POLICY 1: VOLUNTEERING
Purpose: To ensure that every family participates equally in making the LLA as successful as
possible by volunteering for one or more of the specified jobs to attain a minimum time-
commitment during the season.
The Lakeland Lacrosse Association is a non-profit organization and relies heavily upon its
membership working towards common goals and will not run effectively without help from
its membership.
1.01 The Lakeland Executive has identified many types of job functions which occur both in
season and throughout the entire year. To ensure successful operations, it is imperative that the
membership base volunteer to perform these tasks or that additional help be hired to complete the tasks. It is expected that ALL volunteering obligations will be met by the registrants' family.
member(s). U5 and U7 divisions are exempt from volunteer hours and volunteer deposit cheques.
1.02 Every member of the LLA (including boards and team volunteers) must submit a
cheque to the team manager before April 30. Team managers must submit the completed package to the division director or Executive Assistant before the Ice Melter Tournament.
1.03 Each registrant is required to complete 4 volunteer hours up to a maximum of 10 hours for
families with 3 or more children.
1.04 Volunteers under the age of 18 must be approved by the volunteer coordinator, tournament.
director, Executive Assistant or president of LLA
1.05 Members who default on their volunteer commitment will be waitlisted in the subsequent year.
pending board approval.
1.06 There is no allowance for partial volunteering or partial payment; a 100% volunteering effort.
and 100% payment ($200.00) is required and expected.
1.07 After families sign up for volunteer positions, it is their responsibility to have someone show up for them. Failing to have someone show up to an assignment will result in defaulting on hours and the cheque will be deposited.
1.08 Families can choose to opt out of volunteering by completing the opt out package online through the ramp registration portal. Managers will be notified if a cheque does not need to be received.
1.09 Members not required to sign up for volunteer hours on the Lakeland Lacrosse webpage include those on the Board of Directors, Head Coach, Assistant Coach, Team Trainer, Team Manager, and Jersey Parent.
1.10 team commitments do not count towards association volunteer hours. Team commitments include the game sheet, shot clock, penalty box, or score clock.
1.11 At the end of the season the board of directors will review the volunteer hours and confirm with volunteer coordinators for each event and then one of the following will occur:
1.11.01 if a family is found to not have completed hours, an e-mail will be sent to the member offering any available volunteer vacancies. Should the family not commit to any opportunities or fail to show up to a volunteer slot the deposit check will be submitted to our financial institution.
1.11.02 if there are no opportunities available the family will be notified, and the cheque will be destroyed.
1.11.03 if a family has completed their volunteer commitment, an e-mail will be sent with notice of destruction of their cheque.
1.11.04 families that elect to opt out of the volunteer hours without selecting the opt out package in registration will have their cheque submitted to our financial institution.
1.12 Volunteer tracker forms are to be submitted with a stamp from an authorized representative at each volunteer opportunity. Hours will not be considered complete without these stamps on the original document supplied by the team managers from the managers manual.