Thank you so much
to everyone who participated in the discussion regarding the limits of the 5% funding. The question presented was, “Should syncro and theatre on ice teams be able to receive the 5% funding like a skating club?” The final answer is…..drumroll please…….YES!
As long as the team is registered through a national governing body (like USFS and Skate Canada) we will be allowing them to raise funds through Myskatingmall.com. The team will have to register (which is not available yet) just like skating clubs.
The 5% funding will go to whatever club or team is listed in a users profile at the time of the transaction. Users can change the beneficiary whenever they like. In other words, some transactions can benefit their team and others can benefit their club.
Through the discussion of this topic, another fundraising idea for teams and clubs was discovered. The following description applies to clubs too, but I’m going to describe it from a team’s perspective: A team could register as a user on Myskatingmall and list items under its account. If team members want to donate items to the team, then the team could receive the sale amount just like and individual would. The team can pass its username and password around to its members who can then list items under the team’s account.
Myskatingmall.com is here to support the skating community. I feel that this decision is really going to help the most amount of people. Please spread the word to all the syncro and theater teams that you know!
Ryan Jahnke
Founder, Myskatingmall.com
2003 World Team Member
Tags: Fundraising for skating clubs, Fundraising for syncro teams, Fundraising for theater on ice teams, skating clubs, Syncronized skating, Theater on Ice
Hi Ryan,
Would I be able to designate the percentage of my sales on individual items to the USFSA or to the PSA as opposed to particular clubs?
Calla
Calla,
Yes, we will have an option to designate the percentage of sales to the U.S. Memorial Fund if you would prefer to do that rather than a club or a team.