CYM Basketball 2007 - 2008
Dear Coaches and Administrators,
I welcome you to the Diocese of Metuchen’s 2007-2008 CYM Basketball Season.
The following are points to be noted:
A list of ALL YOUR COACHES is REQUIRED to be submitted by October 9, 2007.
We require the Coaches Name, Phone Number, Status of Virtus, Protecting God’s Children Training and Status of their Mandatory Criminal History Background Check.
These lists must be faxed to the Diocesan Youth Ministry Office at 732-562-1018 by October 9, 2007. Volunteers in non compliance with Diocesan Child Protection Policies are not eligible to coach.
Thank you for your cooperation.
The initial registration packet will be put on the Web :ROSTERS and PERMISSION SLIPS. These materials will not be distributed to the reps at the annual orientation meeting. All documents Will Be uploaded on the site for your convenience.
Other very IMPORTANT info, CONCERNING the VIRTUS TRAINING that ALL coaches etc. NEED to take in order to participate and MANDATORY fingerprinting are addressed on the WEB. LOOK AT THE LEAGUE RULES PRIOR TO THE MEETING!!! This too, will be found on the WEB.
2. So, as always, I need Organizational Reps, (the one contact person from each organization that I can talk with directly to pass on information to their coaches, players, and parents). Please let me know by e-mail. Who the Rep is!!! (I already know who most of you are!!!)Also PLEASE UPDATE ME ON ALL E-MAIL ADDRESSES (ADDITIONS,CORRECTIONS AND DELETIONS ) SO I COULD GET MY ADDRESS BOOK IN ORDER!!!
Concerning the representative, the following is very important:
3. Once again, this season, we will meet with the Organizational Reps ONLY. Date & time will be announced. We are asking that the representative bring preferably only one other person with them to this meeting. This meeting is MANDATORY. If you cannot attend someone else must be delegated to be there.
REMEMBER: SOMEONE MUST BE IN ATTENDANCE IF YOUR ORGANIZATION IS GOING TO BE INVOLVED THIS YEAR. PLEASE PARK IN THE LOT AROUND THE BACK OF THE BUILDING!! DIRECTIONS WILL BE ON THE WEB PAGE!!
4. The fee schedule will be as follows - $80 per team entrance fee for ALL teams and one $100 bonding fee per NEW organization. Teams outside the Diocese, will have an entrance fee of $100.00 per team.
The Fee deadline is October 19th, NO EXCEPTIONS! Roster Deadline is November 1st. November 1 late fees of $20 PER UNPAID TEAM (not per parish , PER TEAM) shall apply. Late paying teams are not guaranteed a spot in any division.
5. The starting date for our season will now be December 9th.
Concerning the representative meeting, PLEASE SUBMIT REGISTRATION FORMS AND FEES! (please indicate all teams ACCURATLY your organization that will compete this year, and also, which teams you are personally involved with), uncertified coaches list, changes in your mailing list and e-mail Addresses, also, GYM AVAILABILITY FOR THE SEASON!!!!!
If your registration and gym availability forms are complete prior to the meeting, please call me at 732 972-0080. I can then have you fax it to me or E-MAIL at that time.
Please e-mail me cymbasketball@aol.com and confirm that you will be attending the meeting.
Thank you for your assistance.
Sincerely,
Bob Berger
CYM Director
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In 2003 the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington D.C. (USCCB) instituted NATIONALLY a safe environment program for children. Each diocese is audited annually for compliance with these national norms and regulations.
http://www.usccb.org/ocyp/websafe.htm
In 2003 the Diocese of Metuchen issued regulations echoing the USCCB mandates which have been posted on our diocesan and league websites.
http://www.yandyam.com/YM/sports_bylaws.html
A note about AOL email
137 out of 534 coaches in our database use AOL email addresses. AOL blocks most diocesan / basketball email announcements to the league as spam. There may often be basketball news that never reaches your AOL inbox.
Considering creating an additional email address for basketball?
FREE EMAIL accounts are available at many websites such as Catholic.org, BasketballEmail.com, Yahoo, and Hotmail.
Please let us know your new email address if you create one for basketball announcements.
Good luck this season!
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