Boy's Tryout Dates, Emailing Parents, Impact Instructors - Sept. 12

There has been some confusion with the boy's tryout date. Boys 14 & Under may try out the first weekend with the girls, but the commitment date remains the same for all boys. Below is a chart and rationale:

Girls Programs	Boys Programs
1st Opportunity for tryouts to begin: 11/12/11- Saturday	1st Opportunity for tryouts to begin: 11/19/11- Saturday*
1st Commitment date: 11/17/11- Thursday – 9:00 pm	1st Commitment date: 11/23/11 - Wednesday– 9:00 pm
2nd Commitment date: 11/21/11 – Monday – 6:00 pm	2nd Commitment date: 11/28/11 – Monday – 6:00 pm

*Boys 14-and-under programs may follow the girls’ schedule for tryouts.  However, the commitment date remains the same for all boys programs.

The reason for the flucuation in the Boys 14s teams is that some clubs may look to add boys and the younger age levels to grow the sport but do not want to commit to additional rental fees by having to have tryouts the next weekend, with a relatively small number of boys trying out.  On the flip side, you don't want to penalize boys only clubs by having to do tryouts earlier and incur rental fees for a relatively small number of boys.  The policy agreed upon lets club decide where it is most cost effective or best for their program without giving either one edge, hence keeping the commitment date with that of the boys. 

- Update on emailing parents from Webpoint: With regards to the inquiry yesterday on if it would be possible for USAV to set it up where club directors can email the "parent" email in Webpoint, I talked with Susan and she said short answer is no, because the parent isn't the member and legally you, me or USAV doesn't have the right to send communications to them. In order to do this, there would need to be permissions and other records set up and generally it gets very messy. So unfortunately you will need to continue to download the excel document of the group you want to email and pull parent email from that. 

- If anyone is interested (your or one of your coaches) on becoming an Impact instructor, please let me know. There are certain requirements (CAP) but we would like to increase the pool of cadre within the Region, so please encourage coaches who you know are good teachers to consider this, especially the younger ones.