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no, that is correct. coachmolly may not be aware that many of us were prorated to 7/31. and she may not be aware that USAG opened the registration early this year. so as she stated, it is correct if USAG had not opened it early. this is what happened in previous years so she is basing it on that. yes, you can do it now cause they opened it now for 14/15. everyone, including athletes expires 7/31. it is 7/31 from here on out so that everyone, including athletes expires at the same time. that will not change. that is new from the open registration year round they previously had. so if you decide to do it NOW you are good for the 14/15 season. if you do NOT decide to do it now you expire 7/31 and had better renew shortly thereafter. as a coach, you wouldn't be able to be on the floor of Championships in August without it. understand?
to clarify previous registration, you expired 1 year from the date you registered. before, you could register any time of year. this was time consuming for National Office. last year, they began shifting all of us to a 7/31 expiration. for example, my month was January. it was January because that is the month (can't remember the year, maybe 1985?) when the Professional Program with Safety Cert began, when January rolled around this year, National Office prorated my membership and to expire 7/31. i was charged a 7 month prorated membership fee. Safety Cert has always been every 4 years and Background checks have always been 2 years and those will expire according to when you took those tests and when you were were background checked.
going forward, if you are new, your membership expires 7/31 along with everyone else. your background check will then be 7/31 expiring every 2 years. and your safety cert 7/31 expiring every 4 years. if you're new your expiration will always fall on 7/31.
additionally, and for example, my membership will now expire 7/31. but my safety cert is 12/31/14. i must take my exam before then. my safety cert will always expire 12/31 every 4 years. my background expires 7/31. this is because they began this program for everyone 7/31 expiration beginning in 2010 because they knew then we all would be switching to a 7/31 expiration. i suppose at some point, they too will take old timer safety certs and just move us forward. no way to prorate this metric. and i don't believe they have even discussed it.
to clarify previous registration, you expired 1 year from the date you registered. before, you could register any time of year. this was time consuming for National Office. last year, they began shifting all of us to a 7/31 expiration. for example, my month was January. it was January because that is the month (can't remember the year, maybe 1985?) when the Professional Program with Safety Cert began, when January rolled around this year, National Office prorated my membership and to expire 7/31. i was charged a 7 month prorated membership fee. Safety Cert has always been every 4 years and Background checks have always been 2 years and those will expire according to when you took those tests and when you were were background checked.
going forward, if you are new, your membership expires 7/31 along with everyone else. your background check will then be 7/31 expiring every 2 years. and your safety cert 7/31 expiring every 4 years. if you're new your expiration will always fall on 7/31.
additionally, and for example, my membership will now expire 7/31. but my safety cert is 12/31/14. i must take my exam before then. my safety cert will always expire 12/31 every 4 years. my background expires 7/31. this is because they began this program for everyone 7/31 expiration beginning in 2010 because they knew then we all would be switching to a 7/31 expiration. i suppose at some point, they too will take old timer safety certs and just move us forward. no way to prorate this metric. and i don't believe they have even discussed it.
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