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MEETING MINUTES
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June 27, 2005 2M5 AUG 22 P 1= ~9
Attendees: Cam Townsend, Ken Holbrook, Dave Witkus, Tom O'Rourke, Mary Ellen
O'Neill.
Absent: Jason Parry, Jack Downing, Klaus Kubierschky, and Lois Margeson.
The meeting was called to order at 6:37 p.m. The meeting minutes from our June
meeting were approved 4 to 0 with one change removing the word contractor.
Town/YMCA Pool Usage Marketing Plan
Laurie put information in the.paper and YMCA Brochure.
Action Item: Have Laurie Run a blurb for Reading summer fun on RCTV.
Action Item: Ken, Dave, Laurie will work on jazzing up the Summer Fun Flyer for
2006 with a final draft by February. This item will become a regular agenda item for
future meetings.
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'Pool Acoustics
Tom passed out a draft of a letter from the board to Pete hoping to reopen the
discussions on the pool acoustic problem. It was suggested that Pete be invited to a
future AAB meeting.
Action Item: Ken will have a final draft on the pool acoustics letter at the August
meeting.
Swim team Updates
RMH- will have one more year with the co-op league. Middlesex will not continue
with the league, they are not happy with the program. Lynnfield will flip flop their
name to do the Cape Anne League. Phil wants to keep it the way it is.
Burbank--Finished regional meets, championships and pre-championships. A new
US Officials Clinic will benefit the YMCA with 15 parents attending and two
participants from outside of the team.
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Other Business
Kindergarten Vouchers- Dave will e-mail out to board members for review. Dave will
also Contact Swim teams for fall schedules and swim meet dates. The board
agreed that a copy of the meeting minutes should be sent to Peter Hechenbleikner.
Added to Agenda
Mary Ellen requested that we talk about lifeguard procedures as part of our meeting.
Mary Ellen asked what the expectations were for lifeguards and reported that the
lifeguards on duty during a weekend visit were standing back to back and one of
them was drinking a, Dunkin Donuts coffee. Two children that were with Mary Ellen
were not required to take the swim test before entering the deep end of the pool.
Dave went over the lifeguard expectations and policies with the board-and said that
he would look into the situation to make sure these problems were addressed.
--.The Board agreed not to meet in July and that the next meeting will be held
Monday August 22, 2005 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
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