All,
I'm thinking about attending convention in three weeks. My reasons are several but most important is that I want to become more involved in USMS and I figure the best way to find out how/what/when/where is to attend convention.
Does this make sense? Would it be worthwhile?
Paul
I'll take that "stirs the pot" thing as a compliment!
Good, that’s how it was meant.
do something at the local level. Committees and inertia and handwringing = :bed: As the current chief handwringer, I believe that it takes people working at all levels to make this work. We need members to encourage (or in some cases brow beat) friends to participate, we need people to lead and to coach clubs, we need people working in the LMSC’s and we need people working at the national and international levels.
This started out and a Convention thread and for some strange reason has morphed somewhat. So to briefly get back to the convention… A number of threads have pointed out that there are many ways to reach swimmers. I see that great minds think alike; which is why this year’s convention theme is “Membership – It’s up to us.” By membership, I don’t just mean adding more members, mean providing our members with more products and services, giving our clubs tools to grow, and yes increasing our membership base. The “it’s up to us” reflects the fact that this can’t be done by 250 people meeting for 4 days at a convention, but takes everyone who is interested in supporting Masters Swimming; be it by encouraging friends to participate, or volunteering to help at a meet, within your club, at the LMSC or national level. It may be as simple as replying to a “Hi, I’m a new swimmer in Scranton” post, with information to help the newbie.
I'll take that "stirs the pot" thing as a compliment!
Good, that’s how it was meant.
do something at the local level. Committees and inertia and handwringing = :bed: As the current chief handwringer, I believe that it takes people working at all levels to make this work. We need members to encourage (or in some cases brow beat) friends to participate, we need people to lead and to coach clubs, we need people working in the LMSC’s and we need people working at the national and international levels.
This started out and a Convention thread and for some strange reason has morphed somewhat. So to briefly get back to the convention… A number of threads have pointed out that there are many ways to reach swimmers. I see that great minds think alike; which is why this year’s convention theme is “Membership – It’s up to us.” By membership, I don’t just mean adding more members, mean providing our members with more products and services, giving our clubs tools to grow, and yes increasing our membership base. The “it’s up to us” reflects the fact that this can’t be done by 250 people meeting for 4 days at a convention, but takes everyone who is interested in supporting Masters Swimming; be it by encouraging friends to participate, or volunteering to help at a meet, within your club, at the LMSC or national level. It may be as simple as replying to a “Hi, I’m a new swimmer in Scranton” post, with information to help the newbie.
