Annual Report from the Executive Director

November, 2017

To the Southern California Swimming Board of Directors and House of Delegates:

SCS can be proud of so much in 2017: successful team trips for the Pacific Coast All Stars, NACC and Western Zone teams, a spirited competition at the Festival, an amazing 2-day set of camps for Diversity & Inclusion athletes and parents, formation of a new Athletes’ Committee, and over $207,000 in club support funds were sent to over 40 teams attending World Champ Trials, Nationals, Juniors, Open Water and Futures events.

3000+ participated in our JAG, WAG, and JO meets, Ronald Dalmacio (ROSE)broke a national record, TSM Coach Dave Kelsheimer wasnamed to the TEAM USA staff for World Champs, and we had almost a dozen swimmers with SCS connections on the World Champ team roster, as well as 5 swimmers on the World Junior Champs roster and 5 on the World University Games team. Also, SAND Coach Ron Aitken was named USA Swimming Developmental Coach of the Year. So much to be proud of, indeed!

On the governance front, SCS was represented by 16 delegates at the United States Aquatic Sports Convention, and the Board held a Strategic Planning sessionin October, where they worked to revise the vision, mission and core values of SCS, and began the planning/goal setting process for the next quad, and looking all the way to 2028, when the Olympics will be in Los Angeles.

Proposed Vision:

Leading the nation that leads the world.

Proposed Mission:

Proud of our tradition, SCS provides support for our members in their pursuit of excellence.

Proposed Core Values:

Athlete-centric, Cohesive, Collaborative

New in 2017:

  • New Board of Directors in many positions
  • 3 new staff members
  • New office location: visited more frequently by the membership
  • Athlete registrations accepted via export file uploads
  • ACH monthly billing for athlete registrations

Opportunities for growth:

  • For those new to their positions: mastering the learning curve of the work and workload/ebb and flow of volume
  • For those returning to their positions: activating committees, clarifying projects and goals
  • More frequent communication:
  • Committee Chairs, General Chair and Executive Director
  • Office and Meet Admins
  • Office and Club Registrars
  • All Committees (not just geographic Committees) need to be filled and engaged in regularly scheduled (monthly? quarterly?) calls/meetings/webinars
  • New Committees/task forces to be created:
  • Investment
  • Social Media
  • Governance

Goals:

  • Strategic Plan follow-up and definition
  • Website:
  • Add tabs and add content for Disability, Diversity & Inclusion, Coaches, Parents, Athletes and Safe Sport
  • Link meet info page to calendar page, so past meets can be referred (back) to
  • Bylaws revision—in 2018, USA Swimming’s new LSC Bylaws template to be released

Registration comparisons

New Athlete / Renew Athlete / New Outreach / Renew Outreach / New Individual / Renew Individual / New Club / Renew Club
Sept 2016 / 2253 / 3584 / 163 / 165 / 20 / 384 / 1 / 0
Sept. 2017 / 1558 / 3140 / 99 / 128 / 31 / 184 / 1 / 26
Oct. 2016 / 1143 / 1586 / 70 / 201 / 33 / 279 / 2 / 1
Oct. 2017 / 1327 / 2449 / 141 / 160 / 17 / 236 / 1 / 29
Nov. 2016 / 424 / 2282 / 37 / 82 / 18 / 127 / 2 / 33
Nov. 2017
As of 11/13 / 243 / 727 / 15 / 21 / 21 / 97 / 1 / 25
Dec. 2016 / 278 / 4767 / 24 / 193 / 11 / 163 / 1 / 95
Dec. 2017
Jan. 2017 / 404 / 1386 / 16 / 260 / 12 / 117 / 1 / 26
Jan. 2018
Feb. 2017 / 309 / 373 / 12 / 49 / 19 / 68 / 0 / 2
Feb. 2018
March 2017 / 373 / 318 / 23 / 21 / 7 / 27 / 1 / 2
March 2018
April 2017 / 353 / 204 / 45 / 32 / 16 / 25 / 0 / 0
April 2018
Season 2017 / 152 / 121 / 0 / 1
Season 2018
May 2017 / 273 / 181 / 27 / 15 / 182 / 113 / 0 / 2
May 2018
Season 2017 / 20 / 44 / 0 / 1
Season 2018
June 2017 / 308 / 167 / 40 / 9 / 14 / 24 / 0 / 0
June 2018
Season 2017 / 329 / 180 / 0 / 0
Season 2018
July 2017 / 350 / 112 / 52 / 20 / 11 / 16 / 0 / 0
July 2018
Season 2017 / 274 / 101 / 0 / 1
Season 2017
August 2017 / 64 / 15 / 30 / 3 / 6 / 10 / 0 / 0
August 2018
Season 2017 / 15 / 12 / 0 / 0
Season 2018