NAA Notification: It's March and that means it's time to get our next President's meeting and organized!

It's hard to believe but 2010 has already arrived and now that it's March we have our first NAA President's Meeting on the schedule. 

In this meeting we will be covering our usual topics for Committe Presidents such as marketing, staffing and funding but as promised, we will also be using the beginning of our meeting time to go over the role of the NAA President as that role is about to become vacant in May and must be filled.

Our meeting is scheduled for March 22 at 7pm at the Dorval Community Center.  Each pool should be sending its committee president or a committee representative.  The meeting will be of little interest to lifeguards.

In addition, if you are interested in being nominated as the President of the NAA in May, then you should attend this meeting at least for the first 30 minutes as we go over the role and responsibilities as well as answer any questions regarding taking on this responsibiltiy for the NAA. The President of the NAA is elected during the regular Annual General Meeting which is scheduled this year on May 17th.  Any member in good standing can be elected to the position.  They must be nominated during that meeting and then a vote is taken by the membership just as we do for all other NAA decisions.

If you know someone who is interested in considering this role, please have them be at the meeting on March 22nd to find out what is involved and/or contact Chris Vandersluis at president@naaswim.com.

NAA Notification: Calendar change of 1st NAA Meeting of the year

We have a small change in the AGM date for May.  This date has been changed from May 10th to May 17th.  That's Monday May 17th at 7pm at the Dorval Community Centre.

The Printable Calendar has been updated.  If you have old copies of the calendar they should be replaced with the new version.

Committee: Presidents meeting on Nov 9 at 7pm

Now that the 2009 season is behind us and we've been able to catch our breath, it's time for our next regular President's meeting.

As always, the topics will be of no interest to the lifeguard staff as we'll be talking about financing, fund raising, marketing and pool logistics. Please have the pool committee president or equivalent attend. The meeting will be on Monday, November 9th and go from 7pm until 9pm at the latest and will be held, as always, at the Dorval Community Centre.

If your committee has recently had a change, please make sure to have the new president informed of this meeting.

General: Have you seen our book recommendations?

As mentioned in the NAA meeting yesterday, we've created book recommendations we think will be of interest to NAA members.  This is one of many changes we'll have on the website over the year.  Go to the Bookstore link to see the recommendations.  You'll find books organized into several categories including one category for each aquatic discipline and one for Committees.  There are books on how to encourage parent participation, books on defensive waterpolo drills, books on how to fundraise, books on how to coach diving and more.

If you know of a book we've not included that you'd like to have recommended to other NAA members, then send it to us on the Contact Form.

General: 2010 Events have been awarded

A long but productive last meeting of the 2009 season tonight has resulted in all of the 2010 NAA events being awarded.  Thanks to all the pools who bid for NAA events for next season and our congratulations to those who won the events they bid on.  Read this article to see where you'll be going for NAA events in 2010:

Pools: Westpark to stay open on September weekends until Sept 20th

Westpark has asked us to let you know that it will be open on weekends in September until September 20th (weather permitting) and that members from other NAA pools are welcome to join in for only $5.00 for the day!  Members from other NAA pools should bring their pool membership pass.

That means you can get cool in the September sun on September 5-6, 12-13 and 19-20 inclusive from Noon until 7pm each day.

Stop by the Westpark pool website at www.westparkpool.org/ for updates on their schedule.

NAA Notification: Last meeting of the 2009 NAA Season

Pools: Pool Vigilance

As many of you will have heard by now, there was an incident yesterday at Cote St Luc's Parkhaven pool in which a 4 year old had to be rescued and rescusitated.  While Parkhaven has a policy that states that anyone 7 or younger must be supervised by a guardian, it only takes a moment's inattention by a parent for an accident to occur.

With the summer heat coming late this year, it is important to remind ourselves to be vigilant about pool safety in these waning days of the season.  It's an easy time to lose our concentration.  The days are hot, the pool is busy due to the heat and the lifeguard staff have been at their posts since June.

I'd like to ask that committees and lifeguards renew their vigilance and keep a careful eye out for each other to make sure we can finish off the remainder of the season safely.

Diving: Diving Results now online

We've now posted the official results from Diving Finals and have update the Diving Team scores on the Diving Results page..  Congratulations to each of the division winners.

General: End of season 45

Well, that's the season.  We ended our 45th NAA season with Waterpolo as we do each year.  This year was a spectacular competition with the 16 and under boys from Westpark vs. Elm Park.  The meet was close and dramatic and ended with a single point separating the teams as Westpark took home the gold medals.

Our thanks to all the competitors and host pools from all four of our disciplines for yet another amazing season of competitions.

We've now posted the final results from Waterpolo and Synchronized Swimming.  Diving Finals will be posted shortly.

We've posted 3,327 pictures from this season alone and all the season's photos are now posted in the Photogallery.

The final NAA Meeting of the year is on Monday August 24th only a few days away.  We'll be sending an agenda in the next day or so but two items are of particular interest:

1. If you have won one of the NAA trophies, you *must* return the trophy to us at that meeting. 
2. We will be awarding all the Finals events for the 2010 season at our August 24th meeting.  This is the time to talk with your committee, staff and members about which events you'd like to host.

If you have been visiting this site over the summer, get ready for a range of new changes and excting new sections on the site over the winter season.  Aside from the historical results, we've got plans for some additions to the site that we think you'll very much like.