pinklemonadeliz
Proud Parent
I have a couple of questions for those parents who are involved in their gyms Parent Club. I am the president of our club and since my kiddo is a first year L4, I have no idea how this whole thing works. Our parent club was just getting started when I took over so there wasn't really anyone to show me the ropes.
#1 - If your head coach comes to you and asks that a certain number of coaches attend any given meet, do you, as a club, make sure that you find a way to pay for it? or do you tell them that you can only afford a certain number of coaches? It is the first thing in our mission statement that the #1 priority is to provide necessary coaching and to assist the coaches in any way possible to make sure they can do their jobs effectively.
#2 - Is it unethical for me, as the president, to have a conversation with the head coach about sending him to meets? No decisions can be made without a vote by the entire board and it seemed to me as though it made more sense for one of us to have the conversation and then bring it to the board when the coach had time in between classes rather than make him wait for a board meeting to be called and have to take time away from his coaching. I was informed by other (new) members of the board that if he wanted to chat, I should have called a board meeting - this does not make sense to me so I wanted to hear how other clubs are run and if board members are allowed to listen to concerns from both parents and coaches without calling a board of directors meeting to hear them.
#3 - Also, how do you handle the parents who never participate in fundraising activities? Do their children get to share in the funds that are raised?
Any advice anyone has would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!!
- Liz
#1 - If your head coach comes to you and asks that a certain number of coaches attend any given meet, do you, as a club, make sure that you find a way to pay for it? or do you tell them that you can only afford a certain number of coaches? It is the first thing in our mission statement that the #1 priority is to provide necessary coaching and to assist the coaches in any way possible to make sure they can do their jobs effectively.
#2 - Is it unethical for me, as the president, to have a conversation with the head coach about sending him to meets? No decisions can be made without a vote by the entire board and it seemed to me as though it made more sense for one of us to have the conversation and then bring it to the board when the coach had time in between classes rather than make him wait for a board meeting to be called and have to take time away from his coaching. I was informed by other (new) members of the board that if he wanted to chat, I should have called a board meeting - this does not make sense to me so I wanted to hear how other clubs are run and if board members are allowed to listen to concerns from both parents and coaches without calling a board of directors meeting to hear them.
#3 - Also, how do you handle the parents who never participate in fundraising activities? Do their children get to share in the funds that are raised?
Any advice anyone has would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!!
- Liz