10. Everyone else is doing it. More than 10,000 people have already registered for 2011. :banana:
9. You can renew online and print your card immediately.
8. You'll get discounts :2cents: from our USMS sponsors:
Barracuda: 10% off total purchase
blueseventy: $15.00 off purchase of $30.00 or more
Finis: $10.00 off total purchase
Fitness Nutrition: 20% off total purchase
Hammer Nutrition: $5.00 off total purchase
SwimOutlet.com: 10% discount on Sporti and ClubSwim products
TRISWIM: 30% off total purchase
TYR: 20% off total purchase
7. You can renew during the football time-outs on Thanksgiving Day. :turkey:
6. You need to be registered for 2011 to participate in the January One-Hour Postal Swim.
5. You can continue to blog on these forums. :duel:
4. You won't miss any issues of SWIMMER Magazine.
3. Your registrar will be eternally grateful. :chug:
2. You can reset your Go The Distance goal and continue to FLOG all your workouts. :weightlifter:
1. Because USMS loves you and wants you back for another great year! :cheerleader: :bliss:
To renew, just click here:
http://www.usms.org/reg/
If you have problems or would like a personalized renewal link sent to you, please contact me at AnnaLea (at) usms (dot) org.
How many of our coaches were directly involved in the membership growth, versus non-coaches in the board-run clubs?
I wish the top people in national USMS would realize and accept the fact that not all clubs are run by coaches. A lot of the results for the membership increase are also due to efforts by members that are on board-run clubs. In fact, a vast majority of clubs in our LMSC are NOT run by coaches.
Promote coaching to the ones that are coaching, and promote club development to the ones involved in running the clubs. Sometimes they are the same entity, and sometimes they are not. Aim everything at one, and you miss the other, and in some cases alienate them.
Wow... what an excellent viewpoint!
I hope the USMS Club Development is already aware of this scenario. If not, once again - a great heads-up.
I've always assumed that a coach or coaches work as a team with the club's BOD.
The opportunities presented with a coach on deck (full attention of the membership) and the BOD's emailed newsletter and website communication are endless.
I'm concerned about the "workout groups" who have no coach or club organization. Are these swimmers receiving the information they can use from our USMS for their swimmers in a timely fashion or ever?
The Coaches Streamlines newsletter should go out to anyone who checks off "Coach" on their USMS Registration if the LMSC offers that option.
As well, the LMSC Coaches Chair should have a current and working list of the head coaches in their LMSC for communications.
A BOD run club should be connected to at least one of these two options or they might find themselves in the dark at least for now.
So - are all of your BOD members currently USMS registered?
Be sure they are checked off as a "COACH" if your club does not have a masters coach.
And - if you have a masters coach, is the coach USMS registered?
You might be surprised at how many coaches are not USMS registered.
How many of our coaches were directly involved in the membership growth, versus non-coaches in the board-run clubs?
I wish the top people in national USMS would realize and accept the fact that not all clubs are run by coaches. A lot of the results for the membership increase are also due to efforts by members that are on board-run clubs. In fact, a vast majority of clubs in our LMSC are NOT run by coaches.
Promote coaching to the ones that are coaching, and promote club development to the ones involved in running the clubs. Sometimes they are the same entity, and sometimes they are not. Aim everything at one, and you miss the other, and in some cases alienate them.
Wow... what an excellent viewpoint!
I hope the USMS Club Development is already aware of this scenario. If not, once again - a great heads-up.
I've always assumed that a coach or coaches work as a team with the club's BOD.
The opportunities presented with a coach on deck (full attention of the membership) and the BOD's emailed newsletter and website communication are endless.
I'm concerned about the "workout groups" who have no coach or club organization. Are these swimmers receiving the information they can use from our USMS for their swimmers in a timely fashion or ever?
The Coaches Streamlines newsletter should go out to anyone who checks off "Coach" on their USMS Registration if the LMSC offers that option.
As well, the LMSC Coaches Chair should have a current and working list of the head coaches in their LMSC for communications.
A BOD run club should be connected to at least one of these two options or they might find themselves in the dark at least for now.
So - are all of your BOD members currently USMS registered?
Be sure they are checked off as a "COACH" if your club does not have a masters coach.
And - if you have a masters coach, is the coach USMS registered?
You might be surprised at how many coaches are not USMS registered.
