Happy New Year one and all. Hope everyone had a most wonderful holiday season. This notice is a friendly reminder of the second of our two scheduled Youth Club meetings for the 2011 track and field and cross country season. The meeting is scheduled for Saturday, February 19th from 10 am to 2 pm at James Logan High School. We will critique our 2010 cross country season and maintain thoughts and ideas for the 2011 season.
The Youth Committee met October 2005 and as part of our effort to improve our operating protocols and streamline our business processes, the committee developed four core areas of concentration that would continually cause the committee to be goal driven.
Our core areas of concentration are:
1. the Youth Committee would become more visible at the Executive Board and the National level
2. develop programs that would extend into the community and promote the sport of track and field through program development
3. annually increase youth participation by 5 percent
4. continually groom leadership
The core areas of concentration were separated into Four Independent Phases. Calendar Year 2011 places us in Phase II of our strategic plan which requires the committee to increase the number of youth representatives at the executive board level by seeking out individuals who will attend executive meetings and vote on youth agenda items that impact the Youth Sport Committee.
We will embark upon creating scholarships for PA Youth Athletes aspirating to attending college, create the criteria and award that would recognize outstanding youth coaches within our association, create a youth service award that would recognize volunteers with our association, develop financial instruments that encourage consistency in profit and expense tracking and allows the committee to annually distribute the youth budget creating financial transparency.
Your involvement is paramount to the success of our organization achieving the goals set before us this year. It is my hope that you are planning to attend the meeting on February 19, 2011 at James Logan High School at 10:00 am.
If you plan to bid for a cross country meet this upcoming season please be aware that you will be expected to have available, the facility location, medical person�s name and contact information, sanction paperwork information, etc. If you want a particular date, let Dave Bayliss [email protected] know ahead of time and it will be added to the schedule before the meeting. It will not be finalized until Saturday February 19th during the scheduled meeting when voting for the meets will take place. (Please fill out the Bid application and email it to Dave before the meeting)
This is a voting year for your Youth Committee officer positions. The names with an * are not running again for their position. However, all positions are open for anyone wishing to run for any position. If you would like to run for, or nominate someone for a particular position, please email that information to me [email protected] by May 1, 2011. Each registered team will later receive an email with the positions and who is running for those positions. We have the following 13 positions up for your vote this year:
Person currently in position:
Youth Chair ------------------------- Joanne Slaton-Camargo
Youth Vice Chair ------------------------- Maria Castillo
Youth Secretary ------------------------- Nadine Davis
Youth Treasurer ------------------------- Mike Hammerquist
Youth Track Chair ------------------------- Pope Powell
Youth Field Chair * ------------------------- Sarah Brooks *
Youth Racewalk Chair ------------------------- Becky Klein
Youth Cross Country Chair ------------------------- Dave Bayliss
Youth High School Chair ------------------------- Darrell Hampton
Youth Multi Events Chair ------------------------- Lee Webb
Youth Communication Chair ------------------------- Alex Hill
Youth Officials Chair ------------------------- Dolton Simmons
Youth Records Chair * ------------------------- Maura Kent *
The Pacific Association requires actual live scan fingerprinting to complete our background checks. If you have a new coach or parent volunteer who needs to be live scanned to adhere to the background check requirements, you may have this done Saturday at the February 19th meeting from 10 am � 2 pm. If this is the first time that a coach or parent will have fingerprinting done, it will be paid through our PAUSATF Headquarters. It is complimentary the first time only. If you let it lapse for any reason, you will have to do it again and pay for it at your cost. There are no exceptions to this rule. Please contact Nadine Davis immediately at [email protected] if you need this service. We need to check our records to verify the first time status of those being live scanned.
Please remember to renew your team registration before May 1, 2011 to avoid the $100.00 late registration fee. Instead of the usual $75.00 renewal fee, you will be assessed $175.00.
