Hi Adrienne,

We are also a small club and I try not to get involved with the details of
each person's financial situation as well. Our club manager looks at each
request on a case-by-case basis and essentially negotiates with each family.
She tries to get them to cover their basic costs (we can't run overall at a
loss) but obviously, we'd rather have more people rowing than have more
money.

We also (luckily) have one donor who specifically sponsors any one rower
per year. This is a great way to do it because someone that is well-off but
can't row (for whatever reason) is often willing to sponsor instead of just
donate.

Some people might think it's not fair to avoid objective standards (like
income level, etc), but since we are so small, we feel it's worth it to try
to negotiate. Also, since no one knows who is receiving sponsorship apart
from the club manager and our accountant, no one can complain. Sometimes the
club manager will still talk to me about the amounts of sponsorship and what
we can afford, but I honestly don't know which kids she is talking about.

Hope that helps a bit.
J


-----Original Message-----
From: youthrowing@yahoogroups.com [mailto:youthrowing@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of rowhumboldt
Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 12:39 AM
To: youthrowing@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [youthrowing] Income-eligible guidelines

Hello:
I am looking for guidelines for determining whether a rower is
income-eligible for a scholarship for our program (which is in a small
rural community- so lots of my kids need financial "help" to be able
to row). My goal as a coach is to remove myself from the financial end
of things, and of course, I want to be fair to all those that can't
pay our marginal fees. (Our fees are for club dues and
equipment/facility upkeep- no travel, uniform, or coaching fees
included in the dues.)
We're a new, small team, so any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Adrienne







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