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ENROLLMENT: A
prospective team member will arrange to swim for one of our coaches
during a team workout. The coach will then assign the swimmer to
one of our groups according to age and ability. Registration needs
to be completed within seven days from the first day in the water.
Parent volunteers are available to assist in registration at the
pool.
Swimmers who have never
participated on a USA Swimming registered team or have never
registered with USA Swimming will be required to show a birth
certificate or passport as proof of age in order to register. All
swimmers joining Team Santa Monica must be register with Southern
California Swimming, which is the local swimming committee of USA
Swimming. USA Swimming provides insurance coverage for TSM swimmers
and coaches and membership is also mandatory in order to compete in
a swim meet.
Please print out from
the link below the “Athletic Application” form and fill
out as directed. Once you have completed the form and signed it,
bring the completed form along with a check, payable to Southern
California Swimming, and proof of age to a TSM Coach. Once the TSM
Coach verifies the age, they will take the form and check and send
it on to Southern California Swimming offices. In a few weeks you
will receive in the mail a package with your swimmers USA Swimming
card.
Reference Links (click
on name for link):
USA Swimming:
SoCal Swimming
Athlete Application From
All swimmers joining Team Santa Monica must
complete the online registration (Click
Here) including, as stated above, the Southern California
Swimming registration form (with a check made out directly to
Southern California Swimming), and TSM dues payment prior to
participation. For swimmers joining after the start of the quarter,
the dues for the quarter will be pro-rated (Contact TSM
Treasurer). There is a multi-swimmer discount of $50 for each
additional family member who joins (second and third family
members).
DUES
STRUCTURE: Dues payments are
divided into four quarters:
Fall
Quarter: September
- November
Winter Quarter: December - February
Spring Quarter: March - May
Summer Quarter: June - August
Multi-Member discount is applied to
accounts with more than one member. $50 off for the second
member. $100 off for the third, fourth, fifth, etc.
member.
The cost per quarter is as follows:
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High School
Development
| $275 per Quarter (Spring
Only)
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| Seals
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$325
per Quarter
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Otters
| $400 per
Quarter
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College Swimmer
| $400 per Quarter (Summer
only)
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Hammerheads
| $475 per
Quarter
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Junio Olympic
Group
| $550 per
Quarter
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| Pre-Sectional
Group
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$575 per
Quarter
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Sectional Group
| $575 per
Quarter
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National Development
Group
| $600 per
Quarter
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National Group
| $650 per
Quarter
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In addition, each family shall pay a
$200 Annual Patrons
Fee for the Patron’s Fund. This fee is
assessed during the Fall quarter. Families joining at other times
pay this fee at the time of joining. Below is the payment
schedule.
| MONTH/DATE
JOINING
| AMOUNT
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| September 1 -
February 28
| $200
per
account
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| March 1 -
31
| $167
per
account
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| April 1 -
30
| $133
per
account
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| May 1 -
31
| $100
per
account
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| June 1 -
30
| $67
per
account
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| July 1 -
31
| $33
per
account
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| August 1 -
31
| $0
per
account
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Registration and annual renewal of
Membership to Southern
California Swimming (SCS) is also required for
every swimmer. The fee is $60 per swimmer
and is renewed annually by December 31. Please see a coach
for a form. Checks are payable to "Southern California
Swimming" and mailed directly to them.
TSM
FEE POLICY
TSM relies on prompt payment from every
member to pay our coaching staff and lane dues. Your account
will incur charges for the
following:
- Quarterly membership dues
(1st day of the month): December, March, June and
September
- Swim meets (individual events, surcharge
and meet processing fee - detailed
below)
- Annual patron
fee
- Snack Bar Assessment (when TSM hosts a
meet - currently the club hold two meets one in September and one
May)
Effective 3/1/12, TSM
will no longer be accepting personal
checks. You will receive an email
stating the amount due on your account at least 5 days prior to the
due date, which is the 1st of each month. If you wish to check your
status regarding this invoice, login to your TSM account and review
the invoice detail. Acceptable methods of payment will be
automatic withdrawals, debit
cards, and or credit cards. It is the
member’s responsibility to make sure the method in which the
dues are paid is a valid one so that the payment can be processed
by Teamunify successfully. For example, when you are
invoiced on August 25, 2012, Teamunify will process the autopay on
September 1,
2012.
In the event your payment is
declined, an email will be generated and sent to your login email
address on the same day. Please contact the TSM treasurer and make
an immediate alternate payment within 48 hours. If an alternate
payment is not made within the 48 hour window, an individual
swimmer's membership could be suspended for not paying the dues.
And, if the full payment is not made by the the swimmer's account
by the 10th of the month, a $25 late fee will be added to the
account. In addtion to the late fee, any and all fees charged to
TSM for declined ACH, credit card and Team Unify individual batch
transactions will be allocated to your account. Should your account
bill remain unpaid, you will be contacted by a collection
agency.
Past due
accounts: The late fees set forth above shall be imposed
on the 10th day of the month.
Additionally, should the account balance remain unpaid by the
10thday of the month in which you are
invoiced,your account will be
canceled and your swimmer will neither be allowed to participate in
practice nor attend meets representing TSM until payments are
made.
Credit Card Declined Fee: For each
failed credit card transaction, you account will be assessed a
$10.00 fee. This fee is to cover the fees charged by the credit
card processing company for each failed credit card
transaction.
Fees are not discounted for swimmers not
making the scheduled practices. No refund/credits will be
issued after the first day of the billing cycle.
Should you wish to stop participating with
TSM, notice must be submitted in writing a minimum
of seven days prior to the beginning of a new quarter (i.e.: prior
to November 24th for the December quarterly dues
cycle). Send your notice to the TSM Treasurer,
David Newberg (dlnrhino@gmail.com).
A swimmer who chooses not to attend
workouts for a portion of a quarter is not entitled to pro-rated
fees. A swimmer who decides to pursue another interest for the full
quarter may take leave and pay a Reinstatement Fee of
$100 for the
quarter which will hold his/her place on the team. He/she must
return the following quarter or forfeit his place on the
team.
Swim Meets: Members are
responsible for committing to the meet prior to the
deadline. On occasion, the deadline date is moved to an
earlier date to ensure TSM is accepted into the meet. Please
make sure attention is made to emails regarding meet
deadlines. Membership is responsbile for the following
swim meet fees: meet entry fee, SCS Surcharge, $5.00 per
swimmer TSM surcharge to cover processing costs. For meets
that include heats and finals and therefore require additional
staffing, the TSM surcharge is
$25.00.
Traditionally TSM will host one swim meet
in Fall and another one in Spring. In lieu of asking
each TSM family to donate foods items that can be sold at swim meet
snack bar and provide hospitality to officials, administrators
and coaches, the Board authorized a $25.00 snack bar assessment
fee per family for each meet hosted by
TSM.
TSM
ATTENDANCE POLICY
Developing swimmers to perform to the best
of their ability is one of the goals at TSM. In order to
achieve this goal, the swimmer must attend the minimum number of
practices for his/her group. Refunds/discounts
are not granted for swimmers not attending practice as it is their
responsibility to do so. Refund requests with a
doctor’s note stating that the athlete is unable to
participate for an extended period of time due to a medical
condition, can be submitted to the board for special
consideration.
College
Swimmers Summer Quarterly
Dues:
College swimmers who swam with TSM before are
welcome to participate in workouts with TSM during Summer. However,
college swimmers are expected to pay dues if she/he plans to
participate in the workouts for more than two weeks. Autopay signup
for college swimmers who plan to compete at any meet is a must. It
is the swimmer's responsibility to notify the Head Coach and
Treasurer prior to the 1st
workout.
Notice: College swimmers do not have to pay the
annual patrons fee or the reinstatement fee.
High
School Development Group: This group is for teenage
swimmers who are preparing to compete for their high school team or
simply swimming for fitness or cross training. Though it is clear
that the more you swim the stronger you swim, there is no minimum
attendance policy for this group. Options: 1). Swimmers may
swim with the Gold Group, at their convenience..2). Swimmers 14
years and younger may swim with either the Hammerhead or the JO
Group 3 sessions a week. (This will be determined by coaching
staff). 3). Swimmers 15 & over may swim with the
Pre-Sectional Group 4 sessions a week. Reduced Spring Quarter
Fee $275.
Multi-Swimmer
discount does not apply to this group. Treasurer must
be notified by February 20th.
Junior Guard Preparation
Group
This is the perfect opportunity for beginner
swimmers looking for training that will help them obtain specific
qualifying times set by the LA County Junior Lifeguard
Program. Junior Guard Prep will help you increase your
aerobic endurance, build confidence in abilities and refine stroke
techniques as they relate to the needs of Junior Guard. All
classes are coached by Team Santa Monica's full time, USA swimming
certified coaches and and are conducted at 3 different locations:
Santa Monica Swim Center, Lincoln Middle School, and Culver City
Plunge. This group is active March 5-May 4,
2012.
If you have questions about any billing you have
received, please contact the Treasurer
(David
Newberg) immediately.
SCHOLARSHIPS: TSM
offers two scholarship opportunities to families that may
have temporary or on-going financial
needs.
TSM Scholarship - Based on
family income and family size and awarded by a sub committee of the
Board of Directors. Click Forms/Documents
tab at the top for application.
The California Endowment
Scholarship - Provided by funds issued on annually to
underserved persons of African American / Lation descent. It
is supported by funds from The California
Endowment to promote healthy lifestyles and
behaviors through particpation in comptetitive swimming.
Click Forms/Documents
tab at the top for application.
TEAM MAILING
ADDRESS:
Team Santa Monica
1507 7th Street #588
Santa Monica, CA 90401
FEDERAL IDENTIFICATION
NUMBER: 95-2415779
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