Pirate Youth Sports
December 2015
A MESSAGE FROM OUR TREASURER
PYS Family, as Laura Sakry indicated in last month's newsletter, it continues to amaze us all how far PYS has
come in the past year and a half. As we continue to grow, it is important we continue to evolve how we operate
as an organization. This is important for the sustainability of the organization, our volunteers and our sports.
With that in mind, I wanted to highlight some of the changes we've made so there are no surprises to anyone:
Payment
We have slowly moved toward requiring registration fees to be paid in full before the beginning of the each
season. This is important as each of our sports accrue costs before the season even begins. We do our best to
open our registrations months in advance. If you are going to need to pay for your athlete's registration fees over
time, please sign them up early and contact me so we can work something out.
Scholarships
We've worked very hard to put the framework in place to offer scholarships for each of our sports. I have done
my best to outline our entire scholarship process on our website. For each of our sports, the scholarship deadline
is approximately one month before the beginning of the season. Therefore, if you are in need of a scholarship,
please register your athlete(s) early, and make sure to get the scholarship packet into us before the deadline.
Refunds
As indicated on our website, no refunds are given once the season has begun. As I said above, there are several
costs we accrue even before the season begins. It is not sustainable for us to eat those costs, especially since we
are a non-Profit. Therefore if you have concerns with one of our programs, it is in the best interest of all of us to
work through those concerns.
Codes of Conduct
The PYS Code of Conduct is an important part of what we do. It is the contract between us and you and your
athlete. We've moved to using an eSign tool to capture your signature on the Code of Conduct. This makes it
easier for all of us as we don't have to chase you down and you can easily review it at your leisure. The only
way this works though is if you take the time to review it and sign it. We usually send it out the week before the
season starts and appreciate you take the time to complete ऒv