LCKC ASPIRE MEMBERSHIP AGREEMENT
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All four pages of this agreement must be signed and returned to be accepted
for membership.
- Lanier
Canoe & Kayak Club will offer community members young and old a chance
to start a new skill and develop paddling skills to any level from
beginners to World Class athletes.
LCKC is committed to supporting our youth throughout their
adolescence and young adulthood.
- We
have fantastic facilities: the best in the United States!
- We
have more and better equipment than any club, to ensure we are the best
prepared athletes in the country.
- Our
club believes in hiring the best coaching staff possible! We have professional coaches who have
experience beyond any in this country.
- We
are the only athletes that have had the benefits of paid and volunteer staff
that organize and coordinate all our entries, boat transport, boat repairs,
team transport, team accommodation, ensuring that we have all athletes
racing with the best chance to make National Teams and perform our best.
- Being
a member of this club, you will reap invaluable, lifelong benefits from
national and international travel opportunities to a life long habit of
fitness and health.
- We
are the largest club to have the opportunity to socialize and develop with
other dedicated, goal setting individuals which will again set us up for
great life long learning experiences.
My commitment to myself, team, coaches,
board of directors and volunteers as a member of the Lanier Canoe & Kayak
Club:
ATTITUDE:
I will always be on time to all team scheduled events and
practices.
I will respect my coaches and team helpers by doing what I’m
asked, when I’m asked (or discuss an appropriate alternative in a positive
fashion).
I will find the positive in all situations, be positive
towards all teammates and anyone I meet.
I will not participate in undermining backchat or try to develop any
negative feeling or responses.
I will enjoy being a representative of myself, my family, my
community and a great club.
SPORTSMANSHIP:
I will behave on and off the water like the champion I am
by: encouraging others, always doing my
best in every race, controlling my emotions if things don’t go my way, being
very understanding of all volunteers and officials, knowing where and when I
must be at all times.
Cheering and enjoying the achievements of myself and others.
PERSEVERENCE:
I will keep my attitude and my relationships with others
positive. If I’m unhappy or struggling in anyway I will ask for help, to ensure
my personal enjoyment and that of those around me.
INDIVIDUALS:
I will be understanding of the individual needs and ways of
others around me.
I will try to enhance the enjoyment of the sport for all by
being aware of other individuals.
RESPECT:
I will respect the guidelines set down for the club to
ensure everyone’s safety and enjoyment.
I will respect all decisions made by the race officials (with
a smile.)
I will respect others preparation needs.
I will respect the coach’s requests.
ENJOYMENT AND
EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
I will find ways to make this a great club for all concerned
and be understanding of the different levels of emotional development amongst
our group.
I will do my best and make the most of the experience offered
to me!
The
Lanier Canoe & Kayak Club offers great opportunity to our membership. We have the best facilities, programs,
events, equipment and coaching staff in the United States. This document describes the code of conduct
for membership at the Lanier Canoe & Kayak Club. It must be signed by parents and athletes and
returned to LCKC as a condition of membership. Your participation in the club can be revoked
at any time for serious disciplinary infractions or for non payment of your
financial obligations. (Please initial each bullet point and initial and date
each page)
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You are a member
at your own risk. You are expected to
attend parent meetings, board meeting and speak up if you have any
concerns. As you sign this, you are
agreeing to the terms, policies, fee structure, facilities usage, and
supervision expectations of the Lanier Canoe & Kayak Club.
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We encourage
parents to assist with the organization and chaperoning of all LCKC activities. Volunteers are the backbone of our programs
and events. Background checks are required
of all adults who work with our youth.
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There is no
medical insurance coverage for our programs.
You will be responsible for any medical expenses that may occur.
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If you are
storing a personal boat in the boathouse, or taking a personal boat on a trip
please make sure you have it insured as a rider on your homeowners or auto
insurance. LCKC does not have insurance
for personal boats on the road or at home.
LCKC members can only use personal equipment, equipment they have been
given written permission by the owner to use or club equipment by permission of
the head coach. Parts should never be
removed from another person’s boat without permission.
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All trip, membership
and entry fees must be paid in full for access to the facility, events,
trips or training sessions. All racing
team members must also maintain current USACK membership.
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LCKC members are
expected to exhibit the highest-level of sportsmanship and conduct themselves
as an ambassador for our community and our country. Please be sure to express your appreciation
to our hosts when on tour and leave each location and our training facility in
as good or better condition than when you arrived.
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Parents and
athletes alike are expected to support LCKC at home and in the community. Any issues should be addressed through proper
channels: staff, then to the board
without demeaning any individual or the club as a whole.
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Our Head Coaches
will make all competition related decisions as well as decisions as to the
appropriate training group for each athlete. Coaches, Staff, Trip Chaperones, and Board
members can make on site disciplinary decisions including up to one week
suspension. Further disciplinary
measures will be determined by the Judiciary Committee. Please see the club handbook for policies and
bylaws.
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LCKC Racing
equipment is expensive and fragile. Club
racing boats are only used with permission of the coaches. Boats should never be placed hull side down
on a surface. This scratches the racing
surface and slows the boat. Boat numbers
must be returned to the club boat number box when finished with races or time
trials. Boat numbers cost $3 to $5
each. We would rather use funds for
things other than replacing missing numbers!
Boats should NEVER be dropped, bumped or scraped against anything. Inexperienced paddlers must learn in our
older boats. They cannot progress to the
tippier, faster boats until they are stable and are competent in the boat. Flipping, standing on the bottom or seats,
and getting into a boat other than from a dock will damages our boats.
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NO illegal or
mind-altering substances are allowed on the premises or on any tour - period.
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Athletes under
the age of 21 can only be at the facility during scheduled training sessions
and supervised events.
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Athletes are
required to travel and stay with the team when on a trip. We encourage new
friendships, but no individual invitations to go away from the group may be
accepted. Visits between friends will be
enjoyed in visiting areas- not individual rooms. There will be no tolerance of opposite sex
visiting in rooms.
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Public Display of
Affection is inappropriate. You are
expected to conduct yourself as if you are in a professional environment. Co-ed teams and travel require that no one
should be able to tell that you have romantic interests in another individual
while you are participating in any club activity.
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Any serious
violation of LCKC rules will result in disciplinary action. Immediate suspension leading to expulsion is possible
and the Athlete COULD BE SENT HOME Immediately at PARENT EXPENSE for
infractions that occur when the team is traveling.
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LCKC has a Yahoo
group that is the official communication tool of the club. Members should contact the office if they are
having trouble receiving the Yahoo messages.
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Training Plans
and club training activities are for the use of Paid LCKC Club members only.
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If I have keys to
the facility, unlock the front door, or have been trusted with the boathouse
combination, I will personally assure that the lights are turned out and the
facility is locked when I leave.
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Each member will
sign in and out where appropriate each time they visit the facility.
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Each member will
park only in the appropriate spots. Do not park on the GRASS. COUNTY
PARK RULE!
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Each member should get a Passport! Passports are now required for travel into Canada.
Membership Fee Structure
and agreement
Adult Recreational
Membership FORMCHECKBOX $275 first member FORMCHECKBOX $245
second adult member per year. Includes boat storage for one boat rack with up to
two boats and / or use of club boats. If no boat space is available or not
needed there is a $120 discount for the spouse. Parents may bring their children
under the age of 21 and supervise them for no additional charge. If the
children participate in a Lanier Canoe & Kayak Club program, the fees below will
apply. Recreation members can use all of the LCKC recreational sea kayaks and
entry level plastic boats. They are not eligible to use sprint equipment or
race with the team. Recreational members receive day camp discounts. (USACK
Membership not included, encouraged but not required)
Recreation Plus
Membership –Membership benefits the
same as for the Adult Recreational membership, but includes use of trainers and
entry level sprint boats and Rec Plus members can race with the team.
FORMCHECKBOX
$475 per year
Non-member training fee
FORMCHECKBOX
$150.00 per week with the LCKC training groups.
Private lessons
are available at $35.00 per hour for an A level coach. Group lessons are $15
per person /hour with a minimum of 2 and maximum of 6 people.
Lanier Racing Series
FORMCHECKBOX
$20.00
(Non-members do not
race with the club or receive training plans.
Facility use fee:
$3.50 per day to use the facility, train from the docks, uses the weight room,
showers and boat storage when available. This fee does not include
equipment use, coaching or training with the team. Must be 21 to use
the facility without adult supervision. Non members can receive coaching and
train with the training group for $250 per week or part week.
Sprint Racing Team – any of these options can race with the team!
You must maintain
a year round membership to be a voting member of the club.
GOLD /
SILVER FORMCHECKBOX $1300 per year FORMCHECKBOX $330 per
quarter FORMCHECKBOX $110 month
FORMCHECKBOX
$700 summer only
BRONZE FORMCHECKBOX $1000 per year FORMCHECKBOX $250 per
quarter FORMCHECKBOX $90 month
FORMCHECKBOX
$600 summer only
The Bronze squad has a maximum of 3 sessions per week and Saturday race
practice. The Head Coaches select the squads based on ASPIRE.
Youth
Recreation FORMCHECKBOX $250 for 10 weeks Two sessions / week plus Saturday race practice.
MASTERS
FORMCHECKBOX $620 per year FORMCHECKBOX $350
(May – Oct) FORMCHECKBOX $155 quarter FORMCHECKBOX
$55 month
Must be 25 as of January 1 of current year Maximum
of 2-coached sessions per week and the Saturday race practice.
Travel costs
are additional.
BOAT STORAGE FEE per boat FORMCHECKBOX $120 per year FORMCHECKBOX $10 per
month ________ Number of boats
You must be a current
member to store a boat in the boathouse. Private boats must be insured by the
owner of the boat. The cost of the first boat is included in your membership
fee.
NON RESIDENT member
FORMCHECKBOX $300 annual
(includes
3 weeks)
FORMCHECKBOX $100
per week when
training or racing with team
(USACK
Membership not included – USACK membership is required of sprint team members)
You must
provide ONE-MONTH WRITTEN NOTICE to stop your membership with the club. Members
choosing monthly and quarterly fees are committing to a year of payments.
LATE FEE - $15 Fees are late 15 days after the due
date. Return Check Fee $25. Athletes are not allowed to come to practice and
will be sent home if fees are late. Please communicate with the office if you
have extenuating circumstances.
Quarters
start: June 1 – September 1 – December 1 – March 1
Note: All participants
must be able to swim 100 yards, and tread water.
ANY ATHLETE WHO
IS NOT WILLING OR ABLE TO FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES AND / OR FEE STRUCTURE CAN NOT
BE A MEMBER OF THE LANIER CANOE & KAYAK CLUB
I AGREE TO THE ABOVE
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Athlete’s Signature Parent of Athlete’s Signature Parent of Athlete’s Signature
APPLICATION & WAIVER,
INDEMNIFICATION AND RELEASE OF LIABILITY
In
consideration of being allowed to participate in any way in USA Canoe Kayak or
Lanier Canoe and Kayak Club athletics/sports programs, and related events and
activities, the undersigned, for himself/herself, his/her personal
representatives, heirs, next of kin:
1.
If Minor: Agrees that the
parent(s) and/or legal guardian(s) will instruct the minor participant that
prior to participating he/she should inspect the facilities and equipment to be
used, and if the participant believes anything is unsafe, he/she should
immediately advise his/her coach or supervisor of such condition(s) and refuse
to participate.
2.
If Adult: Agree that prior to
participating, he/she will inspect the facilities and equipment to be used, and
if she/he believes anything is unsafe, he/she will immediately advise his/her
coach or supervisor of such conditions(s) and refuse to participate.
3.
Acknowledges and fully
understands that each participant will be engaging in activities that involve
risk of serious injury, including permanent disability and death, and severe
social and economic losses to person or property which might result not only
from his/her own actions, inactions or negligence, but also the actions,
inactions or negligence of others, the rules of play, or the condition of the
premises or of any equipment used.
Further, that there may be other risks not known to us or not reasonably
foreseeable at this time.
4.
Assumes all the foregoing
risks and accepts personal responsibility for any and all loss, liability,
damages or costs following such injury, permanent disability or death.
5.
Releases, waives, discharges
and covenants not to sue USA Canoe Kayak or Lanier Canoe and Kayak Club, its
affiliated clubs, their respective administrators, directors, agents, coaches,
and other employees or agents of the organization, other participants,
chaperones, volunteers, sponsoring agencies, sponsors, advertisers, and, if
applicable, owners and lessors of premises used to conduct the event, all of
which are hereinafter referred to as “releasees,” from any and all claims,
liability, demands, losses or damages on account of injury, including death or
damage to property, caused or alleged to be caused in whole or part by the
negligence of the releasees or otherwise.
6.
Agrees to indemnify and save
and hold harmless the releasees from any loss, liability, damage, or cost they
may incur due to the presence of the undersigned in any way competing,
officiating, observing, or working for, or for any purpose participating in the
event.
7.
All participants must be able
to swim 100 yards and tread water for 10 minutes.
8.
Any legal action or dispute
brought under this agreement or against Lanier Canoe & Kayak Club, Inc
shall be in the Superior Court of Hall County Georgia or in the US District
court for the Northern District of Georgia – Gainesville Division.
THE UNDERSIGNED HAS READ THE
ABOVE WAIVER, INDEMNIFICATION AND RELEASE, UNDERSTANDS THAT HE/SHE HAS GIVEN UP
SUBSTANTIAL RIGHTS BY SIGNING IT AND SIGNS IT VOLUNTARILY.
Signature of Participant (if 18 or over): _______________________________ Date:
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Signature of Parent/Guardian for Minors: _____________________________ Date:
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Name _______________________________ DOB _________________ Email______________________
Parents:__________________________________
_____________________________________________
Address________________________________
City___________________ State _________Zip_________
Phone (day) ____________Phone (night)______________ Fax
_____________Email (2)________________
Special Concerns or History
Primary Physician
_______________________ Phone__________________________________________
Insurance Company_________________
Name of Policy Holder ____________________________________
Policy Group
Number__________________________ Other instructions
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Emergency Contacts:
Name(s) ____________________________________
Phone_________________________________
In the event that I cannot be reached during an emergency,
permission is given to the LCKC staff to transport my child as named above to
the hospital and/or secure the intervention of treatments deemed to be
necessary by a medical professional.
(Parent
or Guardian)
Date