Hey Everybody-
Guess what? Our coaches positions have been eliminated by the City of Walnut Creek. This is not a joke. Of the Aquatics programs in the city, ours is the only one that operates in the black, and yet they are going to cut it.
If you could, would you shoot a brief e-mail, to the city council and let them know what a successful program this is across the country and in the world. All few hundred of us are doing what we can, but I think it's time to bring in the big guns- you.
Kerry has spent 30 years of his life building this program into what it is today, and helping many of you in the process, please help him and the program that he lives for.
The address is: mayor@walnut-creek.org
and ask them to respond to your e-mail.
Thanks,
Karen Duggan
We know you are right Mr. Ninny. In fact we have all gotten the same "canned response" e-mail. I sent a not-very-nice response to their letter.
I hadn't thought about the media, that's a great idea. And even if that doesn't save Kerry's job, perhaps it would garner interest for building our own facility. A friend of mine that I grew up swimming with was a newscaster on the local Fox station here. She now works for the Giants doing their on the field stuff. I'll call her. = )
I have been swimming for 30 years this year. Hopefully, I'll be swimming for another 40-50, so I am very excited at the possibility of our team, and that's who it would be, building our own state of the art facility with 2-50m pools, and all that would make it world class. No one has said that's what we will do, but that's something I am certainly going to push for. My only concern is that pools usually operate in the red. However, if we could get one nationals a year...
There are two nearby high schools who desperately need a facility. I have NEVER seen a water polo practice or game. I'm at the pool almost every day! I dare say water polo would be interested in a new facility. I don't care too much for synchro (really, the way the parents are pressuring their children to look a certain way- tears daily in the locker room!), but I'm sure they'd want a new pool. The thing is that there is such a need in the extemely large aquatic community.
Anyway, thanks for the great suggestions.
Pressing on!
We know you are right Mr. Ninny. In fact we have all gotten the same "canned response" e-mail. I sent a not-very-nice response to their letter.
I hadn't thought about the media, that's a great idea. And even if that doesn't save Kerry's job, perhaps it would garner interest for building our own facility. A friend of mine that I grew up swimming with was a newscaster on the local Fox station here. She now works for the Giants doing their on the field stuff. I'll call her. = )
I have been swimming for 30 years this year. Hopefully, I'll be swimming for another 40-50, so I am very excited at the possibility of our team, and that's who it would be, building our own state of the art facility with 2-50m pools, and all that would make it world class. No one has said that's what we will do, but that's something I am certainly going to push for. My only concern is that pools usually operate in the red. However, if we could get one nationals a year...
There are two nearby high schools who desperately need a facility. I have NEVER seen a water polo practice or game. I'm at the pool almost every day! I dare say water polo would be interested in a new facility. I don't care too much for synchro (really, the way the parents are pressuring their children to look a certain way- tears daily in the locker room!), but I'm sure they'd want a new pool. The thing is that there is such a need in the extemely large aquatic community.
Anyway, thanks for the great suggestions.
Pressing on!
