• Pay our minimum registration fee, which we try to keep low to allow as many kids as possible to participate. Early bird rates are available thru the end of November.
  
• Volunteer for at least one league-level activity in addition to any required activities for your individual team, such as providing snacks or coordinating photo day.
  
• Participate in the Bat-a-Thon fundraiser.

Fees
For Spring 2009, NOLL/SOLL is raising fees by $10. This hike is strictly to offset new field usage fees our league is now being charged, including a $5 per-child recreation tax imposed by the City of Oakland. NOLL/SOLL strives to keep our fees low, in order to allow as many kids as possible to participate. Families who find a financial commitment to be a hardship should contact us about a financial assistance.

Volunteer Commitment
Every NOLL/SOLL family is expected to find a way to commit to help us provide a quality baseball experience for the kids of our community. This can include coaching, umpiring, helping with special events (such as registration, tryouts, Opening Day or A's Night), performing field maintenance, fundraising, and much more. Families are responsible for league-level duties in addition to any team-level commitments, such as providing snacks, helping organize a team party, etc.
NOLL/SOLL will provide training and assistance for all volunteer jobs from field maintenance to umpiring.

Coaches
If you are interested in coaching, please register to be a coach after you register your player (there is a link within sPortability, below). At the Farm levels, we generally group several interested coaches to each team so that practice and game responsibilities can be divided easily. At the competitive levels, each team has a head coach and up to 2 assistants. There is no fee to register as a coach. Coaching does cover your volunteer commitment, altho there is no fee discount for your player's registration. NOLL/SOLL will provide team equipment and some training on how to run an effective practice, substitution rotations, etc.

Please note: there is no tenure for coaches; coaching a team last year is no guarantee that you will be offered a spot this year. Coach applications are reviewed on a case-by-case basis and we take into account prior years' evaluations, the number of spots available, criminal background check, etc.

Bat-a-Thon
Since we keep our registration costs as low as possible, the cost of running NOLL/SOLL greatly exceeds the revenues provided by the application fees. The Bat-a-thon is our way of raising the additional revenue required to field our teams, and pays for uniforms, fields, umpire expenses, and scholarships to families in need. It is also our way of asking our players to shoulder some of the responsibility for the wonderful baseball experience we strive to provide.
Each NOLL/SOLL player is expected to raise at least $150 for the Bat-a-Thon. With a modest amount of effort, every player can reach this goal. The Bat-a-Thon works much like a walk-a-thon: players ask for pledges based on how far they can hit the ball during the Bat-a-thon event. Donors can pledge by the distance batted, or simply with a flat donation to the League.

First-time NOLL/SOLL Participants
All participants who are new to NOLL/SOLL need to provide proof of age and residence BEFORE their registrations are considered complete. Please complete the online registration process and then attend an in-person registration session in late November (details for these sessions is TBD and will be posted online and emailed to registrants). To establish age you must bring a copy of the participant's birth certificate to the in-person session.

Refund Policy
Once an applicant is placed on a team, there is no refund allowed. Any refunds issued before team placement will be less a $10 processing fee.

Boundaries
The boundaries from which we can select players are set and approved by National Little League in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Players who reside south of Virginia Street in Berkeley or anywhere in Piedmont, Emeryville or Oakland are eligible to play in our leagues. At the competitive age groups (AA and above), players will be split into NOLL and SOLL based on residency.
Berkeley residents who live North of Virginia Street must register with Albany Little League (www.albanylittleleague.org)
There will be NO EXCEPTIONS with regards to boundary violations. If you register and are not within the NOLL/SOLL boundaries, there will be a $75 processing fee withheld from any refund request.