THE PIRANHA SWIM TEAM VOLUNTEER POLICY:

The success for both your child and the Piranha Swim Team is only possible with the dedicated efforts of all Piranha parents. Your child is swimming with one of the most recognized and respected programs for young swimmers in Southern California. Without a doubt, a large part of that success is due to the PIRANHA parent volunteers. Parental support and involvement is considered a vital element to the success of our team. The requirements of all PIRANHA parents include the following:

Non-payment of registration fees, dues and NCF will result in the swimmer’s inability to continue in the program.

1. Families with children on the PIRANHA Swim Team are required to volunteer a minimum of 10 hours for each Piranha hosted meet.   1-day meets will have an adjusted requirement.  Minnows, Masters, and Varsity group members are exempt from the hosted meet hours policy.
2. This participation in PIRANHA home meets is required even if your swimmer is not competing in the meet. A volunteer other than the parent (12 or older) MAY satisfy volunteer obligations, as long as the substitute can competently perform the volunteer task.
3. PIRANHA families will be subject to a Non-Compliance Fee (NCF) of $10.00 per hour not met.  
4. The volunteer meet chairman will make every effort to credit families for their sessions worked; however, it is the responsibility of each family to be sure the correct number of sessions has been recorded. No credits will be given 30 days after meet conclusion.
5. Billing of NCF hours will occur immediately after each of our home meets and will billed on the member's next month's invoice. 
6. Timing is required each day that your swimmer is at an away meet no matter what group they are in. It is important that all parents participate and share the responsibility of team timing at away meets. Timing at away meets does not fulfill the home meet voluntary session minimum.
7. Timing is an obligation of parents at swim meets. If you cannot help time (for whatever reason), please make necessary arrangements to fulfill your obligation with a substitute.  Each meet will have a timing sign up sheet.  (Timing obligation at most meets is usually an hour.)
8. The PIRANHA SWIM TEAM may hold a fundraiser event, whenever it is deemed necessary, to raise money for team responsibilities.
9. Non-payment of registration fees, dues and NCF will result in the swimmers inability to continue with the program.

PLEASE REMEMBER:

It is important that we all work together to maintain the quality program we have at The Piranhas Swim Team. These policies make it so that we all can EVENLY share the volunteer effort required to provide a well-run program for our children. The PIRANHAS need parents and volunteers to run successful swim meets. Many of our families volunteer countless hours every month. It is necessary that all families contribute their fair share during our home meets. It is easy to donate your time and it is important to show our children the value of volunteerism. Please support your swimmer and our swim team!