skip navigation
Home News Team Pages Calendar Contact Us Documents Board Sponsorship Store

Grievance Procedures/Dispute Resolution

The Mahtomedi Basketball Association is committed to providing boys and girls in the Mahtomedi Area community in grades K through 8, at various skill levels, an opportunity to play basketball in an organized environment that emphasizes skill development, teamwork, good sportsmanship and fun.

We make every effort to secure board members and coaches that share a passion to provide a quality experience for our youth participants. We seek to keep parents engaged in the process through the information we provide and the opportunity to provide feedback on an ongoing basis and through a season-ending survey/feedback form we distribute to all participants.

With almost 500 youth participating in our programs each year, it is difficult to offer the ultimate experience for all participants, but that remains our goal.  When there are concerns/issues that arise, we ask that the following steps be utilized in order to best resolve them:

1) If no immediate action is deemed necessary, please submit a season-ending survey that highlights the issues/concerns
2) Attempt to resolve issue with a conversation:

  • (a) first between the parent and participating son/daughter;
  • (b) then if needed, between the player and their coach
  • (c) or between the parent and coach if more appropriate
  • (d) and finally if still not resolved, between the parent (and/or coach) and the Director of the particular activity

Hopefully this will resolve most issues, however, if the issue still remains unresolved, and needs immediate attention, please contact the MBA President or other board member. You may need to provide a written summary or attend a monthly meeting to present details of the issue/grievance/dispute to the full board.

If necessary, the board will follow voting procedures to render a final decision on the issue.