Got email to take SafeSport refresher but I already did

…and I am sure I am not the only one. This needs to get straightened out soon, or I suspect rating reports will fail validation because of TDs flagged for expired SafeSport training even though they took the refresher course weeks earlier.

I took the refresher on Sept. 20—about two hours before the email blast reminder went out, posted about it here, sent my certificate to Melinda Matthews as instructed, checked to make sure my ID# is listed in my SafeSport profile…and 15 days later the website still says my SafeSport certification has lapsed. And today I got another email reminder.

Not a big deal for me, but I reckon it will be for active TDs. Soon.

One of the reasons we are sending out reminder notices twice a month, up to 30 days before someone’s SafeSport certification lapses, is to help catch data issues.