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Brand new gym in a new town with only 3 or 4 team girls from the prior gym/prior town. None of us have been involved with a booster club before, coming from a YMCA. Going into a new town that is highly competitive, I'm afraid the coaches are going to have to turn girls away but none lined up yet, as it will be about 2 months before opening. There is not a sanctioned, competitive gymnastics program in this town at all right now. Never has been, just some tumbling classes offered with dance. The only sanctioned programs are 45 minutes away so knowing the people in this town, business is going to pick up extremely quickly.
My question is this...do I wait until we have a whole bunch of new team girls in the gym and then try to get a booster club going and hit these new parents with booster club dues and quotas and volunteer hours? Or do I try to get something established now with bylaws going into the new gym so that new team parents are aware of what to expect going into the program? If the 2nd choice, how is the board established and how are the officers chosen for an upstart gym and booster club with only a handful of team girls?
Any help would be appreciated so much as my DD is about to begin traveling quite a bit. She is 8 years old, L6, soon training L7, TOPs Testing...etc. Since the Y has been covering coaches travel costs previously, I feel it is imperative to establish something as solid as possible as soon as possible to help them with travel costs in their private gym.
Thanks!
My question is this...do I wait until we have a whole bunch of new team girls in the gym and then try to get a booster club going and hit these new parents with booster club dues and quotas and volunteer hours? Or do I try to get something established now with bylaws going into the new gym so that new team parents are aware of what to expect going into the program? If the 2nd choice, how is the board established and how are the officers chosen for an upstart gym and booster club with only a handful of team girls?
Any help would be appreciated so much as my DD is about to begin traveling quite a bit. She is 8 years old, L6, soon training L7, TOPs Testing...etc. Since the Y has been covering coaches travel costs previously, I feel it is imperative to establish something as solid as possible as soon as possible to help them with travel costs in their private gym.
Thanks!