Potomac Valley Voices
Editor: Dick Rankin
Vol. 3 No 5 JULY, 1999
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Thirl Crudup Elected PVS General Chairman -- Dick Rankin
The PVS House of Delegates (HOD) at its Annual Meeting on May 18,1999 elected Thirl Crudup as the next General Chairman. He will step into this role on September 1, 1999 and lead this association into the next millennium. Thirl has been a long time volunteer in Potomac Valley; he and his wife, Linda, have served as our Zone Team Coordinators for the past several years. In this role he has seen first hand the major components of our competition program and for the past 2 years he has been the chairman of the very critical Operations Committee. As such, he has responsibility for the conduct of our swimming programs. From these positions Thirl is thoroughly grounded in PVS programs. In addition to his local responsibilities, the President of USA Swimming has appointed him to the national Outreach Committee, charged with the development of policy to expand USA Swimming into areas it does not presently reach very well. No one in our association is any better prepared to become General Chairman than Thirl and I know he will be a tremendous success.
The HOD also selected Jim Garner as the incoming Vice Chairman for Senior Swimming. Jim, like Thirl, has been a major volunteer in this association for many years. You, no doubt, have seen him on the deck as an official for years; he also serves on the PVS Officials Committee and what you may not know is that he has been John Hirschmann's right hand assistant on the PVS web page. John Ertter was elected as our Treasurer and Chairman of the Finance Committee. His professional skills in the financial business world will be well used in this key position. Like the other new Board members, John has been very visible in the association. The HOD also re-elected Carol Nickle and selected John McDonald and Larry Woodward to the Board of Review. I want to publicly thank Dave Scibetta and his Nominating Committee for finding just the right leaders for carrying on the management of PVS along with the other continuing members of the Board.
Nominations for Coach and Athlete Representatives on the Board of Directors were also conducted at the House annual meeting. Greg York and Steve Ercolano were nominated for the Coach position and Kelly Burke for the Athlete position. The election for these positions will be held during selected swim meets during this long course season.
Taylor and Henderson Families Honored -- Dick Rankin
In an unprecedented event 2 members - actually 2 families - of the PVS community received the Phillips 66 Outstanding Service Award at the HOD Annual Meeting. Never before in the history of our association has this award been made to more than one person in a given year; in fact, this award which comes from USA Swimming to honor local volunteers, who give of themselves way beyond the norm, is restricted to one presentation per year per LSC. However, this year we had 2 families that have decided to retire from their very active roles in competitive swimming and both PVS and USA Swimming decided to "amend the rules" to rightfully honor Evelyn and Ron Taylor and Mary Ann and Marty Henderson as recipients of this prestigious service award. In addition to the award itself the Taylors and the Hendersons received a certificate of distinguished service from Chuck Wielgus, the Executive Director of USA Swimming, and a personal letter from the USA Swimming staff director that routinely interfaced with Evelyn and Mary Ann in their respective roles as Administrative Assistant and Registrar. It goes virtually without saying that all in PVS will miss their hard work, dedication and wise counsel and that we wish them well in whatever ventures they pursue. Evelyn and Ron have already permanently relocated to a warmer climate and the Hendersons plan to be on the road a lot over the coming months. Nevertheless, all of us who worked so closely with them hope that our paths continue to cross regularly.
PVS Awarded Spring 2000 Zone Meet -- Dick Rankin
The PVS adventure to the Eastern Zone Meeting in Stamford, CT in early May is what movies are made of! Our delegation from PVS set out from our homes on an early Saturday morning with airline tickets in hand that would get us to the meeting by the 10 AM start time. By 1 PM when we finally walked into the meeting, having arrived at a totally different airport than scheduled due to the weather, our brand new Administrative Assistants, who had driven up the night before, had been able to delay the Zone Meet Bid presentations pending our arrival. By the way our travel story doesn't end there, the meeting ended 2 hours later and we headed back to New York for our 5:30 PM flight only to arrive in Washington via train at 11:15 PM. What a day!?!
But it was also a very successful day for PVS because we were able to achieve what we set out to accomplish. Namely, the Eastern Zone awarded PVS the hosting of the 2000 Short Course Zone Championship Meet. Mark your calendars; the meet will be held next March 30 through April 1 at the brand new Prince Georges Sports and Learning Complex (PGS&LC), adjacent to the Jack Kent Cooke Stadium. This new indoor/outdoor facility, which should open later this summer, will include one of the finest indoor swimming venues on the East Coast. The indoor complex includes a full scale track and field facility as well as a gymnastic competition center along with the aquatic venue. Over a thousand, seated spectators will be able to watch the swimmers compete in a state of the art 50 meter by 25 yard pool facility complete with electronic scoreboards for multiple competition pools. Swimmers will be able to warmup/warmdown in a separate, smaller 25 yard pool and will have access to excellent locker room facilities. Unlike most other public athletic facilities that are designed primarily for recreational use of the community, the PGS&LC has been designed with competition in mind. We envision swimming competitions at a regional and national level will be held here for years to come. This is the first time that PVS has hosted the Short Course Championship Meet. The Curl Burke Swim Club has volunteered to be the host club for the meet and Linda Crudup, who is our Zone Team Representative, will serve as the Meet Director. The Competition Committee at its May Meeting restated its commitment to ensure that our swimmers receive all the benefits of being in a team environment. Coaches will be selected in the early Fall and planning will get underway shortly thereafter. The Committee did decide that since the meet is local we would not require all the swimmers to stay together in a local hotel. In fact, housing will be left to the individual swimmers and their teams and coaches as we do with the Long Course Championship each summer.
PVS Registrars Installed -- Irene Millman
Our administrative office, staffed by Irene Millman and Linda Edmunds, have now assumed full responsibility for PVS Registration activity. Irene and Linda worked closely with Mary Ann Henderson during June to transition the registrar function to the Administrative Office and that transition is now complete. For any registration and/or insurance question or action please contact Irene or Linda through one of the following ways:
| Address: | PO Box 313 Washington Grove, MD 20880-0313 Phone:
| (301) 840-5955
| Fax:
| (301) 840-5950
| The email address is pvadmn@pvswim.org
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By adding the registration function to our administrative office responsibilities, we have now combined all of our administrative staff functions into one location and we have achieved the convenience of "one stop shopping" for our membership.
House of Delegates Decisions -- Editor
In addition to the election of new officers, the House of Delegates approved the following actions at its Annual Meeting: