
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Annual Meeting Packet
Please note these important deadlines
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July 31: All proposed rule or code changes from Rules, Long Distance, and Legislation Committees are due to Jessica Reilly
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Aug. 1:
Committee chairs and special appointments send their annual reports to their vice presidents using the USMS committee report template. Those who will be having a meeting during the virtual annual meeting also send their agendas.
Aug. 15: Vice presidents send their committees' annual reports and agendas to Jessica Reilly.
Members of the Executive Committee also submit their annual reports and the reports from the liaisons and special appointments they oversee.
Aug. 15:
All proposed rule or code changes are posted on the annual meeting page.
Late August: Annual meeting packet is posted on the 2020 annual meeting page.
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Adult Learn-to-Swim Peer-to-Peer Calls
Why reinvent the wheel when you can learn from others?
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Mark your calendars for the next peer-to-peer webinars.
- Thursday, July 30, 8:00 p.m. Eastern time -Reopening Your ALTS Program in the Time of COVID-19 - An interactive panel discussion featuring Lisa Brown, Mike Hamm, William Kolb, Morgon Latimore, and Bill Meier.
- Thursday, August 27, at 8 p.m. Eastern time - Finding Your Why - Inspiration form a Program Making a Difference presented by William Kolb and How to Build Your ALTS Business from Scratch presented by Jeff Waddle.
Peer-to-peer call information is now more easily accessible in the new Volunteer Central section of usms.org by selecting LMSC Standards and Resources.
Happy reading and listening!
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The History and Archives Committee is encouraging LMSCs to capture local USMS Experiences
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The year of COVID-19 has totally altered how we are conducting our lives. Long after it's gone, we'll be telling tales of what it was like during the pandemic. We're working on a program to expand the archives of USMS by having LMSCs, clubs and members share their events, accomplishments, meets and individual experiences. We especially want to hear how you weathered the pandemic. We are inviting the USMS family to document their COVID-19 experience in words and pictures. Photos, videos and anecdotal stories of where you found water, how you missed your routine, how you stayed connected to teammates or anything that you feel expresses how you made it through this crazy year are welcome.
The
2020 Toyota USMS Virtual Championships powered by Swim.com offer a great opportunity to document our strange year. The Championships will be a chance for members to remember their competitive urges, submit times and take the pulse of their swimming status. Take a moment to capture the events. Compilations of the stories can then be shared by LMSCs and clubs through their communication platforms, including websites, e blasts, newsletters, social media, and Flickr galleries.
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Got a Story Idea? Let Us Know!
We want to hear from you!
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We're always looking for great stories about our members for SWIMMER and our website.
If you or someone you know would make for an interesting story, please submit the idea to our article idea collector. We're interested in members who would make for great profiles, questions about training and technique, science-related topics, and personal essays about what swimming means to you.
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USMS COVID-19 Relief Program for Clubs
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USMS's Board of Directors has approved up to $250,000 in matching grant funds that LMSCs may use to support local clubs' efforts to restart Masters programs when safe and appropriate. LMSCs are asked to consider creating a relief fund to provide grants to clubs in their LMSC to make use of the matching grants from USMS.
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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 60,000 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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