1. A calculation of days committed by athletes will include all official Team USA events, consisting of the following:
• Training camp (women and men)
• Second training camp (men)
• Tournament of the Americas
• Men’s World Championships
• Women’s American Zone Championships
• QubicaAMF World Cup

2. “Days” are defined as including the entire period of a normal 24-hour day at a competition site. Days of travel are not included, including date of arrival and date of departure. For example, if an athlete arrives in Colorado on March 2, 2008, for training camp and departs on March 9, 2008, that will be calculated as six days for grant purposes, plus two travel days.

3. Athletes can expect meal per diem and expense money on travel days and others as been established by past policy. (Note: Training camp is only $100 due to food being provided on-site.)

4. The Basic Grant for 2008 will be $200 per day. For example, if an athlete spends five full days at training camp, he or she will receive $1,000 in Basic Grant proceeds subsequent to the training camp. Additionally, athletes will receive $100 per day for all travel days involving official Team USA events; in the example of training camp, this would be an additional $200 for two travel days.

1. Each athlete is eligible for a maximum of $1,000 in Educational/Physical Fitness grants in the 2008 calendar year.

2. The purpose of the educational grant is to allow athletes to improve their skills in areas that will help them to become better players, better individuals and more likely to become active in future USBC programs and governance (e.g., coaching, speaker’s bureau, Board of Directors).

3. Examples of approved educational expenses would include recognized coaching clinics (USBC Coaching, Ritger, etc.), self-improvement courses (Dale Carnegie) and the like. USBC will reimburse up to $1,000 of approved educational expenses, including travel, incurred in 2008. A combination trip (e.g., bowling tournament and coaching clinic) will be reimbursed 100 percent for the clinic cost and 50 percent for travel expenses. (Note: All expenses must be pre-approved, in writing, by David Garber or Pat Winkels.) Unused grant monies do not carry over to 2009.

4. USBC will not pay for a membership to a health club. If you take private classes or instruction (i.e. pilates, personnel trainer, sport psychologist), you will need to submit a signed statement as to what you will be working on and a progress report as to how you are progressing every month. All expenses must be approved, in writing, by David Garber or Pat Winkels.  Unused grant monies do not carry over to 2009.