USPA
Pacific Coast Circuit

Chapter 12 ­ Co-Chair Team Duties

May
1. Get together with old officers to exchange binders and past info.
2. Get a list of the Teams summer phone numbers and addresses.
3. Schedule practices through June, make sure members take mallets home for the summer and work on their shots!
4. Set date for first officer meeting in the fall, best if before school starts.
5. Work with horse manager in finalizing any sale of horses and summer leases.
6. Work with Fundraising/Finance Chair to ensure money in account is transferred to following year account, and create donation fliers for people to put up at barns over the summer.
7. Make sure we are involved in WOW carnival the week before school starts, whoever will be here should have a booth and bring a horse.
8. Make sure all other Chairs have done their respective duties.

June ­ August
1. Keep in touch with team and try to get together over the summer to play, and give members phone numbers to clubs near their home.

September
1. Work with horse manager to ensure all horses are returned and are in practice condition.
2. Start to solicit donations (if necessary) of horses and tack from SBPC.
3. Meet with Rec Sports to find out responsibilities of clubs (Charter forms, officer lists, etc.)
4. Have officer meeting, accomplish the following:
Set up officer meeting for the quarter, every two weeks, member meetings every three weeks or as needed. Fill out Form 81 in SLAC office to reserve room.
Give each person any duties that Rec Sports has assigned accordingly.
PR Chair should make fliers for meetings, put out sandwich boards on campus, and go to the ANSI 144 class to talk about club.
Fundraising/Finance Chair should report on balance and start an accurate record of all dues received and all bills paid.
Work with Chairs to establish price of dues.
Co-Chair (Membership) should get together handouts and sign up lists for first meeting. They should be ready to lead and facilitate all new members.
Establish when practice times will be. - A-team/B-team
Talk to coaches and let them know about practices

October
1. Start to set up pre season games, make sure all forms are filled out with Rec Sports
2. Start to talk with Field Director about a clinic on a weekend.
3. Take all members to the Pacific Coast Open.
4. Make sure each team member fills out USPA membership and that the clubs dues are paid to the USPA

November
1. Make sure all Chairs are attending meetings and B team practices.
2. Plan and organize Christmas party with officers
3. Make sure teams are practicing.
4. Complete USPA packet that is sent to you by the Field Director.
5. Make reservations for Regionals at hotel.

December
1. Make sure all games are scheduled for winter quarter and that all members know the dates and locations.
2. Give game schedule to PR Chair and have posters made.
3. Make sure horses will be taken care of (fed, shod) and exercised over break and they will be playable for games.
4. Christmas Party

January
1. Ensure there is transportation and umpires for all games.
2. Have score sheets, timer, scorekeeper, and umpire for any game we host.
3. Make sure you have maps to other schools available to members, and that other schools have correct directions and lodging while at CP.
4. Schedule practice (talk to Randy)
5. Fill out all required forms through Rec Sports.
6. Return all scores and game info to Rec Sports after the events.
7. Make sure that all equipment for games is transported: tack, jerseys, score sheets, mallets, hay, etc.

February
1. Same as above
2. Keep track of horses played at other schools (ie ­ which horses played well, good, or bad)
3. Make sure grooms are present at games and that all team members are helping run games.
4. Get schedule for Regionals and organize transportation, hay, and hotel reservations. Basically tell people what is going on (when they have duties, when horses need to be tacked, fed, watered, stalls cleaned, time to arrive at barn, etc)

 

March
1. Give horses a break after Regionals
2. Big officer meeting to plan spring recruitment.
3. Organize a tack cleaning and unit day.
4. Plan Alumni weekend.

April
1. Start practices for returning team members.
2. Open House event sign ups
3. Alumni weekend.
4. Officer Elections
5. Work with next officers.

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Submitted by Megan Towle

Table of Contents| Forward | Chapter 1: Getting Started | Chapter 2: Contacts | Chapter 3: Fund Raising & Help | Chapter 4: Mentoring Coordinator | Chapter 5: Marketing ProgramChapter 6: Safety Around Horses | Chapter 7: Riding Preparations | Chapter 8: Code of Conduct | Chapter 9: Sample By Laws | Chapter 10: Summer Horse Lease | Chapter 11: CoChair-Member Duties | Chapter 12: CoChair - Team Duties | Chapter 13: Public Relations Chair | Chapter 14: Horse Manager Duties | Chapter 15: Horse Donation Program |Attachment Sample -Handbook By Sue Sally Hale


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