There is a proposal pendiing to require Nationals be held "at venues located within the boundaries of USMS." If adopted, it would preclude Puerto Rico's bid.
How do we feel about it?
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Former Member
To shed a little light on this subject - Puerto Rico did not submit a bid to host our nationals, I did. Last summer I swam at a Masters meet in Puerto Rico and had a great time. It is a wonderful facility (www.natacionmasterpr.com/Photos Natatorium.htm) in a great location. By the end of the meet, I found myself thinking it was a shame more of my USMS friends hadn't come to the meet and had the experience I had just had. Someone suggested and I followed up on the idea of nationals being hosted there. I floated the idea to several leaders in Puerto Rico and they thought it sounded like fun. So did I.
In the year since, I have met with folks in the Department of Tourism in PR as well as their swimming federation to lay the groundwork for this bid. At convention last year, I informed the championship committee that this bid was coming so they would have time to react and have their questions and concerns addressed. We have formed an organizing committee to run the event should our bid be successful.
While I am very much in favor of our hosting nationals in PR, I don't think this will be a regular occurring thing. In the history of USMS, we have never had our championship take place outside our boundaries. It is only because I have approached another federation (PR) that we are now facing this situation. It is not my intention to continue to approach foreign federations to host our national events. However, I think folks would really enjoy this meet and hope we have the opportunity to swim there.
If you have any questions that I can answer about the bid or why I think we should make an exception to our normal practice and try a meet outside our federation please let me know.
Thanks,
To shed a little light on this subject - Puerto Rico did not submit a bid to host our nationals, I did. Last summer I swam at a Masters meet in Puerto Rico and had a great time. It is a wonderful facility (www.natacionmasterpr.com/Photos Natatorium.htm) in a great location. By the end of the meet, I found myself thinking it was a shame more of my USMS friends hadn't come to the meet and had the experience I had just had. Someone suggested and I followed up on the idea of nationals being hosted there. I floated the idea to several leaders in Puerto Rico and they thought it sounded like fun. So did I.
In the year since, I have met with folks in the Department of Tourism in PR as well as their swimming federation to lay the groundwork for this bid. At convention last year, I informed the championship committee that this bid was coming so they would have time to react and have their questions and concerns addressed. We have formed an organizing committee to run the event should our bid be successful.
While I am very much in favor of our hosting nationals in PR, I don't think this will be a regular occurring thing. In the history of USMS, we have never had our championship take place outside our boundaries. It is only because I have approached another federation (PR) that we are now facing this situation. It is not my intention to continue to approach foreign federations to host our national events. However, I think folks would really enjoy this meet and hope we have the opportunity to swim there.
If you have any questions that I can answer about the bid or why I think we should make an exception to our normal practice and try a meet outside our federation please let me know.
Thanks,
