The
Levy was introduced to encourage more involvement by members in the day-to-day
running
and activities required for the continued success of our club. Money
raised by the Levy is not used
to fund club expenses – in a perfect world, every family will volunteer,
and every family will have
the Levy refunded at the end of the season.
The levy is paid in addition to any player registration fees that may
apply. An application for
registration of a player will not be processed until all fees, including
the Levy, have been received.
Each registering individual or family will only pay the Levy once per
year, so a family with two or
three players pays the same as a family with one player.
How do I qualify for a refund of the Levy?
The levy is fully refunded to those families who have volunteered for 5 or more hours during the
year in one of the capacities
described on the Volunteering page.
Normal weekly team duties do not count toward the hours that qualify for
refund of the Levy.
These duties are a commitment to your, or your child's, team, rather
than to the Club as a whole;
they are generally performed when you are already at training or a game
with your child, and as
such require only a minimal additional commitment of time. Agreeing to
assist with normal team
duties is a condition of registration, and is expected of everybody.
This will operate as
follows:
Volunteer Levy refunds will
only apply to registered volunteers (on
www.myfootballclub.com.au) that have participated at least 5 hours per family per season,
in approved voluntary roles. These include:- Committee role
- Coaching a team for the
season (If joint coaches, levy will be split up between coaches)
- Managing a team for the
season (If joint managers, levy will be split up between managers)
- Working Bees (would need to
attend more than one to complete 5 hrs)
- Coordinating /attending
functions in a helper capacity
- Approved fundraising events
- Administrative support in
some committee-managed initiative
- Line and field marking
- Other significant tasks as
approved by executive committee
- Canteen and Bar Work
- Sponsors of cash or goods
in excess of $500 have already met the requirements and are excluded from this
initiative
- Selling Tickets for Raffles
The Volunteer Levy
refund does not apply for tasks like:
- Washing jerseys
- Running Lines
- Second or third assistant
coaches
- Second or third assistant managers
- Setting up or bringing down
goals or flags
- Providing half-time fruit
at games
- Attending games or
training, or providing lifts to/from these
- Any members that do not
fulfil the 5 hours per family requirement
How is the Family Levy refund administered?
As only one volunteer levy is charged per family, only one levy refund will apply to each family, irrespective of the number of family members involved in qualifying volunteering activities.
Club officials organising an event shall keep a record of who volunteers
at their event.
At the conclusion of the season, families who believe they have
sufficiently volunteered shall
complete an Application for Refund of Levy. The application will
indicate a preference for either
rolling the $70 over to the next year, or having the Levy refunded to an
address provided. The
closing date for applications is generally about the end of October.
Applications for Refund will be reconciled against records kept by event
organisers. Event
organisers and applicants may be asked for further information if there
is a discrepancy between
the applicant's claim and the organiser's records.
If an Application for Refund is made, but does not obviously meet
criteria for refund, the
application shall be submitted to the Management Committee for
consideration at the November
meeting.
The Club endeavours to have all refunds sent out by the end of November.