as a club TD and my club is an Affiliate of USCF, i have already created the logins for TD and as Affiliate. now i have a few chess players that show up to my club meetings and might be interested in joining the USCF. how do I sign them up so as the club can get a commission? and how do i pay USCF for each membership I sign up? is there a form i can print out and give to each person to fill out and then they give me the form and USCF membership money then i submit how? and what form of payment do i ask for the payment in or made out to?
Also how does my club apply for a discount on buying equipment from USCF website? and also would that be in addition to any on going discounts USCF sales has going on?
thanks,
Lee
The easiest way to do it is to collect the necessary information and payment from the players (payable to YOU), then log into the TD/Affiiliate area (either as a TD or an affiliate - I’ve always logged into my TD account), create a membership batch, and pay for the memberships with your own credit card. In order to submit members as a TD you’ll need to log in to your affiliate account and add yourself as an authorized TD for that affiliate.
At a minimum, the information you’ll need from each player is the player’s previous ID number, if any, membership type, name (should match the name in MSA for a renewal), and for new members their address and date of birth. On the TD/A form you’ll see other information you can enter, like their phone number and email address and their grade etc. if they’re in school.
When you paid for your affiliate you should have received a USCF membership form which you can duplicate, or you can create your own form or just write the information down on a piece of paper.
After you’ve submitted the membership batch with your credit card info you’ll receive acknowledgement email messages from the USCF, one of which includes the ID numbers for any new players.
I can’t help you with that one. I’m not sure whether USCF Sales still offers discounts. It’s an independent company which pays a fee to use the USCF Sales name.
Bob, how does the new 3 months membership work. Is there a slot on the XTable where you enter that info?
And can a member whose membership has expired renew for the 3 months?
Look for “trial membership” in the pulldown list of membership types. Yes, a member whose membership has expired can renew for 3 months. It’s sold the same way as any other membership type, but it’s only supposed to be sold in connection with a tournament. In other words, you should only sell a trial membership to someone who is playing in one of your tournaments.
One step to remember is to go into the affiliate login and authorize the TD to submit tournaments (and memberships). Then when you log in as a TD and process a membership batch it will prompt you for which affiliate the batch is being done for.