OFA: Committee Members

OFA  Committees are  intended to be a working group and members should be thoughtfully selected who will be actively engaged throughout the process.  Committees must be made up of individuals (minimum of 1 from each) from the Board of Directors, Executive Council, OFA members and an OFA staff member.  
 
Finance Committee

The role of the OFA Finance Committee is: 

• Fee Structure (member fees coaches, players, volunteers, officials)
• Yearly Operating Budget
• Finance Policy
• Services by OFA – what is part of the fee? What is an add on?

The Finance Committee Volunteer should have: 

• Ability to understand financial statements
• Experience in creating budgets
• Knowledge of financial policy and procedures for non-profits.
• Ability to work cooperatively with other committee members.
• Excellent communication skills
• Time to dedicate to this professional volunteer opportunity (approximately 3 hours per month)
• Commitment to take on an occasional finance related special project.
• Commitment to attend regular meetings. 
• Must be comfortable in a team environment

Oversight Committee

The responsibilities of the Oversight Committee are to:

• Membership deadlines
• Marketing / Communications
• Discipline 
• Review of OFA PoliciesThe Oversight volunteer committee member should have/be: 
• Officially represent the OFA members and key interest groups Ability to work cooperatively with other committee members.
• Excellent communication skills
• Time to dedicate to this professional volunteer opportunity, anticipated to be between one and two meetings monthly over the course of the first three months and then one meeting a month for the next year.  (approximately 3 hours per month)
• Commitment to attend regular meetings.
• Must be comfortable in a team environment

Sport Development Committee

The responsibilities of the Sport Development Committee are:

• Coaches Development/training
• Player Development
• Official Development/training/recruiting
• Grassroot programs – what is out there, what can we develop
• Flag – Non-Contact
• Sanctioning 

The Sport Development volunteer committee member should have/be: 

• Officially represent the OFA members and key interest groups 
• Ability to work cooperatively with other committee members.
• Excellent communication skills
• Time to dedicate to this professional volunteer opportunity, anticipated to be between one and two meetings monthly over the course of the first three months and then one meeting a month for the next year.  (approximately 3 hours per month)
• Commitment to attend regular meetings. 
• Be comfortable in a team environment