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Who is the "go to" person regarding
USA-S Registrations?
Marian
Jelf is the registration person. Her position is up for election again in
October 2008 at the annual LSC meeting and the new term for this office will
be for January 2009 - December 2010.
If I have a swimmer join the team today, and we send in the USAS registration to you: 1 - Do we pro-rate the registration since it's late in the year cycle?
The registration
would NOT be prorated. USA Swimming does not prorate membership fees. If the registration were sent today,
7/25/07, it
would end 12/31/07, BUT if you wait until September 1, 2007
or later to send the registration application (completed of course) and the
appropriate fee the US swimming registration would be for 9/1/07 - 12/31/08.
Basically those registering on/about 9/1/07 will get 4 months use of the
membership for "free" if they are a first time US Swimming member.
2 - If not, would their registration be current for 1 year from date of registration, or would it expire in December?
As
stated above, if the registration is processed on/after 9/1/07 it would expire
12/31/08. If processed before 9/1/07 it would expire 12/31/07.
3 - Would they be issued a 2008 registration, and if so, would they be able to swim in the Lubbock Pentathlon on Sept 23rd?
If
the registration form is ACCURATELY completed in its entirety and if the
registration is accompanied by the correct registration fee ($53.00) AND
received by Marian 4-7 WORKING days before September 23 the
swimmers will be able to swim in the meet in Lubbock. Within the last 6
weeks, coaches and teams have sent applications 1-3 days before a meet is to
start. This is NOT sufficient time to process the applications at times (e.g.,
if the applications are delivered after lunch on a Wednesday to COM. Marian
may be off on Thursday. She isn't able to start on the applications until
Friday at the earliest. If the meets starts Friday evening the swimmers can't
swim in this scenario . What Marian is doing is strictly voluntary and COM
Aquatics is absorbing all of the cost associated with Marian's time, providing
the computer, etc for her to complete the application process. The troubling
part of the recent applications was that they were completed up to 2 months
BEFORE the meet and the checks from the parents of the swimmers were dated up
to 2 months BEFORE the meet yet the coaches/teams didn't send the applications
and fees to Marian to process until the day before the meet started - this
isn't acceptable and no team/coach can expect the applications to be processed
in less than a day when the coaches/teams have been sitting on the completed
applications for 2 months.
4 - When can we start registering swimmers for 2008? (if #3 is "no")
Again, on/after September 1, 2007 and the registration will be
valid until December 31, 2008.
5 - What is the turn around time for registrations to ensure they are current and can swim in meets?
At
least 4-7 working days. I would suggest a phone call to Marian to ensure she
received the applications if they are being sent this close to a start of a
meet.
If you have any questions regarding registration for USA-Swimming Membership, please contact Marian Jelf at the City of Midland's Mabee Aquatic Center (432-684-7755).
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