Our Executive committee wants to spend $5000 to host a dinner for 50 FINA people the night before the meet (Oct 6). With this money comes a full page ad in the program.
What does USMS expect to gain from this expense? How much would an ad cost without the dinner? Is this a requirement of the award to the US of the 2006 Masters Worlds? Is USMS expecting to recruit swimmers at the meet?
Since this would be a special over budget item, I can't exactly ask what could be done locally for USMS members with the money. The money technically does not exist. Why has the Board of Directors not been included in the discussion about the relative merits of such an expense? They are, after all, suppossed to "direct " the business of the Corporation. And the Executive committee is to "execute" the directions.
I forgot to add the most important question. Since we passed the new core objectives that the EC was so interested in enacting, where does this dinner fulfill: service, educate or build the membership? I do not see a "shmooze FINA" in any of those objectives.
I forgot to add the most important question. Since we passed the new core objectives that the EC was so interested in enacting, where does this dinner fulfill: service, educate or build the membership? I do not see a "shmooze FINA" in any of those objectives.
