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AYS Important update 1/23/22

By SS, 01/23/22, 11:15AM CST

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Quick Reminders: Softball registration is currently open and you can now link your Amazon account to AYS using Amazon Smile. This allows AYS to earn donations based on your purchases.

 

Our AYS Annual Meeting has been scheduled for January 30th at 7pm via zoom. There will be an email sent with the Zoom link as well as a Facebook event created for it with a link. I have attached meeting minutes from the most recent BOD meeting. Please take a moment to read it to see the exciting things AYS is working on. All parents are encouraged to "attend" this annual meeting. It gives parents a chance to "meet" new people, understand our boards and where our program is going. If you have an important matter and would like to be added to the agenda, please email BoardofDirectors@arlingtonyouthsports.org by this Wednesday, January 26th. Commissioners, please plan on having at least one of your board members present on the Zoom meeting to represent your sport.

 

When my family and I first moved to town 7 years ago, we knew we wanted to be involved but we weren't sure how or what that looked like. Our oldest wanted to play youth football and that's where we started. Jeff started coaching and I joined the football board. Some may ask, what qualifications does it take to be on a board? ) Do I know enough? How much time will it take? I'm so busy and I'd like to contribute or make a difference but I don't know that I can make that kind of commitment. I'm here to tell you, it takes a little bit of passion to want to better our program for our kiddos, and a little bit of making time for a few hours once a month...sometimes more hours during tournaments or big sports events. It can seem intimidating, but at the end of the day when we all come together, it's a lot easier than you think. We have a bunch of positions that need to be filled for various Boards. The saying goes "it takes a village"...and that's what we are! Together we make a difference and together we make progress. If you have athletes that are in AYS, please consider volunteering for a position, because without parent volunteers we can't do what we currently do and even go above and beyond that. There's a list below of open board positions. It doesn't take perfection or expertise. It takes a personal investment of time and caring about how we want this program to proceed and grow. By the way, when I started volunteering on the Football Board, I didn't know football enough to coach it by any means...that would have been a disaster! But I knew I wanted to help. I could type notes, build spreadsheets, take pictures, post to social media. So if you feel called, please reach out to me, any of the AYS Board members or any sports board with questions. We can't do this without our parents and our AYS family. Many hands make light work! Below is a list of positions that need to be filled this year:

 

Board of Directors- 3 positions

Baseball - 2 positions

Volleyball - 3 positions

Basketball - 2 positions

Soccer - 2 positions (Commissioner and Asst. Commissioner)

Football - 1 position

 

Thank you for taking the time to read through this. Always reach out if you have any questions or concerns and have a great rest of your weekend. We will "see" you all next weekend at the meeting!

 

Shelly Staats

AYS