What's New
Here are our recent announcements. Please take a moment to read these as we don't want you to miss out on our current happenings!
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Updated: 9/1/10
At Rengstorff Pool from Sat, 8/14 to Mon, 9/6 Back at Eagle Pool on Tuesday 9/7.
It is time to sign up to volunteer for the Alan Liu Volunteer meet. Please follow the link and sign up. You can also sign up at the pool.
9/11: Starts, Turns and Freestyle Clinic
Saturday September 11th from 7 am to 9am, Jody and the coaching staff have a great clinic planned to help MVM get ready for the Alan Liu Memorial meet. The clinic is free and there will be no regular practice on Saturday. Coffee and Bagels will be provided after the clinic.
MVM Membership Dues Increase
Beginning in October, the individual monthly rates will increase by $5 (couple monthly dues will increase by $10).
The last time we raised our rates was four years ago. Since then, the city has been raising our pool rental fees annually by a small percent and we have also seen increases to some of our other expenses. Even though we run the organization with minimal overhead, this has caused us to run at a small deficit the past two years. This dues increase is necessary to continue to run a financially sustainable club for the foreseeable future.
We will have the updated forms and fee structure up on the website by early September. Everyone needs to fill out an updated credit card form prior to October 1st. Also at this time, we will be switching to a 10 swim punch-card system for swimmers that previously had paid a drop-in fee (more details to follow).
If anyone has questions about these changes, feel free to contact the board-- mvmboard@mvm.org, or any of the board members (http://www.mvm.org/contact-mvm.php) . We have all been working hard to ensure that Team MVM maintains an affordable dues structure that supports the aspects of our team that we all value so much. And we are happy to talk about these changes with you in greater detail.
MVM Team Goal--100% Team Participation in Alan Lui Meet
Team, we have our annual Alan Lui Swim Meet coming up on Sunday, September 26th. This has traditionally been one of our key annual events for the team and we have had great participation from everyone in past years. This year we would like to challenge the team to have 100% team participation in putting on our meet. There are three ways to participate:
- Compete
- Volunteer (there are volunteer opportunities before, after and at the meet)
- Donate Food for Snack Bar
Stay tuned for further details on how to participate in the coming weeks. Looking forward to everyone showing their team spirit!
Competition Schedule
9/12: Whiskeytown Lake. Pac Mastes Open Water Championship
9/25: Lake Natoma Open Water. Sierra Marlins Cold Water Classic
9/26: 7th Annual Alan Liu Memorial meet SCM. At Eagle Park
10/2: Alacatraz Swim with the Centurions. MVM needs to defend its Team Champion title, so come on out and do one of the classic swims in the bay.
10/3: 37th Annual Sacremento SCM Pentahalon, Davis CA. (SCM)
10/8-10: Pac Masters SCM Championships at Heather Farms Walnut Creek