2014 Fall/Winter Season
Welcome Families!
140 swimmers
Overview
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Elections-Peggy Bell- Vote by voice.
Meet Board of Directors/Committee Chairs- Jill
Carlson
Treasure’s Report-Miriam Rinaldi
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In-depth look at Clubs financial income/expenses.
Allocation of past fundraising/future fundraising.
Changes to budget.
Housekeeping and Policies-Jill Carlson
Coaches-Chris Bertana
 Meet with your swimmers lead coach.
Time To Vote- Peggy Bell-VP
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President-Two year term to begin 10-1-2014
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Jill Carlson
Secretary –Two year term to begin 10-1-2014
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Beth De Rosier
Meet the Board of Directors
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Elected Board Members
 President – Jill Carlson
 Vice President – Peggy Bell
 Treasurer – Miriam Rinaldi
 Secretary –Beth De Rosier
 12U M-A-L – Rosa Harris
 13O M-A-L – Jackie Kroc
Appointed Board Members
 Head Coach – Chris Bertana
 GPD – Kara Moss
 Meet Director – Molly Shumate
 (Past President – non-voting)
Board meets
1st Monday of each
month at 6:30 p.m.
All are welcome.
Observation room
WTHS O’Plaine
Blue Devil Committee Chairs
Committee
Chair Person
Volunteer
Rosa Harris
Membership
Michelle Kelly
Social
Kim Lobitz
Fundraising
Stephanie Santa
Travel Meets
Peggy Goldman
Apparel/Team Gear
Kathy Gernady
Concessions/Hospitality
Kathy Aykroid/Tina Schuler
Photography
Margie Pilling
Awards
Sue Hoffman
Officials
Neal Nash
Financial Snapshot: 2013-14
Registration
$146,600.00
Payroll
$138,600.00
Meet Income
$59550.00
Program
Expenses
$36,400.00
Coaching Fees
$10,300.00
Admin/Manage $15,500.00
Expenses
Fundraising/Misc
$21,250.00
Team
Expenses
$45,800.00
Income
$237,700.00
Expenses
$236,300.00
Fundraising allocation
2012-13 allocation
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Team suits, both formal winter and summer
banquets, equipment for concessions, training
equipment for swimmers (including an underwater
camera system).
2013-14 allocation
LED Scoreboard ($25K)
 Team suits for 2013-14 Fall/Winter season ($7K)
2014 & future allocation
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2014 team suits & summer banquet
Starting blocks
Budget changes
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Adjust Income
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Change fundraising efforts
Adjust group sizes
Anticipate increase in registration fees for 2015 Fall/Winter
season; majority of increase in senior groups
Adjust Expenses
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BDSC will pay for swimmers only at 2015 Fall/Winter Banquet
Decrease budget for team equipment
Eliminate purchase of team suits for 2015 season
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(Subject to change)
Planned fundraising for 2014-15
Hosted Meets
 Blizzard: January 16-18, 2015
 May Mania: May 2015
 Swim-a-thon
 Car Wash
 Employee Giving
 Silent Auction & Raffle at F/W banquet
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Other Adjustments
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Meet Schedule changes
Wednesday night use of Warren pool starting
Jan 2015.
Discontinue use of Hunt club Facilities for
Morning practice summer 2015.
Vendors- American outfitters, Swim-team store
Saturday Morning Bagels Sign-up for families to contribute
Housekeeping
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Communication
 Website: www.swimbdsc.org
 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/swimbdsc
or search Blue Devil Swim Club Gurnee and like the
page.
Officials
http://www.ilswim.org/officials/index.htm
Meet Directors
Policies
 Bullying
 Communication
 Tardiness
 Team
suit
 Meet fee/Billing
 Volunteerism
Coaching
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Head Coach: Chris Bertana
8th Year as Head Coach at BDSC
Over 18 Years of Head Coaching Experience
WTHS Girls and Boys Varsity Swim Coach
Office Hours
Mon-Fri: 10:00am-2:00pm.
Cell: 847-204-6997
Email: chris@swimbdsc.org
Assistant Coaches
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Greta Nash- Lead Coach Junior Devils
Madison Rinaldi- Assistant Coach Junior Devils
 Kevin Kowalski- Lead Coach Bronze
 Linda Jackson-Assistant Coach Bronze
 Tanner Nash-Assistant Coach Bronze
 Stephanie Kramer- Lead Coach Silver
 Jimmy Gray-Assistant Coach Senior Group
 Karin Brown- Assistant Head Coach, Senior Group
Lead Coach-(Yellow,Green and Elite Groups) and Dry
land Coordinator
 Chris Bertana- Head Coach- Age Group Lead Coach,
Lead Gold and Blue Coach
Goals & Expectations
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Coaches Expectations
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Expectations of Swimmers
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Breakout session with coaches