Has the USMS ever consider starting a foundation? Many nonprofit organizations have one so that their members and other intersted parties can give large donations and the organization can use the foundation to help with extensive costs.
Generally, they are very easy to run once they have been started.
Or does the USMS have a donation mechanism connected to the membership? Has anyone ever discussed a true membership drive? I've never seem any type of membership pamphlett or brochure. If the new magazaine is going to be the property of USMS, this seems to me to be a great way to entice more people into membership and making donations. I live in a small town of about 33,000 in west central Illinois. There are two members to CMSA, however, there are other poeple who have swam in college and still swim. When I've mentioned USMS to them, they do not see a reason to become a member -two used to get Fitness Swimmer and didn't know about Swim Magazine.
I generally swim in postal races because trips to Chicago to swim for the day can be very expensive. The organization does offer many benfits to swimmers outside of simply being a link to compettition. Oddly, I don't even know towhom to address this question.
USMS has so many benefits that many people could use. The organization seems ot be very passive though.
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Craig,
I'm hoping that we'll soon have a better information packet and literature and tools available to address your concerns.
I think the most likely way it will happen is that USMS will come up with guidelines and supporting literature, and look towards the local people to make contacts with organizations.
Right now, there is a fitness comittee, and a "Y" liaison in the USMS. Fitness comittee head is Pam Hamstreet, and the USMS-Y liaison is, if I remember correctly Mel Goldstein.
If you want more specific information about this You can contact them both via the USMS website, from this page:
www.usms.org/.../org.htm
Craig,
I'm hoping that we'll soon have a better information packet and literature and tools available to address your concerns.
I think the most likely way it will happen is that USMS will come up with guidelines and supporting literature, and look towards the local people to make contacts with organizations.
Right now, there is a fitness comittee, and a "Y" liaison in the USMS. Fitness comittee head is Pam Hamstreet, and the USMS-Y liaison is, if I remember correctly Mel Goldstein.
If you want more specific information about this You can contact them both via the USMS website, from this page:
www.usms.org/.../org.htm
