PRESENT
 Millie Bishop ETOB
Cheryl Blay GBAY
Mary Brinklow CRTC
Darlene Brown EYH
Geoff Camp ETOB
David Cassels MCY
Bob Cassidy ETOB
Ian Christie  ETOB
Sharon Cockerton NEP
Bruce Fairbrother UNON
Ann Gunther NYG
Jack Hatherly NT
Charlie Lane ETOB
Ron Legge  ETOB
Ian MacDonald  ETOB
Barrie Malloch  ETOB
Jackie Mandziak  ETOB
Lesley Mason-Ward SWYM
Doug Munn   GBAY
Pat Niblett   TECH
Judie Oliver  NYG
Kalis Rasmusen  ETOB
Grant Sinclair  MBLA
Chris Smith   MBLA
Roy Smith   DAM
Roberta Stasyszyn  CRTC
Doug Vanderby  NT
Tom Verth   BRNT

CLUB VOTING POWERS
Brantford Aquatic Club Masters 2
Courtice Masters Swimming 2
Dufferin Aquatic Masters 1
East York Hurricanes 1
Etobicoke Olympium Masters Aquatic Club 4
Georgian Bay Masters 1
Master Blasters 2
Metro Central Ynauts 1
Nepean Masters Swim Club 4
North Toronto 4
North York Gators 2
Ottawa Swimming West Y Masters 2
Technosport Swim and Triathlon Club 2
Unattached  1

CALL TO ORDER
President Chris Smith, acting as chair, called the meeting to order at 2:55 PM. Chris welcomed all delegates to the meeting and thanked North York Gators for hosting the meet and providing MSO with the meeting room.

ACCEPTANCE OF AGENDA
MOTION: BARRIE MALLOCH / JUDIE OLIVER
To accept the agenda.
CARRIED

ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES FROM THE 1997 AGM
MOTION: ROY SMITH / DOUG MUNN
To accept the minutes of the December 6, 1997 AGM.
CARRIED

ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES FROM THE SPECIAL MEETING
A special meeting was held Februrary 20, 1998 in Ottawa.
MOTION: GEOFF CAMP / IAN CHRISTIE
To accept the minutes of the special meeting.
CARRIED

NEW BUSINESS
1) Fitness Day: Grant Sinclair
2) Pilot Project: Ian Christie
3) Age Determination Date: Geoff Camp
4) MSO Pin: Roy Smith

BUSINESS ARISING FROM THE 1997 MEETING
Club Scoring: Charlie Lane
Club scoring was implemented at the 1998 provincials hosted by Etobicoke. There were 3 categories set up based on the number of entries.
Large clubs   1 Etobicoke won
Medium   2 Technosport won
Small   3 North York Gators won
No one complained about club scoring.

REPORTS
MOTION: GEOFF CAMP / JACKIE HATHERLY
To dispense with the reading of the reports and to accept same.
CARRIED

NEW BUSINESS
Age Determination Date: Geoff Camp
MSC requested that MSO reconsider their position on the age determination date.
MOTION: GEOFF CAMP / CHARLIE LANE
Be it resolved that MSO adopt an age determination date the same as other Canadian provinces and MSC, in order to standardize record tabulation and reduce confusion for swimmers.
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
The MSO rule states that a person must be 20 to register with MSO and only registered swimmers are allowed to compete.

MSC'S REQUEST FOR NAMES: GEOFF CAMP
MSC wants to build a national registration.
MOTION: GEOFF CAMP / LESLEY MASON-WARD
Be it resolved that MSO permit the name, age and gender of each MSO registered swimmer be forwarded to MSC for their statistical base. The information will NOT include addresses, and under NO circumstances is MSC to release any of this information to any other person or body without explicit release from each individual.
DEFEATED
7 FOR
16 AGAINST
2 ABSTAINED

MASTER SWIM SERIES: IAN CHRISTIE
Ian presented his proposal for a series of swims. This proposal will be included with the 1999 editorial. Technosport is currently running a successful series in the Ottawa area.
MOTION: IAN CHRISTIE / KALIS RASMUSSEN
To investigate this concept with a view to implementing it next year.
CARRIED

MSO WELLNESS / FITNESS DAY: GRANT SINCLAIR
Grant presented his proposal for a Fitness Day which would include four different sessions.
1) Healthy Eating for Sports and Active Living - Susan Mah
2) Optimizing Physical Health and Minimizing Injury - Kate Fletcher
3) Dryland Training, Stretching and Alternatives to Weight Training -  Cliff Barry
4) Stroke Clinic in the Pool - Cliff Barry
The date still has to be set.
MOTION: GRANT SINCLAIR / GEOFF CAMP
To proceed with the Wellness / Fitness Day Proposal.
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

MSO PIN: ROY SMITH
Roy Smith presented the board with a MSO pin which he designed. He is offering it for $5.00 which includes shipping and handling. Fifty cents will go to MSO. An order form will be included with the 1999 Editorial.
MOTION: ROY SMITH / PAT NIBLETT
Endorse this design as an official MSO pin readily available with 50 cents going to MSO.
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

WORLD POLICE AND FIRE GAMES: DOUG VANDERBY
Doug requested MSO sanction the meet in Sweden in order that records would be accepted for Ontario records. Geoff Camp responded that FINA sanctions nothing, the local sanctioning body sanctions meets. The last event held in Alberta was not sanctioned by Swim Alberta because not all swimmers were registered with masters swimming.
The World Police and Fire Games will be held in Stockholm July 16-24, 1999.

PROVINCIAL COMMITTEE: IAN MACDONALD
Ian proposed that a committee should be set up to coordinate the provincial championship. Over the past 10 years there have been 3 years when there was no provincial championship meet.
MOTION: IAN MACDONALD / CHARLIE LANE
To form a committee to coordinate and ensure that a provincial meet is run annually.
CARRIED

NATIONALS
The championship is limited to 850 swimmers due to pool capacity.

YMCA ASSOCIATED CLUBS: DAVID CASSELS
David Cassels is proposing to set up a club of affiliated masters Y clubs.
David requested a letter of endorsement from the board.

TERMINATION OF TERM
Don Hambley and Chris Smith are not seeking another term. Directors whose terms are up are Lesley Mason-Ward and Pat Niblett.

Lesley Mason-Ward was nominated by Pat Niblett, seconded by Chris Smith.
Pat Niblett was nominated by Darlene Brown, seconded by Geoff Camp.
Ralph Chown was nominated by Pat Niblett, seconded by Geoff Camp.
Charlie Lane was nominated by Ian MacDonald, seconded by Darlene Brown.

The four nominated are accepted as directors.

AUDITORS
MOTION: DARLENE BROWN / GEOFF CAMP
To appoint the auditors Withey Addison for 1998/1999.
CARRIED.

The meeting was adjourned at 5:00 PM

source : mso secretary; updated : 2001.08.22; file : agm1998