Convention XXXVIII Information
Hyatt Regency Dallas at Reunion
September 13-17, 2017
Dallas, Tex.
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 2017
All donations to Swimming Saves Lives Foundation during the USMS Annual Meeting in Dallas will go toward purchasing goggles for adults learning to swim through our 2018 grant programs. Donate today!
General Information
U.S. Masters Swimming will conduct public meetings from September 13 to 17. All delegates should plan to attend meetings beginning with the first House of Delegates meeting on Thursday morning, September 14 at 8:00 a.m. The final House of Delegates meeting will be held on Saturday afternoon, September 16. Delegates are expected to attend all House of Delegates meetings. The Board of Directors meetings on Wednesday, September 13 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Sunday, September 17 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.
- Hospitality Suite Schedule - Hosted by the North Texas LMSC
- Hotel Floor Plan (meeting rooms)
- Hotel Fact Sheet
- House of Delegates meeting agendas (updated 9/12/17)
- Pre-convention emails
- Meeting Minutes - 2017 Convention - Dallas, TX
- Questions: Contact Jessica Porter
Pre-Convention Delegate Packet
The full pre-convention packet (223 pages, 13KB, created 9/9/17) containing annual reports for all entities and meeting agendas for committee meetings is available here in PDF format. USMS has gone GREEN and we ask that you either upload the pre-convention files to your electronic devise, print yourself or have printed at a local copy shop. All delegates are expected to download and read the pre-convention packet prior to arriving at convention. This packet WILL be updated if any of the individual sections 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
- Table of Contents
- Convention Schedule
- Executive Committee Reports
- Strategic Plan Infographic
- Committee Reports & Meeting Agendas
- Zone Reports & Meeting Agendas
- 2017 Elections: Candidates for Office
- Committees of the Board of Directors Reports
- Liaison, Special Assignments & Task Force Reports
- Final Adopted Rules Changes (Updated 10/2)
- Proposed Long Distance Rules Changes (Updated 9/17)
- Proposed Legislation Changes (Updated 9/16 - HOD draft)
- Proposed Appendix D Changes (Updated 9/16 - HOD draft)
- Proposed Map of Texas (Updated 9/16 - HOD draft)
- 2018 Budget Proposal
- Attachments:
Remembrance List
Please review this list of USMS members who have passed away since the 2016 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 USMS Membership Services no later than Tuesday, September 12.
Resources for Committees
- Committee report template (pre-convention)
- 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
- Workshop #3 - Tech Crunch for the Swim World!
- Using the tools you already have or Already Exist
- Social Media & Websites
- Tech Crunch for the Swim World!
- Workshop #4 - Mentoring vs. Coaching, Know the Difference– Futures Task Force Dan Cox
- Workshop #5 - Adding Oooomph to Your Meet! – CJ Rushman
- Workshop #7 - Open Water Sanctioning & Long Distance National Championship Bidding – Donn Livoni & Bob Bruce
Post-Convention
- 2018 Committee request (closed 10/6)
- 2017 Convention Evaluation (closed 10/6)
- 2017 Workshop Evaluations
- Workshop #1 - LMSC Standards: Everything that you wanted to know but were afraid to ask! – Hugh Moore
- Workshop #2 - Do You Have the Meet Officials You Deserve? – Brian Albright
- Workshop #3 - Tech Crunch for the Swim World!
- Workshop #4 - Mentoring vs. Coaching, Know the Difference– Futures Task Force Dan Cox
- Workshop #5 - Adding Oooomph to Your Meet! – CJ Rushman
- Workshop #6 - Getting Your Fitness Swimmer on and off the Blocks! – Tim Waud and Scott Bay
- Workshop #7 - Open Water Sanctioning & Long Distance National Championship Bidding – Donn Livoni & Bob Bruce
- Workshop #8 - Are Your Volunteers in Jeopardy? – Ray Novitske