Who is DOC now and is Shannon still coaching his team?
Not sure if anyone is DOC.
This is an email that I received:
Evergreen Soccer Club Coaches and Members,
The recent challenges in the reduction in our membership and many unpaid players' fees, causing a reduction in the operating income for the club, have a lot of us asking what it all means---for our club, our coaches, and our players. The club has always tried to keep player fees as low as possible. In previous years, parents paid: A club fee of $575 In 2006/2007. In 2007/2008, the club fee was $400 (the change because of the increase in the number of players joining the club). This covered practice fields, game fields, referee, and a small amount of miscellaneous expenses). Teams collected fees for the tournaments their players attended. Each team set their own budget for their expenses and charged themselves accordingly, with every player sharing in that cost. Coaching fees were paid directly to the coach as independent contractors at the rate that the coach charged the team or each player.
This past year, the club tried to make it a "one payment covers it all": In order to best serve our club members in a professional manner and take our club into the exciting future of soccer for our kid s, the club budgeted for 7 staff members. 1 Director of Coaching, 2 Technical Directors, 1 Director of Academy, 1 Office Administrator, 1 Coaching Educator and 1 Goal Keeper Program Director. This staffing was based on a total of 35 teams at 16 players per team. The club is paying for your team's tournaments that were previously covered by team fees and all tournament fees have increased substantially this year.
The club has hired coaches as employees instead of paying coaches directly by their teams. On top of the coaches pay, the club pays payroll taxes, etc. that all employers pay for employees, as well as the expense of a payroll company to make sure everything is done properly.
Unfortunately, the club is experiencing a major budget deficit due to two major problems:
1. The number of players in the club are lower than anticipated and used in setting up the budget.
2. The amount of player fees which have not yet been paid according to payment schedules, the large number of financial aid needs by our members, and a substantial amount of promised sponsor donation that was not paid.
In order to address our current budget deficit, Evergreen Soccer Club Board Members launched a lean, aggressive and solid plan to address our present circumstance. Also, we created the volunteer-based SWAT team to pull us out of the current difficult circumstance.
On November 3rd, an "All Coaches Meeting" was held to discuss our current challenges. A big part of that meeting was Q&A session and solicited help from our Evergreen coaches and staff members. Thanks to a big sacrifice from our staff members and coaches, we were able to reduce the monthly coaching expense and we are still working other creative ways to save more money during this difficult time. Cost savings will come from the elimination of several staff positions and the reduction in coaches' salaries. Until we resolve our budget deficit problem, we will rely on the pool of Evergreen Soccer Club volunteers to run most of our club operations. The Evergreen Board Members sincerely apologize to our coaches, staff members, parents and players for this major inconvenience and reduced services.
However, we have learned from this experience and we promise to do a better job next season.
Both your Evergreen Board of Directors and your Coaches believe that the most important reason why Evergreen exists is to provide the opportunity to train and develop at the highest levels for our players. Sincerely yours, Evergreen Soccer Club Board of Directors
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