We host a meet at an outside facility every year. Our booster club gets 80% of the profits and the gym gets 20%.
There has been some grumbling that the total should go to the booster club. I am the gym owner so obvoiusly I am not keen on that idea. Parents volunteer to help with the meet and are "paid" for their time in meet fees, etc.
To be honest they pay most of the costs associated with hosting a meet.
How do I explain the following to them without sounding ungrateful or unwanting of thier support
1. Without a member club you do not get a sanction and the gym is ultimately responsible for meeting USAG and state requirements.
2. If we did not get out there and "recruit" gyms to attend nobody would be there to compete. We have worked for years building relationships in the gymnastics community. We do a lot of behind the scenes stuff year round.
3. We allow you to have a booster club...it is not a right and if we wanted we could choose not to have one. (I know this sounds terrible...that is not coming out how I feel, just a little irked right now. We honestly have great parents and good relationships, just a few that thrive on drama)
There has been some grumbling that the total should go to the booster club. I am the gym owner so obvoiusly I am not keen on that idea. Parents volunteer to help with the meet and are "paid" for their time in meet fees, etc.
To be honest they pay most of the costs associated with hosting a meet.
How do I explain the following to them without sounding ungrateful or unwanting of thier support
1. Without a member club you do not get a sanction and the gym is ultimately responsible for meeting USAG and state requirements.
2. If we did not get out there and "recruit" gyms to attend nobody would be there to compete. We have worked for years building relationships in the gymnastics community. We do a lot of behind the scenes stuff year round.
3. We allow you to have a booster club...it is not a right and if we wanted we could choose not to have one. (I know this sounds terrible...that is not coming out how I feel, just a little irked right now. We honestly have great parents and good relationships, just a few that thrive on drama)