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<div><b>HELP</b></div>
<div>I need help at the Bay Area Senior Games (tomorrow Sunday
16 March) at Stanford's Avery Aquatic Center for the Bay Area Senior
Games swimming competition. It is a morning meet and should be over by
noon. If you can help (timers are welcome) come to the Avery Center by
8:30. Thank you - michael</div>
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<div><b>STRAWBERRY CANYON AQUATIC MASTERS MEET</b><br>
The Strawberry Canyon Masters invitational Meet wil be Saturday 29
March 2008 at the Spieker Aquatic Complex, University of California
Berkeley. You can register on line by going
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Online registration will be taken until 11:59 pm Wed March 26. Race
day registration will be taken. The 500 Freestyle must be
pre-entered.<br>
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<div><b>PACIFIC MASTERS SHORT COURSE CHAMPIONSHIPS</b></div>
<div>The Pacific Masters Swimming Short Course Championships will be
held 11-13 April 2008 at the Dolores Bengston Aquatic Center,
Pleasanton, California. The Championships are being organized by
the Tri Valley Masters and the Walnut Creek Masters.</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/08wcmscy.pdf<br>
You must pre-enter the meet. Mail entries must be postmarked by Monday
24 March and received by Thursday 27 March. or you can enter on-line
by 2 April 2008.</div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>WORLDS</b></font></div>
<div>You must register by March 22 to compete at the XII FINA WORLD
MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS.</div>
<div> http://www.2008finamasters.org</div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>STANFORD UNIVERSITY INVITATIONAL GRAND
PRIX</b></font></div>
<div>The Stanford University Invitational Grand Prix will be held
April 4-6 2008 at the Avery Aquatic Center, Stanford. The meet is
hosted by Stanford University, Palo Alto Stanford Aquatic and Pacific
Swimming. Information can be found at</div>
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<div>It looks like there will be excellent competition.</div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>CANCER SURVIVORS</b></font></div>
<div>Susan Helmrich, and Judy Struass masters swimmer, and
cancer survivors are organizing a Forum at Nationals in Austin for
Cancer survivors. Janel Jorgensen, 1988 Olympian and Executive
Director of Swim Across America has graciously agreed to be the
speaker. They are working on a specific time and location for
her talk but it will be after the competition on Friday evening,
May 2. They would like a good turnout Contact Judy Straus
judystrauss at sbcglobal dot net for more
information.</div>
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<div><b>SERVICE TO OUR MEMBERS</b></div>
<div>The Pacific Masters executive committee met in December to review
where Pacific Masters is going and what can be done to improve our
service to our members. There was much discussion, and we want to
share our ideas with the membership. The committee will be discussing
the Mission Statement and the goals at the April meeting, and would
welcome you input. You can make comments directly to me by email, or
may attend theMeetings</div>
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<div><b>"SWIM FOR JUST 60 MINUTES A WEEK AND YOU'LL CUT YOUR RISK
OF PROSTATE CANCER 31 PERCENT"</b> From Men's Health April 2008
(Of course I realize that this information is of value to only 50% of
our members.) (I wonder if I swim 2 hours a week will that cut the
risk 62%) "Men with the highest fitness levels are three times
less likely to die of cancer compared with those are are least active
according to a University of Buffalo study."</div>
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<div><b>PacMasters does well in FINA 2007 Top Ten (Take two or
six</b>)<br>
I tried to read the FINA Top Ten. The information was in 5 point type
in a four column format. There was no team designation, only country
designation. I have made many changes and there have been five
updates. The current version is at:<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Pacific
Masters
http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/07/07finaToptenPacMstrs.pdf<br>
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<div>If you catch any errors, (this was all done by hand), please
contact michael at michael@pacificmasters.org<br>
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OPEN WATER SWIM DIRECTOR'S MEETING</div>
<div>The Open Water Swim Director's meeting will be Sunday 30 March at
the Olympic Club, 665 Sutter Street, San Francisco 94102<br>
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<div><b>USMS SHORT COURSE NATIONALS</b><br>
The 2008 USMS Short Course National Championships will be held May 1-4
at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center at the University of
Texas at Austin. The complete set of meet information is now available
for this meet as well as the online entry system.</div>
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http://www.usms.org/comp/scnats08/pool.jpg<br>
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Swimmers are encouraged to enter online to help reduce entry
errors.<br>
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https://www.usms.org/comp/scnats08/onlineentry.php<br>
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Online entries will be accepted until midnight CDT on April 3. Mailed
entries must be postmarked by March 20 or received by March 27. Be
sure to get your entry in early -- the entry fee is reduced by $10 for
entries received online or postmarked by March 20.<br>
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Read more... http://www.usms.org/comp/scnats08/</div>
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ONLINE REGISTRATION</b><br>
If you have not registered for Pacific Masters, you can register on
line. It is quick and easy and you can do it in the privacy of your
home. To compete you must be a current member of United States Masters
Swimming, if you go to a meet to register and compete, you will just
stand in line longer. By registering now you will get the USMS Swimmer
and all the benefits of being a member, besides belonging to a group
that has great people.</div>
<div>http://www.pacificmasters.org/admin/onlineRegistration.shtml<br>
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<b>PACIFIC MASTERS 2008 SCHEDULE</b><br>
The 2008 Pacific Masters Schedule has been posted on the web site.<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/schd.html<br>
Currently 35 events are planned for the next year. Included in the
schedule are short course yards, long course meters, short course
meters and open water.<br>
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michael<br>
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<div><b>Recommendation for a physician</b><br>
After having the same family physician for 40 years, he passed away
late last year. I have to find a new family doctor or internal
medicine doctor. If you have a great doctor or know of one on
the east side of San Francisco or south side of San Francisco, please
let me know michael@pacificmasters.org. Thank you.<br>
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<br>
The committee welcomes your comments, as the goal of the committee is
to serve the clubs and members. PMS Mission Statement (draft).
"Pacific Masters Swimming welcomes anyone who would like to gain and
maintain fitness through swimming and encourages programs to foster
this mission." Goals.<br>
<br>
We would like to achieve the following goals this year. If you are
interested in participating to achieve them, please let me know.<br>
<br>
Goal 1. Target coaches and clubs for PMS programs and help. a.
Implement a pilot program offering financial assistance to engage a
coach for clubs that don't have one. Determine costs, identify clubs
without coaches, sort by geographical areas.<br>
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b. Institute communications regarding opportunities to coaches and
clubs.<br>
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Goal 2. Provide programs to enhance fitness and competitive
opportunities.<br>
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a. Provide clinics, lectures, and other programs to improve the skills
and health of our members.</div>
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b. Promote existing USMS fitness programs to clubs and individual
members.<br>
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c. Promote pool, open water, and postal opportunities to members.<br>
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Goal 3. Provide resources to help clubs solve their problems.<br>
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Goal 4. Provide high quality competitive events. a. Implement the
Hy-Tek meet program in all PMS events.<br>
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b. Update the Meet Directors handbook to be short, concise, and user
friendly. Link to cuent appendices.<br>
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c. Provide resources to clubs hosting events.<br>
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<div>michael w. moore<br>
michael@mwmoore.org</div>
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