| ASCA-MN COACHES MEETING MINUTES - OCTOBER 13, 2004 | |||||||||||||||||||
| U GARDEN RESTAURANT | |||||||||||||||||||
| Coaches Present: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Denise Carlson, Dennis Dale, Lloyd Larsen, Paul Lundsten, Kim Olson, | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rocky O'Neill, Bob Pearson, Eric Seversen, Gary Taylor, Ann Urschel | |||||||||||||||||||
| Guests Present: | |||||||||||||||||||
| None | |||||||||||||||||||
| ASCA World Clinic and Short Course World Championships Report | |||||||||||||||||||
| Good numbers at World Clinic (despite in-season timeframe concerns) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Very good meet at Conseco Fieldhouse, outstanding crowd/noise/excitement level indoors (in a large venue) | |||||||||||||||||||
| House of Delegates Meeting (Oct 16) Item For Discussion | |||||||||||||||||||
| If PR Chair position is to continue, recommend parent (non-coach) volunteer | |||||||||||||||||||
| Outgoing PR Chair received poor response/timeliness to requests for information; discouraging - given everyone's push for more PR | |||||||||||||||||||
| Athlete-Of-The-Month website recognition pilot program concluded; strongly recommend continuing that program, highly beneficial | |||||||||||||||||||
| National Athlete Travel Reimbursement Issues | |||||||||||||||||||
| Dennis Dale and Ann Urschel (and others) to begin MSI committee work on reimbursement process, comprehensive review | |||||||||||||||||||
| Preliminary recommendation to the committee might include investigating new "tiered" system | |||||||||||||||||||
| (possibly weighted toward permanent Minnesota residents, higher-level competitions and/or multiple-meet participation) | |||||||||||||||||||
| No impact/changes to upcoming FY05 MSI Budget, as National Athlete Travel will be much reduced this year | |||||||||||||||||||
| ASCA-MN Proof-Of-Time at State Meet (For Host Club) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Consensus that coaches have other time-consuming priorities - and conflict of interest - that precludes checking Proof-Of-Times for host club | |||||||||||||||||||
| Recommend that Ron Murphy be hired (for a nominal fee - recouped from fines) to check host club Proof-Of-Times during State Meets | |||||||||||||||||||
| ASCA-MN 2004-2005 Task Calendar | |||||||||||||||||||
| Approved and finalized with few changes; will be posted on MSI website coach page | |||||||||||||||||||
| ASCA and MSHSL Spring Clinic (2005) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Kim Olson coordinating key personnel/organizers; location/format will be similar to last year; no athlete sessions - due to recent low turnouts | |||||||||||||||||||
| Previous high school coach liaison/coordinator not available this year, new high school coach will be solicited from MSHSL association | |||||||||||||||||||
| Recommend Olympic athlete and/or coach as keynote speaker, several names discussed | |||||||||||||||||||
| MORE PARTICIPATION from the ASCA COACHES will be necessary to continue offering this clinic (2004 was less than 20%) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Workout Exchange | |||||||||||||||||||
| As part of the ASCA Task Calendar, workout exchanges will occur in Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb, Apr, May, and June | |||||||||||||||||||
| Enough copies (of an entire practice) brought for the group; to save time, "questions only" discussion format | |||||||||||||||||||
| Discussion of posting Workout Exchange practices on the MSI website coach page; final recommendation - against posting - for now | |||||||||||||||||||
| Next Workout Exchange in November - Short Course Aerobic | |||||||||||||||||||