Thanks Heidi and CAPS, My step daughters left this morning and I am not working today, so let me know if you would like me to do anything else. Sorry, I was completely distracted last week. Karen On Sat, Aug 2, 2014 at 2:12 PM, Heidi M Mechtenberg <mechtenberg@xxxxxxxxxxx > wrote: > I think I will reach out to them... try to get their side of the story. > Hw > > > On August 2, 2014, at 1:08PM, Daniel Ostergren wrote: > > I second Lisa's opinion. ~Dan > > š > > On Aug 2, 2014, at 11:20 AM, dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Redacted sender > "lisabhubert@xxxxxxxxx" for DMARC) wrote: > > Here are the thoughts running through my mind on this issue: > > 1. Is it really clear to the families to communicate with CAPS when > leaving the team, or is it just clear to us because we are so involved in > the details? This is a good chance to step back and see how things look > from the general swim team population. > 2. If their child left the team that early in the season and didnāt > drain our resources, I donāt think we should keep the volunteer deposit. > It would be different if they were asking for a refund of team dues. > 3. What did we decide on the Stoltz family volunteer deposit? They > let us know early on (I think week 3) that Madison had too much going on to > participate on the team this summer. I think we decided and communicated > to the family that we can refund $138 and the volunteer deposit. They > never responded to Marleneās email, so we didnāt send them the refund. Are > they on the list of families that didnāt volunteer? Now that I think about > it, I wonder why we required a response from them and didnāt automatically > send them the $138 refund after their initial email. > 4. Bottom line opinion from me: We should not keep Thieman and > Stoltzās volunteer checks. > > Thank you for the open discussions - > Lisa > > > *From:* Trish Biggio <jmtmom@xxxxxxxxxxx> > *Sent:* āSaturdayā, āAugustā ā2ā, ā2014 ā10ā:ā19ā āAM > *To:* cst_2014_board@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > This should have been an issue that the Inward Liasons. I heard > nothing, did you Carol? > > Trish > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* cst_2014_board-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [ > mailto:cst_2014_board-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > <cst_2014_board-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>] *On Behalf Of *Marlene Hutton > *Sent:* Saturday, August 02, 2014 7:37 AM > *To:* cst_2014_board@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > *Subject:* [cst_2014_board] Re: Volunteer Deposit > > > > Exactly--I'm sure there are two sides to this, and there could be some > issue that we don't know about at all. It makes it difficult when we're > missing one side entirely because it hasn't been communicated to the > board. It will be interesting to see what the coaches say, because if the > family communicated with them about this, and that information wasn't > passed on to the board, then that needs to be addressed so it doesn't > happen again. However, if the family didn't communicate with the coaches > either about this, that's a different situation.--Marlene > > On 8/1/2014 11:52 PM, CAROL CLEAR wrote: > > I think it would be interesting to see what the family had to say compared > to what the coaches had to say. I know we may not be able to do that but I > get the feeling there might be two different stories. > > ~Carol > > > On Aug 1, 2014, at 3:59 PM, "Marlene Hutton" <marlene.j.hutton@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > Ashlyn Thieman is the swimmer who had the issue with the coaches and her > swim cap. I don't know if this plays into her quitting the team or not. > As far as I know, they have not asked for any other monies back. I think > the family had communicated with the coaches about a medical issue Ashlyn > was having midseason, but I have no idea whether they talked to the coaches > about quitting the team for the rest of the season. Asking the coaches > seems like the best next step on this one. Otherwise, as you said, Heidi, > and as Trish said, if they didn't communicate this with anyone, how could > we know? I'm also a little concerned about the line "I would prefer not to > divulge the details" in this parent's email. If a parent isn't willing to > tell us about a disagreement with the coaches (or with the board, for that > matter) then it becomes possible to accuse anyone of anything. But, maybe > they did communicate they were quitting to the coaches, and the coaches did > not pass that along to us. If that is so, that is an issue we need to > address as well.--Marlene > > On 8/1/2014 2:40 PM, Andy and Heidi Mechtenberg wrote: > > Karen, sending this to the board. > > > > Did anyone know about this family quitting? Did they ask for any of their > other monies back? > > > > I am inclined to ask what transpired, so that we can improve our process > in the future. > > I am inclined to keep the check if we didnāt know that this family > formally quit the team. There was opportunity here to communicate a > problem and to refund the fees if it came down to that. > > > > Thoughts? > > -Heidi > > > > *From:* Karen Doty [mailto:karenkaywill@xxxxxxxxx <karenkaywill@xxxxxxxxx>] > > *Sent:* Thursday, July 31, 2014 10:14 PM > *To:* Andy and Heidi Mechtenberg > *Subject:* Fwd: Volunteer Deposit > > > > Your advise? > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: *John Thieman* <johnthieman@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 10:11 PM > Subject: Re: Volunteer Deposit > To: Karen Doty <karenkaywill@xxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Carrie Thieman <carrielthieman@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > > I would like to be exempt from this fee. > > My daughter quit the swim team in mid june due to disagreements with the > coaches. > > i would prefer to not divulge the details but also do not feel it fair to > pay for a fee on a team with which she spent only 3 weeks. > > Thanks > > John and Carrie Thieman > > Sent from my iPad > > > > On Jul 31, 2014, at 10:03 PM, "Karen Doty" <karenkaywill@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > > Hello Collindale Families, > > > > Collindale Swim Team records show that you have not fulfilled your > volunteer requirements during the swim season. Therefore, your $50 check > will be deposited into the Collindale Swim Team bank account the week of > August 4th. If you think this may be in error, please contact me. > > > > Thank you, > > Karen Doty > > > > > > > >