Last month I covered the second goal of the OTA's strategic plan, covering the competitive structure and all the activity around offering a robust and active tournament environment for players of all levels.
This month, I'd like to cover the last two goals of the plan:
GOAL #3: Encourage and support volunteerism at the provincial, regional and local levels
GOAL #4: Ensure accountability and relevancy of OTA programs and services
Summary of Strategies
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- Support the recruitment and retention of volunteers
- Adequately recognize and retain volunteers for their strong contributions
- Practice sound fiscal management and governance
- Assess effectiveness of programs, services, board and staff
- Monitor and promote OTA insurance program
- Maintain effective partnership with Tennis Canada
- OTA has over 1800 volunteers in Ontario
- Three honourees received the OTA’s Distinguished Service Award (DSA) in 2012 (Betty Webster, Jimmy Wong, Meg Fletcher)
- Networking opportunities (Presidents’ Day during Rogers Cup, attending OTA AGM and breakout sessions, attend regional meetings & volunteer on regional committee to improve programming)
- Contact OTA office for information, club certificates
- Enhance recognition and awards programs (to be developed)
- The OTA provides youth employment and routinely takes in 1-2 interns every year as part of the HR government grants received
- Tennis Clubs are responsible for their own hiring and are encouraged to employ youth – eg: Many clubs hire monitors every year (aged 14-16) and pay them minimum wage for the summer months. The club pro also hires youth to assist with tennis camps
- Clubs are encouraged to provide volunteer hours for youth looking to meet their minimum 40 hr requirement for graduating high school in Ontario. These youth may end up coming back to the club as future volunteers on the executive if they have a positive experience
- Industry-leading, competitively priced Club Property & Liability Insurance, Directors’ & Officers’ Insurance and Abuse Insurance (Marsh) – 132 clubs obtain general liability insurance, 95 obtain D&O
- Support member club applications for grants (letter of support)
- Continue to solicit member input via online survey
- Strong fiscal management combined with effective and efficient allocation of resources to the right programming
- Governance priorities for 2013: volunteer policy, player development policies for player disciplinary action and rankings
