New Swimmer Registration Instructions
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August 20, 2010 |
Swimmer Registration Instruction are below for
the 2010 - 2011 MSA Short Course Season. Please read all
instructions carefully...
PLEASE DO NOT REGISTER UNLESS YOU COMPLETED A
TRY OUT AND YOUR NAME CAN BE FOUND ON THE 2010 - 2011 MSA
ROSTER!!!!
Below is the email I sent to
all the new families to Madison Swimming Association. If you are a
new swimmer to MSA and did not receive this email, please email me
at mailto:[email protected]. We
ask that all new and returning swimmers be registered by the Parent
Meeting, Tuesday, August 24, 2010.
Jennifer
New Families,
I want to personally wish you congratulations on
behalf of the MSA Executive Committee for making the 2010 –
2011 Madison Swimming Association Swim Team.
Now, I have much to cover in this email. I know
all this will seem very overwhelming in the beginning and I hope
that I will help ease some concerns and answer any questions you
might have about the swim team process.
First thing we need to get done is establish your
swim account. Each family will have their own account that will
access initial team registration, monthly billing and payment,
registering for swim meets, signing up to volunteer at our
Thanksgiving Invitational Meet (T.I.M.), and signing up for our
annual banquet in the spring. Yes, this is all done online through
our website now. Before we had four different websites to do all
these functions with four different user IDs and passwords to keep
up with! You picked a great year to join our team! So far the
website seems very user friendly!
Below are the instructions to register…you
may want to copy this email to have as reference while registering
your swimmer.
Steps for
Registration…
***If you already have MSA swimmers, you
can use your existing account to add your new
swimmer***
1.
Go to our website www.madisonswimming.org.
2.
Click the option
“START REGISTRATION” under the sign in button
found on the left side of the page. This should bring up the 2010
– 2011 Registration Front Page. Please read all the
information. On this page you will find the fees for each swim
group plus the annual MSA and USA Swimming Registration Fees. The
registration fees are due at this time. Monthly fees I will discuss
later. FYI…make sure you know what swim group your
child is in before you continue. This can be found in the
“NEWS” section on the front page. You will need
to know this information for registration.
3.
Click the blue button
“REGISTER
NOW” found at the bottom of the
page.
4.
For “NEW
REGISTRATIONS” who do not have siblings already swimming
MSA, please highlight the “I am not sure if I have an Account on this team.
This is the email address I want to use:” Enter
your email you would like to use then click the “NEXT”
button.
5.
This next step starts the set
up of your billing account. The email and password you use
here will be your user ID and password to access your account from
now on. You may add additional email addresses on this page
(unfortunately there are only two extra boxes). Please make
sure you fill in all the information for the Billing Info,
Guardian, and Ins./Emer. Contact tabs. Once completed, click the
“NEXT”
button.
6.
The next page set up is for
your swimmer information. Please fill in all the swimmer
information. This is where you register what swim group they were
assigned to. The swim groups will pop up in a different box. For
those who are registering for Development, there are two
development groups, “Development” and “Senior
Development”. Please make sure you register for the
Development group the coaches placed your swimmer in. Once you have
picked the swim group scroll down and click “Register
the Member in the Registered Group”. Now click the
“NEXT”
button.
7.
Almost Done! Now, if you have
multiple swimmers you are registering, hit the “ADD NEW MEMBER”
button to go back and add additional swimmers. If you are finished
registering, then hit the payment option of your choice.
However, if you hit “PAY BY CHECK”, your
registration will not be accepted until monies are received by our
Treasurer.
8.
The next page is the waiver
and Code of Conduct page. All waivers must be accepted to continue
with the registration process. Once waivers are
accepted…
·
If paying by credit
card, fill in card information and click the “PAY and
SUBMIT the REGISTRATION” button.
·
If paying by
check, click “COMPLETE REGISTRATION and PAY by
CHECK”. However, if you hit “PAY BY
CHECK”, pleaserememberyour registration will not be
accepted until monies are received by our
Treasurer.
Once your registration is
submitted you should receive an email stating your registration was
successful.
Steps for Auto Pay Sign
Up…
Next step is setting up the
“AUTO PAY” option. We would like for you to complete this by
August 30!
1.
Log in to your account if not
already logged in.
2.
Click the “SETUP AUTO
PAY” button under the “MY ACCOUNT”
section found down the left side column. By doing this, it allows
your monthly fees and any fees for swim meets to be automatically
deducted from your account. Your account will be billed the
21st of each month with the actual deductions happening
on the 1st of the month. I am not certain at this time
how meet fees or any other fees will be set up to draft out. When I
find out, I will let you know.
3.
Click the payment method you
wish to use. Follow steps and make sure you save changes. Below is
why we ask you set up credit card payment instead of
check…
“The system will
dramatically help our team's cash-flow and as importantly save our
team administrators significant time in manually processing checks.
Plus the added benefit of worry-free payment processing for you
too! Your payment will be automatically processed on the 1st of
every month where a payment is due”
Now that those steps are
complete, take some time and familiarize yourself with the website.
It should have all the information you need to know. We do have a
calendar that we try to keep updated. There is also the news and
events section on the front page. The practice and meet schedules
can be found under the swimmer and parent tabs on the red task
bar.
If you have any questions at
all, don’t hesitate to email me at this email. I look forward
to serving you this 2010 – 2011 swim
season.
Warmest
Regards,
Jennifer
Malone
MSA
Registrar
