There are five volunteer positions on the Tennis Toronto (TT) Committee:

 

• Regional Chairperson

• Treasurer

• Secretary

• Communications Director

• Junior Development Director.

 

Each position is elected at the Tennis Toronto AGM by club representatives in attendance (each club has 1 vote) and is held for 1 year. A person on the Committee may run again for the same or another position at the next AGM.

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To run for a position at the AGM, you must be nominated by 2 member clubs and let Tennis Toronto know at least 20 days before the AGM by sending an email to answers@tennistoronto.ca.  

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If you would like to help out in some other way, please let us know, again, by emailing us at answers@tennistoronto.ca. 

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Current occupants of the positions are shown on our Contact page. 

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Regional Chairperson

• Is head of Tennis Toronto (TT) and represents its member clubs

• Oversees the TT Committee, hires part-time paid contract staff, or designates another Committee Member to do so and ensures they that part-time staff sign written annual contracts

• Coordinates two member club meetings and the AGM a year, as well as TT Executive meetings, and chairs all meetings

• Ensures someone from the TT Committee attends the City of Toronto Tennis Liaison Committee meetings (normally 1-2 / year)

• Promotes tennis by facilitating the delivery of region-specific programs which meet the needs of member clubs and support the objectives of the OTA

• Attends the OTA Board meetings (is a constituent member of the OTA board), prepares an annual report for the OTA AGM, attends the AGM, and reports to the OTA

 

Requirements: Ideally has served as a Toronto Community Club President or Executive member and has strong leadership, organizational and communication skills.

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Treasurer

• Creates annual budget for Tennis Toronto.

• Writes cheques as needed (two signatures are always needed) and keeps a binder with the invoices, cheque numbers, and retains a record of accounts.

• Gives budget amounts for events (at meetings)..

• Tracks what is spent to ensure TT stays within budget.

• Produces a year-end financial summary.

• Attends the TT Committee and member club meetings and AGM.

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Secretary

• Creates the agenda for the Committee meetings and sends it to the Committee members.

• Attends the TT Committee and member club meetings and AGM.

• Takes minutes of the meetings (noting relevant action items with dates), sends them to the Executive within 2 weeks after the meetings, and keeps copies of the minutes.

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Communications Director

• Is responsible for maintaining the Tennis Toronto website (keeping OTA, City, and other information relevant to the clubs current).

• Responsible for having event invitations and group emails sent to club contacts and keeping the club contact list current.

• Attends the TT Committee and member club meetings and AGM.

 

Junior Development Director

• Oversees the TT Junior League and supports the staff Junior League Director.

• Helps clubs get ideas on ways to develop their junior programs.

• Promotes OTA programs for juniors.

• Attends the TT Committee and member club meetings and AGM.

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