MUSC policies

MUSC OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & SAFETY PRECAUTIONS REGARDING COVID-19 

This document outlines MUSC’s Occupational Health and Safety Guidelines in regard to COVID-19 precautions. We want to ensure the club is a safe environment in which to train for and play softball, and therefore we require each member’s cooperation with the below measures.

General

• MUSC players must not attend training or matches if they feel at all unwell. Please inform your coach or members of the committee if you will not be attending any event.
• All players at an event (training or games) must be registered prior to arriving or as soon as possible to enable contact tracing if required.
• We recommend following state government guidelines and downloading the COVIDSafe app.

Training

• Players are to bring and use their own equipment where possible as detailed below

• MUSC is to supply hand sanitiser for use prior, during and after all training session

Matches 

• All MSA policies must be followed

• MUSC is to supply hand sanitiser for use prior, during and after all games

Equipment

• Where possible, players are encouraged to bring and use their own personal equipment for training and matches, E.g. own glove, helmet, bat, catchers gear

• Players are encouraged to use their own batting gloves in conjunction with use of hand sanitiser.

PRIVACY COLLECTION STATEMENT

The Information you have provided in this Club Membership Form will be used by MU Sport to facilitate your access to, and use of, MU Sport facilities and services through the relevant MU Sport Club with which you are a member. MU Sport may also use this information for its internal planning purposes and the development of a ‘sports alumni’ at the University. By completing this form, you provide your consent to the University using your information for these purposes. The University must comply with the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 (VIC) when collecting, using, disclosing and managing personal information. You may access the University’s policy at http://www.unimelb.edu.au/governance/compliance/privacy and privacy queries may be directed to privacy-officer@unimelb.edu.au

PHOTOGRAPHY AND SOCIAL MEDIA

Photos and/or videos will be taken at MUSC training and games for use in social media and club marketing. If you do not wish for your photograph to be taken and/or used for marketing purposes, please speak to a member of the committee. 

SOFTBALL VICTORIA REGISTRATION

MUSC is part of the Melbourne Softball Association, which is affiliated to Softball Victoria. All MUSC players must therefore be registered with Softball Victoria. Players who have already played with another association (eg during summer) in the year October 2020 to September 2021 do not need to re-register with Softball Victoria but must apply for a permit from their first-choice association which must be forwarded to MUSC at secretary@melbourneunisoftball.org.au. If you have a permit from another club, please register as a permitted player to avoid paying the cost of Softball Victoria registration twice. 

MEMBER ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I acknowledge that MU Sport seeks to provide an environment that encourages the positive values of respect, fairness, responsibility and safety.
I have read and understood, and agree to comply with, all applicable University or MU Sport policies and procedures which are set out at http://www.sport.unimelb.edu.au/clubresources and will obey the reasonable instructions of MU Sport and Club activity facilitators or instructors as relevant to my Club.

I understand that if I:
a) Engage in activities that bring MU Sport and/or the University into disrepute or that are illegal;
b) Intentionally misuse or cause damage to MU Sport assets or property;
c) Engage in a serious misuse of Club funds or misappropriation of Club funds; or
d) Engage in a serious breach of a University or MU Sport policy
That MU Sport may act against me to suspend or terminate my membership, and in the event that I am a University staff member or student, that MU Sport reserves the right to take further disciplinary action under the relevant University statutes, regulations, policies and procedures.