Our Committee 2020-21

This is your new committee, we've been working hard behind the scenes to get Swanny ready for summer. Feel free to contact us for a chat! 1. President - Luke Bishop 2. Deputy President - Lucy Gunzburg 3. Club Captain - Kate Hutchinson 4. Finance & Admin - Mark Grzanka 5. Junior Development - Erin Gallagher 6. Education - Dave Parsons 7. Marketing - Justin Owens 8. Lifesaving - Logan Ovenden-Clarke 9. Competition - Annie Juengling 10. Social - Brodie Price

Each committee member has listed their no. 1 priority for the season:

President - Luke

1. Progress on building extension project and associated funding Finance and Admin - Mark 1. Expenditure for Member benefit – Whilst we still need to focus on saving, due to the pleasing revenue generated last season we will focus on investing appropriate funds back into our operations that will directly benefit our members. Particular areas being facility repairs and maintenance expenditure as well as Surf Sports (equipment and coaching) and through subsidising events and merchandise. Deputy President - Lucy 1. Ensure that as a committee we focus on the Club’s Strategic Plan: 2020-2025 and that our progress is aligned with the outlined objectives. Club Captain - Kate 1. Develop a community engagement opportunity geared toward public education of lifesaving services, skills and/or surf sport. Education Manager - Dave 1. Promote a well-understood education pathway to the wider club community to encourage member involvement with the goal of growing our education team through engaging and upskilling additional trainers, assessors and facilitators. Junior Development - Erin 1. Formalise and promote a range of Nipper training opportunities across a variety of disciplines (beach, board, swim) with the aim of seeing increased numbers at training sessions transfer into increased number of Swanny Nippers and interclub competitions. Lifesaving - Logan 1. Strengthen patrols through: - Establish mentoring pathways so that regular patrol members can work towards Patrol Captain and Vice-Captain positions, including having “Junior Patrol Captains” actively engaged in the leadership of at least three patrols. - Conduct regular “intra-patrol challenges” that will upskill patrol members on key lifesaving tasks in a fun and competitive way Marketing - Justin 1. Embed sponsorship process, sponsor experience and increase number of sponsors and sponsorship revenue Social - Brodie 1. Build on the current social calendar and improving attendance to events amongst club members and non-members. Increase the attendance of bronzies and relatively new members at social events to assist with ongoing member engagement and retention. Surf Sports - Annie 1. Maximise participation at training sessions, intra and inter club competitions by fostering a welcoming and fun environment.