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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.usms.org/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Help Me!</title><link>https://community.usms.org/swimming/f/general/10155/help-me</link><description>I have a question. If you are a part of US Masters Swimming, but are not a member of a local team, can you still swim meets? I am a college student who only has time for 1 or 2 of the scheduled practices per week. And yet I am paying $30 a month to be</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>RE: Help Me!</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/168887?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 15:30:23 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:6a94ffbe-ee95-4dcd-850e-48da7129645c</guid><dc:creator>Former Member</dc:creator><description>I talked to the coach and I will be doing the practices that I can without the fee.&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Help Me!</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/168932?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 11:56:22 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:8b7d770e-5295-4646-9a8b-ca7e0333610a</guid><dc:creator>orca1946</dc:creator><description>Good reply, we all wish you well. Swim on my friend:D&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Help Me!</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/168841?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 10:01:11 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:068ba029-ace6-473f-8cc4-e82e65017df6</guid><dc:creator>ande</dc:creator><description>I have a question. If you are a part of US Masters Swimming, but are not a member of a local team, can you still swim meets? I am a college student who only has time for 1 or 2 of the scheduled practices per week. And yet I am paying $30 a month to be a part of the team. I want to make sure that I can do meets but save myself the $30 for the practices that I don&amp;#39;t attend.

You don&amp;#39;t have to belong to a team to register with USMS, 
If you can register USMS as unattached or on a particular team.  
Just because you card with a team doesn&amp;#39;t mean you have to pay that team training fees.  You should pay training fees if you train with team. 
Some teams might not want you to be on their team unless you pay their training fees, I&amp;#39;m under the impression that most don&amp;#39;t check and don&amp;#39;t care. 

If you want to swim in a USMS meet you need to be USMS registered, fill out the meet entry form and pay. Many offer online entry. 

Here&amp;#39;s where you can find upcoming USMS Meets 

You can also find meets by checking local team and zone websites.  

Remember that USMS has 3 seasons 
SCM ends 12/31 Zones
SCY ends 05/31 Nats &amp;amp; Zones
LCM ends 08/31 Nats &amp;amp; Zones 

Have Fun, Swim faster faster, 

Ande&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Help Me!</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/168861?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 03:27:04 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:53d109d3-37f4-49af-be1a-14e8b389049e</guid><dc:creator>orca1946</dc:creator><description>Have you told the team you can&amp;#39;t afford the monthly fee?  Tell them you only want to swim meets &amp;amp; they might cut you a break !

 OR register as un attached &amp;amp; just show up  &amp;amp; pay the meet fees .&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Help Me!</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/168755?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2011 09:27:12 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:93d4bd45-5e22-4e0e-8ca7-8927558f5db8</guid><dc:creator>Former Member</dc:creator><description>thank you so much!&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Help Me!</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/168827?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2011 05:40:26 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:6febdbaa-1fb4-46c3-936f-4fe1b3b33dd3</guid><dc:creator>__steve__</dc:creator><description>UNAT, unattached.&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Help Me!</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/168742?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2011 05:20:25 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:fe156b59-7acb-47ed-bdf8-733d9d636b57</guid><dc:creator>gobears</dc:creator><description>I have a question. If you are a part of US Masters Swimming, but are not a member of a local team, can you still swim meets? I am a college student who only has time for 1 or 2 of the scheduled practices per week. And yet I am paying $30 a month to be a part of the team. I want to make sure that I can do meets but save myself the $30 for the practices that I don&amp;#39;t attend.

You do not have to be part of a team to swim meets as long as you are a current USMS member.  :)&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>