Team coaches, regional directors:
As we embark on the new season (two weeks away from registration open!), there are a couple of items that I need your help with.
First, it would be great to know more about your team and any challenges and suggestions you have for WSO. If you have 10-20 minutes, please fill out a team survey (link below), which also includes questions about student demography. If you like to email, it works too. As part of the strategic development for WSO, we are actively seeking out regional collaborations and funding sources. We will only share aggregate demographic data with those agencies if required. Hopefully you can complete this before archiving your 2024 season information.
One of the changes WSO wants to implement this season is to recruit more volunteers, especially for Regional tournaments. I outlined the change in the registration guide sent earlier, which basically links team registration to volunteer identification. We expect the returning team to be in a better position to provide volunteers. It can be alumni, mentors, co-coach, parents. You can provide such information in the last section of the team survey, or email me directly.
During the registration process I will remind teams if the volunteer information is incomplete, or if we cannot confirm with the contact information you provided for these volunteers. The team survey can be submitted multiple times. You can always update and resubmit the survey with new information. I will work with Regional directors to finalize a roster in the Fall so we are well prepared for tournaments. I will start sending out and individual survey to all volunteers who participated earlier, e.g. those who helped in State tournament. Those who identified affiliations with particular school would also count. This survey is included here (event slate is not finalized). Coach can fill these out directly too if you prefer.
Finally, I want to let you know that the coach workshop is planned for Oct 12th. The afternoon (build) session at Camas is full, but you can still register (see link below) and we can put you on waitlist. The morning session is open to everyone, with schedule and event coverage still being worked on. We will update you all soon.
Team/volunteer survey: https://forms.gle/zyHpLVMDXCkvK3Zd7
Volunteer (individual) survey: https://forms.gle/cv3wvrMFB4FcXYfJ6
Coach workshop registration: https://forms.gle/hZe4TbyurUssnc9G7