[MRSSA News] 501C3

[STEVEN SCHMAEDEKE]

501C3The Little Crow Ski team does not require volunteer hours. We have, for the most part, families that are members. The kids ski and their parents run many of the other activities i.e.: boats, concessions, pro-shop, bathroom cleaning, admission, park clean up, maintenance of grounds and equipment. We line up many of our larger jobs i.e.: large construction and pavement through local companies in return for sponsorship. In return they get ads in the program, banners on site, and logos on the boats and jump.

To help urge our skiers and families to help, we create a committee list each year with one leader assigned to each committee. This goes out before Christmas. The majority of the work is still done by a small percentage of the members, but it works well. It also helps that there is no membership dues to pay,except USA-Waterski, so most members and families feel obligated to help out.

Hope this helps. If you have questions or suggestions, let me know.

Steve
President LCST

PS can you believe our water is still only 55 degrees. BURR!!!!!
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Mike Johnson 
  To: news at mrssa.org 
  Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 2:01 PM
  Subject: [MRSSA News] 501C3


  Hello everyone 

  I have a question for you. 

  Does any club require volunteer hours or  service as part of membership to the club?  What was the consequence if they didn't participant?

  If yes, does your club have 501C3 status? 
  If yes, how did you word it so that it didn't send up red flags on your application? 

  Currently we are trying to get our 501C3 status.  They told us that we couldn't require hours of service with a payment for not participating as part of the dues.  In our example "First skiing member of the family needs to either put in 24 hours of Dock and Lift time or pay $300."

  So I was wondering if other clubs just live with the 80/20 rule or if they had something else that you did. 

  Any help would be greatly appreciated. 

  Thank You 
  Mike Johnson 
  Bayside 



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