Changes in WAVE since June 2012 Stable coaching staff, reduced “subs” rate No cancelled practices for holidays or social activities. Held practices during Christmas Break Held Clinics during August (break) Reduced volunteer hours to 20 per family (from 25) Did not collect unfulfilled volunteer hours for 2012

Changes in WAVE since June 2012 Modified tally of volunteer hours to accommodate swim meet schedule (Sep-Aug) Did not host meet for 2 years HC volunteered in committee at PacSwim Zone 1 South to compensate for lack of hosted meets Held social events: Olympic viewing party, BBQ’s and Christmas Increased roster from 86 to 145 swimmers New grouping by age and skill New Varsity group to meet community need

WAVE vs. our neighbors How WAVE hours and fees compare to other teams in the area. Different team structure (Institution Own) What WAVE needs to do in order to fulfill the swimmers and City needs. Modified Dry-land from 3 to 5 days a week, increasing 30 minutes total in a week. No annual fees(most teams from $60 to $200) No attendance requirements

How WAVE hours and fees compare to other teams in the area

Methodology Teams in a 10 mile radius Sample 3 groups representing 3 different age groups, times and fees. Sample equivalent groups in other teams Record hours and fees Obtain hourly rate per team Compare and graph results

Teams in a 10 miles radius

ClubGroup Hrs/Wk$/ Month$/Hr DACA Yellow Blue Senior Tempo White Green Blue Gold Swim South BayJV Plus Varsity Instructional Los Gatos PBDevelopmental Pre Senior Bronze OspreyGolde Senior Members Los Gatos S&RNo-Members Begineers MilpitasIntermediate Advance Santa Clara SCPreComp White Bell Gray WavePre Junior Senior

NOTES Used Wave’s No Resident fees; it represents the majority majority of our team. Used 3 out of 7 groups as representative of the team. Tempo has no details of hours, used Wave hours. Los Gatos S&R has only 2 fees, Members and No- Members. Milpitas is out of town but is City-Owned, as Wave. Peak is out of the analysis due to extremely high fees (more than 12 ex-Wave swimmers transfer to Peak)

Our goal To provide affordable quality swimming instruction to our community while achieving financial sustainability

GroupsHrs/ Wk/WaterHrs/ Wk/DryTotal Hrs/WkActual FeesNew Fees Senior Junior Varsity Pre-junior6N/A67285 Black3.75N/A Gray3.75N/A White2.25N/A Pre-Comp1.5N/A

Solutions Increase fees across all different groups taking in consideration amount of hours of swimming per week (while being more affordable than our neighbors) Increase family participation to support fundraising efforts In conjunction with families find out new fundraising opportunities to delay fee increases (Swimathlon, raffles, clothing sales, etc)

Open to discussion

Thank you!