Team Illinois - Points System

2008 Point System & Explanation

We are using a “POINT” system that will track the Team volunteer and fundraising activities of all individuals intending to participate in the 2008 U.S. Transplant Games as a member of Team Illinois. This POINT system will be used to reward those members of the Team that work to promote the Team’s funding needs, volunteer needs, and to a lesser degree, general participation. As to distribution of those rewards (Grants), just prior to the next Games and once we have total numbers (of team members AND dollars raised that are available to use for Grant distribution), we will assign some dollar or cent value to each POINT earned. It will be that Grant money that will be available to you to use to help offset the cost of attending/participating in the 2008 Games. The greater your participation in both Team fundraising activities and Team volunteer needs, the higher your POINTS = higher Grant. For those that don’t have an interest in either Team fundraising or Team volunteering, you will receive a minimum base of POINTS = lower Grant. You control your own efforts and therefore, the amount of your POINTS. The total results of the Team’s fundraising efforts will control the end value of each POINT (dollars or cents value). There is no maximum amount of points you can earn in any one category (unless otherwise stipulated) or in total, but there will be a maximum amount of Grant available for distribution to each team member family, but that amount will be determined just prior to the Games.

How we will determine dollar value of points:
We will add up the total number of points that have been earned by all team members (using the categories listed). We will identify the total number of dollars available for GRANT distribution in the budget (budget available income less all Team 2008 expenses). We will then take the total number of dollars available and divide that number by the total number of points that have been earned by all the team members. That is the value of each point. If you earned 500 points and each point is worth $1, then you would receive $500. If you earned 500 points and each point is worth $.50, then you would receive $250.

Remember, these are POINTS and not dollars. The POINTS do not yet equal any monetary value – the monetary value will be assigned at the end based upon total Team fundraising results.

	Transplant Recipient/ Athlete	Recipient/Non-Athlete	Living Donor	Donor Family Unit
Registration	70	70	20	20 (2 per family unit max)
Team Management/Web Mgr/Liaison	1000	1000	1000	1000
Title of Coordinator for Team Fundraising Event or Item	100	100	100	100
Assisted in Management of Team Fundraising Event (there can only be 1 Assistant per event)	75	75	100	100
Coordinated Team IL Promotional Volunteer Event (e.g. GOH info event, OTS info event, NKFI event, etc.) - get volunteers, info, tabletop, etc.	50	50	50	50
Participated in Team IL Promotional Volunteer Event (manned table for no less then 2 hours) and passed out info related to Team Illinois	50	50	50	50
Coordinated Team Practice or Tryout (acquire facility, communicated to Team and facilitated on day of event)	100	100	0	0
Responsible for bringing in $500 Corporate Donation to Team (multiples of $500 will result in multiples of points awarded) THIS IS FOR NEW TEAM CORPORATE SPONSORS ONLY AND DOES NOT APPLY TO CORPORATIONS THAT DONATED IN PREVIOUS YEARS.	200	200	200	200
BONUS: Brought in $5000 Corporate or Private Donation or Single Fundraising Event Net Profit	2500	2500	2500	2500
BONUS: Brought in $7500 Corporate or Private Donation or Single Fundraising Event Net Profit	3500	3500	3500	3500
BONUS: Brought in $10,000 Corporate or Private Donation or Single Fundraising Event Net Profit	4500	4500	4500	4500
Responsible for bringing in $500 non- corporate (private or individual) donation to team (multiples of $500 will result in multiples of points awarded).	200	200	200	200
Sold Team Merchandise to others outside of family for benefit of Team (minimum item quantity of 10 must be sold to meet this)	50	50	50	50
Attended at least two Team Fundraising Events	50	50	50	50
Transportation Allowance (maximum of two allowances will be available per family unit)	50	50	50	50
Lodging Allowance (five nights max - one payment per family unit) per night in hotel at Games	10	10	10	10
REMINDER: MAXIMUM of $1200 allowance payout to any one individual Team Member. MAXIMUM of $1600 allowance payout to any Team Member Family Unit (where more than 1 team member exists in a family unit). Any dollars earned (as a result of points earned) in excess of these maximums will be put back into team budget for use by all Team Members.