Convention XXXVII Information
Hyatt Regency Atlanta
September 21-25, 2016
Atlanta, Ga.
Meeting Minutes
Minutes from all meetings held at the convention can be found here. Thank you to all delegates for helping USMS to go "green" by avoiding printing hard copies of all minutes.
Goggle Drive!
General Information
U.S. Masters Swimming will conduct public meetings from September 21 to 25. All delegates should plan to attend meetings beginning with the first House of Delegates meeting on Thursday morning, September 22 at 8:00 a.m. The final House of Delegates meeting will be held on Saturday afternoon, September 24. Delegates are expected to attend all House of Delegates meetings. The Board of Directors meetings on Wednesday, September 21 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Sunday, September 25 from 9:15 a.m. to noon are open to any delegates wishing to observe.
Convention Registration
Information on convention registration, hotel reservations, and airport transportation can all be found on the USAS convention page.
Resources for Delegates
- Welcome Letter, containing pre-convention and convention instructions and a rough overview of convention activities.
- Survival guide for new delegates. If this is your first USAS convention, this document will give you an overview of what to expect.
- Hotel Floor Plan (meeting rooms)
- House of Delegates meeting agendas
- Pre-convention emails
- Questions: Contact Tracy Grilli
Pre-Convention Delegate Packet
The full pre-convention packet (191 pages, 16MB, created 9/14/16) containing annual reports for all entities and meeting agendas for committee meetings is available here in PDF format. All delegates are expected to download and read the pre-convention packet prior to arriving at convention. This packet will NOT be updated if any of the individual sections (below) are updated. So if you download the complete packet be sure to check below to see if any sections have been updated. For best results, right click and select "save as" to save the file to your computer and then open your copy of the file.
Individual Sections of Pre-Convention Packet
- Announcements (updated 9/19)
- Table of Contents
- Convention Schedule (updated 9/13)
- National Office - State of USMS
- Executive Committee Reports
- Strategic Plan Infographic
- Committee Reports & Meeting Agendas
- Zone Reports & Meeting Agendas
- 2016 Elections: Candidates for Office
- Committees of the Board of Directors Reports
- Liaison, Special Assignments & Task Force Reports (updated 9/19)
- Proposed Rules Changes
- Proposed Long Distance Rules Changes
- Additional LD Rule Proposal LD-68, Sep 15 (added 9/15)
- Additional LD Rule Proposal HK-1, Sep 19 (added 9/19)
- Proposed Legislation Changes (updated 9/16 to add L-10)
- 2017 Budget Proposal
- Attachments:
Remembrance List
Please review this list of USMS members who have passed away since the 2015 convention (click the "Date of Death" column heading twice to reverse sort). This list will be read during one of the House of Delegates sessions. If you know of a name that should be added to this list, submit it to Anna Lea Matysek no later than September 16.
Resources for Committees
- Instructions for meeting minutes
- Meeting minutes template (MS Word document)
- Example of a completed meeting minutes document
- Meeting attendance form
- Committee summary of performance
Convention Workshops and Presentations:
- Turning Resources into Satisfied Swimmers - Paige Buehler
- Futures Committee Panel - Dan Cox
- ALTS & SSL Grants - Bill Meier and Karen Harris
- Avoiding Grievances - Lisa Brown
- Officials Certification in your LMSC - Brian Albright
- Social Media Driver - Alana Aubin
- Diversity - Opportunities & Obstacles - Lisa Dahl and Sarah Welch
Post-Convention:
- 2017 Committee request (will open 9/21)
- 2016 Convention Evaluation
- 2016 Workshop Evaluations (will open afternoon of 9/23)
- Turning Resources into Satisfied Swimmers
- Futures Committee Panel
- ALTS & SSL Grants
- Avoiding Grievances
- Officials Certification in your LMSC
- Social Media Driver
- Diversity - Opportunities & Obstacles
- "The W's" survey (opens 9/24)
- BOD training exit survey (opens 9/24)