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Sounds to me like the gym owner can get in trouble for tax evasion. This is exactly what the IRS is auditing at my gym. The gym owner is having parents make "donations" to the booster club, when really they aren't donations if they are forced. This money should be considered "Income" and it is...

I would also watch out for demanding parents to fundraise and volunteer. Under 501 c3 status booster clubs can't do that. My gym's booster club is being audited by the IRS because someone turned us in. They filed a complaint with the exempt org. office of the IRS. I guess it was an unhappy...

Coterpandguidegirl isn't that what TOPs is??? Not so much in terms of a money maker for the USAG structure but with gyms charging money to do conditioning they should be doing anyway? I mean I guess I would understand not wanting to spend any more money after paying a bazillion dollars on top of...

Thanks for all the replies. I am the first to admit I don't know much about the future stars program , that is why I am asking these questions. Please enlighten me dunno. The only thing that I can find on the subject is how it uses harder routines that focus on more strength and flexibity. They...

My son dosnt care which program hes in, as long as he's doing gymastics. He loves going to gym. Right now he's only going 3 hours a week. So the future stars program will double his time in the gym. In our gym, the future stars training is separate. I'm just wondering if doubling his hours and...

Hello. I am wondering if it is worth the extra time and money to put my son in the future star program at his gym. He is seven years old and the coach wants him to join. It is an extra 60 a month plus 3 more hours a week. I have heard it is a good program but I have also heard that boys peak...

that's what I've been thinking. There aren't that many boys to begin with , and now they want to splitf them up. There will be different meets that that each division does. That was why I thought being in division 1 would be more expensive since there will be less gymnasts. As far as I know they...

Thanks JBS. Just a few more questions. So division 1 does compulsories and optional routines at the meets and division 2 only does the optional routines. So are the compusories the same skills that level 8 9 and 10 are doing right now as optional skills, only they have to do all required skills...

Also was wonndering what will happen to current level 8, 9 and 10 gymnasts today. Will they automatically be in division 2 and not be able to compete against division 1 ? wouldn't all clubs want their club to be a division 1 club to award all the hard work these kids went through and to give...

Thanks themonkeysmom for understanding what i've been worried about. I know gymnastics isn't all about getting a college scholarship. there aren't that many available anyway. but at least with the present system there is hope for a gymnast who wasn't very good at the lower levels to one day get...

So a division 2 boy can't get a scholarship? I know its hard to get one, but now there will be zero percent chance. .. if this is the case will the team fees for division 2 be lowerthan division 1 now that division 2 kids have no future past the JO program? Or can division 2 gymnasts still try...

It also says that division 2 can't compete in visas even if they get 1st in division 2 nationals.

Here is a link for the new JO program proposals. My sons coach was telling about the changes a couple months ago. He said they will be having two diffent tracks gymnasts will go through, division 1 and 2. the future stars boy will already be in division 1 and I guess they'll stay there . The two...

sorry didn't work. new one http://www.gamensgymnastics.com/age_group_structure_proposal_7-29-10.pdf

Hi. Thanks for the reply. Here is the link to the information I was told about. It dosn't start until 2013 I think. The information about the divisions and the different meets they would qualify for are on page 4 and 5 I think. My sons coach was telling about the new changes a couple months ago...