We want give you an opportunity to offer your feedback (both positive and constructive!) to the board and so we have added to our board meeting agenda a Member Comment time slot.  All we ask is that you sign up. 

Our next meeting will be 7:00pm, Monday, September 5,  at the pool.  This is the General Membership meeting and the election of officers for the 2012 season will be held. Pick up a ballot at the front desk if you can't make it. Contact the board if you have something to share. The board meeting time & place will vary so check back for the date, time & place of future meetings.

Thanks for participating in the pool - active & caring members is what makes the Exchange Pool great.

Dear EXSC families,

The summer swim league season is about to start. For those of you new to the Exchange Pool or Sunset Creek we have a phenomenal summer swim team, EXSC, which has experienced four successful years with three championships! This summer we are hoping to see all of last year’s familiar faces and many new faces as well. Don’t be fooled by our success. We are still all about friends, fun and improving our swimming skills. We are very excited to have 4 home-grown experienced coaches returning this year: Head Coach: Michaela Henry, Assistant Coaches: Tucker Witsil, Sean Burke, and Jocelyn Tisch.  We are delighted to have Hannah Hodge, one of our Junior Coaches, join the coaching team as our newest Assistant Coach!

The Exchange Pool website (exchangepool.net) has been updated and has a current month-by month calendar of events, swim meets and social activities. Please take the opportunity to read through the EXSC Handbook which is available online, you may notice a few changes.

Each swimmer needs to fill out a registration form and t-shirt order. Both forms are available on the website. If you prefer, you can bring them to the Apparel Fitting on May 13^th or the Open House on May 20^th, or you can mail them to Celeste Cantrell, 124 Waverly Forest Ln, Chapel Hill, NC 27516. No swimmer will be registered until Celeste has received full payment for each swimmer.  In addition, your Exchange Pool membership dues must be paid in full in order to register for swim team.

We will continue to cap our registered swimmers at 200.  Once we have 200 swimmers, we will begin a wait list. Be sure to get your kids registered early because it will be based on a First Come/First serve basis.  We do offer a 2 week trial period at the beginning of the season with the Drop date of Friday, June 1^st for all swimmers. If any swimmers decide to drop from the team, we will contact the swimmer at the top of the wait list to fill that spot.  With the changes we have made, we will need to adhere closely to our swim team participation guidelines, which are listed below:

• In order to swim on swim team swimmers need to show enthusiasm and willingness to be in the water.

• Swimmers must be able to learn in a group environment and swim at least 10 yards unassisted to be placed on the team.  We ask parents to consider private or group lessons for those swimmers who can not swim 10 yards unassisted at the start of the season. Swimmers can join into the team at any point in the season when they meet criteria and if we have a spot open.

• The coaches will be doing swim assessments at Open House and the first week of practice to evaluate swimmers for the criteria above.

• We continue with the recommendation that each swimmer participate in at least 2 swim meets. Swim meets can be noisy and intimidating for some children. It is understandable that some swimmers do not wish to compete. However, we are a team, and we rely on our swimmers to cheer and support their teammates.  We also rely on parents to volunteer!  A swim meet requires a lot of coordination and parent participation to run smoothly so that all of our children enjoy the experience.

One t-shirt will be free to those swimmers registered prior to June 1^st. Additional t-shirts for parents and siblings can be ordered prior to June 1^st by filling out the order form available at Open House and throughout the 2 week trial period.

We have formalized our junior coach selection process. If you have a teenager, 14 years or older, interested in junior coaching please check out the web site for an application. We would love to have them.

We are looking forward to another great season so please check the website and download the calendar, forms, and come join us.

Any question, please feel free to contact me, Celeste Cantrell, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Coming up soon:

May 6^th : Swim for Smiles Youth Triathlon. Morning. Chapel Hill Country Club.

May 13^th:  Apparel fitting at Sunset Creek Pool House.  2pm - 4pm

May 20^th:  Swim Team Open House 2pm-4pm. Register. Meet the Coaches. Swim Assessments.  Apparel fitting.

May 21^st:  Afternoon swim practices start.

See you poolside!

Sincerely, Celeste Cantrell

Registration forms and/or payments:  Celeste Cantrell, 124 Waverly Forest Ln, Chapel Hill, NC 27516

Volunteering is a great way to earn back some of the Exchange membership dues and a big thank you goes out to everyone who has volunteered to date....you folks are awesome!  The pool couldn't have opened without you.

We still have opportunities for volunteering, especially at Social Events and our Social Coordinator, Claudia Sheppard wants to hear from you.  Use our new Wiki sign up for events. - The Wiki has a lot of information about events.  Also learn more about volunteering in the the volunteer section of the website, too and Contact Claudia if you have questions.

Thank you so much for all of the hard work...this cooperative ethic is what really makes the Exchange Pool special.