There are plenty of under used municipal and school pools across the country that could be bought or managed by an outside organization, just for the promise of occasional public access. USMS is not loaded with money, but has lots of knowledge and experienced people who could pull off a stunt like this. One club in Indiana has done just this thing by taking over a county pool that was in peril of closing because it could not afford to operate it. As far as I know, the agreement is still in force and the USMS club is still paying for operations by its own management and programming.
San Diego has three public pools but cannot afford to keep them all open at once, so they have one or two open and close the other one (or two) on a rotating basis. Not a good way to keep programs filled.
Dues are not going to pay for a pool. I was wondering if a corporation would subsidize is in this venture.
Dues do not pay for the pool. That would be a stupid venture. Our reputation and saved money will negotiate a price for purchase or management of a facility.
USMS once threw $75,000 at a tv commercial that never happened. I do not think all of the budgeted money was used, but some was. We got no return for that. Even if we lose some money on a pool, we should pick up a bunch of new swimmers and maybe a new club.
Corporate sponsorships are available, but we need to be a membership of over 100,000 to attract that kind of money. We have been losing members for 5 years.
Dues are not going to pay for a pool. I was wondering if a corporation would subsidize is in this venture.
Dues do not pay for the pool. That would be a stupid venture. Our reputation and saved money will negotiate a price for purchase or management of a facility.
USMS once threw $75,000 at a tv commercial that never happened. I do not think all of the budgeted money was used, but some was. We got no return for that. Even if we lose some money on a pool, we should pick up a bunch of new swimmers and maybe a new club.
Corporate sponsorships are available, but we need to be a membership of over 100,000 to attract that kind of money. We have been losing members for 5 years.
