We Need Your Help.

Maybe you're interested in helping, but you're just not sure if you have the time or the expertise. Let us dissuade those fears.

First, the time commitment can be as light as an hour or two a week. That's it. We meet once a month, and meetings typically last about an hour. Each week, there are some "things" to do depending on the role, but nearly all of it can be done around work schedules, kids' activities, and weekend plans. Will there be some special projects that require a little more? Sure. But we'll pick and choose who has time to devote to those things. No pressure. No worries.

Second, the only expertise that's needed is a desire to do right by our student-athletes and a belief that playing sports in middle school and high school is a good thing for our kids. Pretty simple. Do you care about the overall health of the kids in our community? Do you want them to have as great or better of a youth sports experience than you did? If "yes," you're perfect for this!

Read more about the current open positions, andplease reach out to us with any questions or to apply.

We're ready to talk more when you are.

Vice President 
The Vice President has three main responsibilities: 1) to serve as the main point of contact for the Season Directors and guide them through their communications with teams to better understand upcoming financial needs; 2) to support the Fundraising Director in their work to increase the number of fundraising opportunities and donations for BWAB and teams; and 3) to assume the duties of the President at any meeting the president is not able to attend, including running the meeting per Robert's Rules of Order and creating and managing the meeting agenda. The Vice President is one of the five positions comprising core WAB representation, nominated and elected annually at the May meeting.

Alumni Director 
The Alumni Director is the initial point of contact for any Big Walnut alumni associations and/or prospective alumni events, i.e. alumni nights at games or matches throughout the year and sports seasons. The Alumni Director is tasked with building and maintaining relationships with local organizations to expand the alumni network and supporting the Social Media Manager in keeping the alumni area of BWAB's website timely and engaging. The Alumni Director will be selected by the core representatives of BWAB.

Fundraising Director 
The Fundraising Director is the initial point of contact for organizations with fundraising interests with BWAB. Working with the Vice President, the Fundraising Director is responsible for identifying new fundraising opportunities for both BWAB and teams, informing BWAB and teams of those opportunities, and monitoring new and continued fundraising programs to ensure and increase success. The Fundraising Director will be selected by the core representatives of BWAB.

Youth Liaison
With a strong youth sports community in Big Walnut, the Youth Liaison serves as the initial point of contact for local youth organizations and is charged with building stronger relationships between those youth organizations and middle and high school teams. The Youth Liaison's goal is to help ease the transition for student-athletes from youth sports to school-based athletic programs. The Youth Liaison will work with the middle and high school athletic directors to provide athletic team information (Final Forms. sports physicals, etc) to incoming parents and student-athletes via the BWAB website. The Youth Liaison will be selected by the core representatives of BWAB.

Season Directors
Selected by the core representatives of BWAB, the Season Directors represent the fall, winter, and spring/summer sports teams. Their role as the initial point of contact for coaches, parent reps, and/or the athletic department is to help connect those parties with the appropriate BWAB representative in a scaled and efficient manner. The goals are to 1) streamline communications; 2) build consistency across sports; and 3) ensure more productive interactions with all relevant parties. The Season Director will be expected to create and use standard financial resources and templates provided by BWAB to support each of their season's teams and provide an overview of past and forecasted financial revenue and expenses. Season Directors will be expected to gain an understanding via the athletic departments of what revenue comes in per sport (l.e. gate revenue) and what expenditures are being made (l.e. cost of referees). With that knowledge base, the Season Directors will meet with the coaches and parent reps at least once a month throughout their active seasons and at least twice outside of season to review finances and discuss issues and needs. The Season Director will deliver a

summary "state of the program" to the board at regularly scheduled monthly meetings.