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.
Parents
Former Member
Perhaps I can shed a little light on the effort to get our clubs registered. While not a "top dog", I work for USMS. The on-time club registration period runs from October 1 - October 31.
For 2010 there were 342 or 49% registered on-time
For 2011 there were 506 or 73% registered on-time
Since October 1st, we have registered another 123 clubs or 90%
This didn't happen by accident. Working with the registration committee, we put together a multi-pronged plan to improve our membership retention (on an individual level it is only 61%). It started with having clubs registered on-time so members could register. While we didn't achieve our goal of 100% by Oct. 31st, we did improve over last year. The clubs that have renewed represent 54,376 of our 54,949 members.
We started in September with communication with the local registrars regarding registering their clubs.
Then the club development staff contacted the LMSC registrars to ask how they could help.
Club communication was directed to the club contact. In some cases this is a coach, it could be a board chair, it could be the club owner.
We used Streamlines for Coaches to also communicate this message to club coaches on Oct 14.
On Oct 16, the USMS president wrote to all LMSC leadership about club renewal.
Starting on Oct 20, the club development staff called the contact for every club that had not yet renewed.
On Oct 28, we sent an email to the clubs that had not renewed.
Starting on November 1st, we began contacting all clubs that were now late renewing.
As you can see, we didn't just focus on the club coach. The club contact is our primary point of contact for most club information. We use Streamlines to reach out to coaches as well. LMSC leadership, specifically the registrars have been extremely involved in helping us work towards our goals this year.
Perhaps I can shed a little light on the effort to get our clubs registered. While not a "top dog", I work for USMS. The on-time club registration period runs from October 1 - October 31.
For 2010 there were 342 or 49% registered on-time
For 2011 there were 506 or 73% registered on-time
Since October 1st, we have registered another 123 clubs or 90%
This didn't happen by accident. Working with the registration committee, we put together a multi-pronged plan to improve our membership retention (on an individual level it is only 61%). It started with having clubs registered on-time so members could register. While we didn't achieve our goal of 100% by Oct. 31st, we did improve over last year. The clubs that have renewed represent 54,376 of our 54,949 members.
We started in September with communication with the local registrars regarding registering their clubs.
Then the club development staff contacted the LMSC registrars to ask how they could help.
Club communication was directed to the club contact. In some cases this is a coach, it could be a board chair, it could be the club owner.
We used Streamlines for Coaches to also communicate this message to club coaches on Oct 14.
On Oct 16, the USMS president wrote to all LMSC leadership about club renewal.
Starting on Oct 20, the club development staff called the contact for every club that had not yet renewed.
On Oct 28, we sent an email to the clubs that had not renewed.
Starting on November 1st, we began contacting all clubs that were now late renewing.
As you can see, we didn't just focus on the club coach. The club contact is our primary point of contact for most club information. We use Streamlines to reach out to coaches as well. LMSC leadership, specifically the registrars have been extremely involved in helping us work towards our goals this year.
