2010-2011 DACA Service Hour Obligation Policy
To ensure that DACA swimmers have the opportunity to participate in competition, DACA must host swim meets. In addition, DACA is required to provide personnel for additional DACA attended meets. Swim meets cannot run without family participation.
Your willingness to serve will have a great impact on your child's athletic environment and love of swimming. There are many opportunities to get involved including officiating, timing, and swim meet preparation/hosting.
Service Obligation Hour Breakdown
Obligation hours are assigned on a per family basis. Families with swimmers who are active throughout the entire 12 month swimming year may complete their service obligation at any time within the swim year. The DACA Service obligation for 2010– 2011 swimming year (September 2010– August 2011) is as follows:
• Green, Yellow, Red, Orange, Jr. Varsity, and Varsity Groups: * 8 OBLIGATION HOURS.
• White, Blue, Gold, Senior and Development Groups: * 16 OBLIGATION HOURS.
• National Group: * 30 OBLIGATION HOURS.
** The service obligation is required of ALL DACA FAMILIES, irrespective of a swimmer's participation in swim meets **
ADDITIONAL SERVICE OBLIGATION INFORMATION
• Families Enrolling Mid-Season or Withdrawing Mid-Season
- The Swimming year is broken into 2 periods.
• Period 1 – September 2010-February 2011
- Green, Yellow, Red, Orange, Jr. Varsity, and Varsity Groups – 4 Hours.
- White, Blue, Gold, Senior, and Development Groups – 8 Hours.
- National Group – 15 Hours.
• Period 2 – March 2011-August 2011
- Green, Yellow, Red, Orange, Jr. Varsity, and Varsity Groups – 4 Hours.
- White, Blue, Gold, Senior, and Development Groups – 8 Hours.
- National Group – 15 Hours.
- Families withdrawing from DACA WILL BE RESPONSIBLE for hours not served, dependent upon their start and/or withdrawal date. Families active during Period 1 and withdraw prior to the start of Period 2 will be responsible for Period 1 hours only. Families joining during Period 2 will be responsible for Period 2 hours only.
EXAMPLES:
- A swimmer is that participates in the Green Group through November and withdraws from the program in December will be responsible for Period 1 hours only (4 Hours).
- A swimmer in the Blue Group who begins participation in November and swims through April will be responsible for both Period 1 and Period 2 hours (16 Hours).
- A swimmer in the White Group who begins participation in April and swims through July will be responsible for Period 2 hours only (8 Hours).
• Families with Multiple Swimmers
- Service Obligation Hours are assigned on a per family basis.
- Service Obligation Hours for families with multiple swimmers are based upon the swimmer participating in the highest level group.
- EXAMPLE:
- A family with 1 swimmer in the Yellow Group and 1 swimmer in the Gold Group will have a Service Obligation of 16 hours (Gold Group).
• Service Hours and Group Changes
- Service Hours are determined by the group a swimmer begins with in September, 2010, regardless
of any changes in group level throughout the 2010-2011 Swimming Year.
• Receiving Credit for Service Obligation Hours
- Service Hour sign-ups are made available online at http://www.dacaswimteam.org.
- Families will be notified via e-mail when Service Hour sign-ups become available for a particular event.
- On the day of the event, Families must check in with the DACA Service Coordinators no less than 10 minutes prior to the start of their shift. At the conclusion of their shift they must check out in order to receive credit.
- Service Hour credits will be posted online at http://www.DACAswimteam.org within 1 week following the event.
- Service Hour credit will not be given for unassigned service positions unless approved by the coordinator as needed.
- Families may also elect to buy out their service obligation at a rate of $50.00 per hour
***There is a $50.00 "no show" penalty for pre-assigned hours. Service Obligation Hours still apply***
UNWORKED SERVICE OBLIGATION HOURS WILL BE BILLED AT A RATE OF $50.00 PER HOUR
