March 19th membership meeting
Reminders:
Please fill out this form with your SID’s contact info by today (March 22nd). Teams that do not fill it out will not have their SID(s) included on the awards and weekly poll announcements.
Recruiting survey to come next week - we want to collect and average data from member schools to provide a broad overview to PSAs about where they might be a good fit based on erg scores, availability of aid or scholarships, the support coaches are able to provide, etc. Programs will be categorized by IRA qualifier and at least three teams will need to submit information in order for that qualifier to be included. We will list the teams that belong to each qualifier but there will only be one data point or one range (an average of all submissions) listed, so you wouldn’t be able to, for example, identify a specific school from the erg benchmarks that are listed.
Meeting notes:
Harvard Lightweight Rowing recruiting page - we’re encouraging member schools to put together a page on their athletics website similar to the one Ian’s put together.
Timestamps:
Intro (Greg and Chris) - 0:00
Admin updates (Kayleigh) - 11:30
Committee updates
Promotion & Preservation (Scott Frandsen) - 16:55
USNT (Matt Smith) - 17:30
Awards and Polling (Rob Friedrich) - 18:57
DEI (Dave Herrick) - 22:50
Legislative Review (AC Chacon) - 31:15
PAC12/West Coast realignment - 32:40
Next meeting: May 7th, 2024 at 1pm EST
December 12th membership meeting
Reminders:
Please fill out this one question survey from the legislative committee and this 2-3 question survey from the DEI committee. Total combined time to complete both is 1-4 minutes, depending on how much additional feedback you’d like to share beyond answer the 3-4 required questions.
If you have athletes that are interested in rowing at CRC over break, over the summer, etc. you can reach out to Mike (mteti@msn.com, 510-207-1010) or Skip (nkielt@rogersoffice.com, 716-536-2437) directly.
USRowing has a U21 position available for this summer in OKC - for more info or to throw your hat in the ring, get in touch with Brett (Brett.Gorman@usrowing.org) as soon as possible.
Meeting notes:
ErgCentral One Pager + Digital Guide
Timestamps:
Intro (Greg and Chris) - 0:00
California Rowing Club (Mike and Skip) - 6:00
ErgCentral demo (Ivan and Marcin) - 20:40
Committee updates
USNT (Matt Smith + Brett Gormin) - 38:30
Legislative Review (AC Chacon) - 43:20
Awards and Polling (Rob Friedrich) - 45:30
DEI (Dave Herrick) - 47:27
Championship & Competition (Mike Irwin) - 53:00
Chris + Wyatt re: role of the IRA coaches chair, how that fits into the IRCA - 54:15
Next meeting: March 19th, 2024 at 1pm EST
September 23rd membership meeting
Reminders:
Membership renewals are open now through Friday, October 20th. You can sign up directly here - if you don’t know which membership to choose or you have other questions, reach out to Kayleigh.
There is interest from the membership in learning more about how teams are handling the transition of volunteer assistant position to paid part-time positions, as well as how institutions are managing the Supreme Court’s decision re: affirmative action. If you’d be willing to share your experiences/feedback in this 3-question survey, you can do so here.
Registration is open for “The Conference for Rowing Coaches” - the dates of the conference are Dec. 8-10th in Saratoga Springs.
If you’re interested in learning more about starting a Stem to Stern program on your campus, you can reach out to Will Bott or Greg for more info. The info sheet and PDF presentation linked below will also be posted on the DEI committee’s page for easy access, along with the video from Thursday’s call.
Upcoming meetings (email Kayleigh if you didn’t receive a calendar invite):
Thurs. Sept. 28th at 1pm EST - New coaches orientation (“New” = new to coaching, new to men’s rowing, or new to the IRCA)
Tues. Oct 3rd at 1pm EST - “Day On” info meeting with Arshay Cooper
Meeting notes:
Timestamps:
Intro (Greg and Chris) - 0:15
Stem to Stern update (Will Bott) - 5:15
The Rowing Conference update (Peter Steenstra) - 15:15
Committee updates
Promotion and Preservation (Scott Frandsen) - 19:50
Legislative Review (AC Chacon) - 25:15
Awards and Polling (Rob Friedrich) - 26:20
DEI (Dave Herrick) - 27:45
Conference realignment + IRA discussion - 30:00