THE FOLLOWING
RECOMMENDATIONS WERE APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF
The Technical Committee met
at the home of Priscilla Davis on
REFUNDS FOR TEAMS CUT FROM
MEETS: The committee recommends that refunds for teams cut from meets must be
made within 4 business days of when the team is notified that it is being cut.
WITHDRAWAL OF A TEAM WHEN
PART OF ENTRY IS CUT: The committee recommends the following policy: If any portion of the original entry (other
than events specified to be cut by time in the entry or meets with entry times)
is cut, the team has the option of withdrawing within four days the rest of the
entry.
MEET INFORMATION: The
committee recommends that the following information be clearly stated in the
meet information:
THE NUMBER OF EVENTS ALLOWED
PER SWIMMER: The committee recommends that a team cannot limit the number of
events in a timed final format to less than five a day unless they are offering
less than that.
LOTTERY: The committee recommends that the lottery
system be specified in the entry. In the
event that the meet is oversubscribed by the end of the first day on which the
entries are accepted, the host team is required to conduct a lottery to select
the teams which will be accepted. The same procedure will apply in the event
that multiple entries are received on any day after the first day that put the
meet over its limit. Otherwise, all entries are
accepted by date of receipt. In the event that a meet is oversubscribed on the
first day of acceptance of entries, non-New
25 YARD EVENTS: The committee recommends that a team that is
running 25-yard events must state in the meet information how these events will be conducted.
CONTROL OF EVENTS OFFERED AT
MEETS: The committee recommends that the
calendar committee carefully examine the events offered in a meet when it is
bid and make suggested changes if necessary.
TEAMS ENTERING ONLY PART OF
A MEET: The committee recommends that
teams be able to enter part of a meet without any penalty.
SANCTIONED AND UNSANCTIONED
MEETS: The committee recommends that a
disclaimer be placed on the web site and in the newsletter that
FEES: The committee recommends the following meet
fee schedule:
GENERAL MEETS:
Timed Finals: $3.50 (currently $3)
Prelims and Finals: $5.00 (currently $3.50
Relays: $10.00 (currently $7)
Note that there is still an
additional $.50 per event for hand entries.
There will be no additional fee for distance events and no change in the
surcharges paid to
CHAMPIONSHIP MEETS:
Timed Finals: $3.50 (currently $3)
Prelims and Finals: $5.00 (currently $4)
Relays: $10.00 (currently $7)
Note that there is still an
additional $.50 per event for hand entries.
There will be no additional fee for distance events and no change in the
surcharge ($1) paid by each swimmer.
END OF SEASON MEET
STIPENDS: The committee recommends the
following stipend schedule:
Bronze: $0
Qualifier: $0
Districts: $0
8 & under: $500
9-12: $1000
12 & under: $1000
13 & over: $1500
Seniors: $2000
Open: $2000
SEQUENCE OF MEET
SCHEDULE: The Committee recommends that
"Districts" continue to be at the end of the season.
CHAMPIONSHIP MEET PURPOSE: Statements have been made by coaches that
teams running championship meets are putting meet profit before the interest of
the swimmers. The committee agrees that
the interest of the swimmers has to be the most important factor. New England
Swimming does not expect teams to run meets a loss and is assisting teams with
giving championship meet stipends, providing all awards and referee expenses, and waiving of meet
event surcharges. .
AWARDS: The committee recommends that we should
continue with the current award policy:
bronze, districts, 8 & under, and 9-12 age groups--medals 1-8 and ribbons 9-16. For 13 & over, open and seniors, there
will be no ribbons. For all other
LONG COURSE OPEN
CHAMPIONSHIPS--AWARDS FOR 13 AND 14: The
committee recommends that separate individual
The meeting was adjourned at
Submitted by Mary
Riddell