New Rower Registration

Welcome to Sweeps & Sculls Rowing! We're excited that you, or your son or daughter, will be joining us! There are a couple of things that you will need to do in order to complete your registration. Please contact Coach Sue (sue@sweepsandsculls.org) if you have any questions or have any issues with this process.

Register in iCrew

We use iCrew for our calendar, attedance, communication, etc. You will need to set up a rower profile in iCrew so that you can see sessions and mark attendance. This will also put you on the email list. A couple of notes on iCrew:

• Registraton Profiles - There are several registration profiles to choose from. Choose the one that you think makes the most sense for you. Don't worry if it's not quite right, your profile can always be adjusted once you are in the system.

• **Alternate Email Addresses** If there are other people that you would like to have receive emails, please list them in the "Alternate Email Address" field separated by a semicolon. This is particularly important for parents that are setting up profiles for their kids. Make sure your email address (and the email addresses of other parents, guardians, etc.) is listed in the alternate email address field.

• Required Fields - There are several Parent/Guardian fields that are required. Parents/guardians of youth rowers, please fill in these fields. If not all fields are applicable, just fill in "none". Adult rowers, just fill in "none" for these fields.

• Allergies or Special Needs - please include 2 things in this field:

  • Anything that emergency services would need to know if you or your rower were unable to communicate (e.g. medications or medical conditions that may affect medical care).

  • Anything that a coach would need to know to better work with you or your rower and ensure they are safe on the water (medical conditions, allergies, assistive devices, etc.). Common examples include asthma and need to carry an inhaler, allergy to bee stings and need to carry an epi pen, diabetes and need to carry a "kit" with them, but could also include things like pace makers, POTS, etc.

• Swim Pre-qualification form - if you will be rowing on the water (now or eventually), you will be asked to complete a Swim Pre-qualificaiton form. This form is part of our club safety plan and gives the coaches some insight in to each rower's swimming skills and experience. Rowers are eventually required to complete a Basic Safety Certfication.

• Sweeps & Sculls Waiver - Once your profile is set up, please log in to iCrew and click on "Documents" and sign the Sweeps & Sculls Waiver. Parents, see note below about options for how to sign documents for your rower.

• Code of Conduct (youth rowers & parents) - If you are signing up for any of our youth teams, both a parent and the rower should also read and sign the Privateers Code of Conduct, also found under "Documents". Parents, see note below about options for how to sign documents for your rower.

• **Parents Signing Documents - Parents need to sign both of the above documents in addition to their rowers. You can do this one of three ways:

  • Parent DOES have their own iCrew profile - parents that are also rowers and have their own iCrew profiles can sign their rowers documents in iCrew by going to thier own "Documents" section. You should see your rower's documents listed with a "sign" button as long as your rowers are associated with your profile via a family key.

Click here to set up a profile in iCrew >>

Join GroupMe

We also use GroupMe for group texting. GroupMe is generally used for annoucements that are best sent via text such as practice changes or cancellations due to weather, event updates, and other information that will affect travel, transportation, timing, etc. on your part. Please use the links below to join the GroupMe Groups that are relevant to you. You can mute groups, or remove yourself from groups at any time.

You will want to get in the habit of keeping an eye on GroupMe before, during and after practices and events. If there are updates, changes, etc. that you need to be aware of, they will be put in GroupMe.

Sweeps & Sculls CLUB (https://groupme.com/join_group/43704487/XzFOWg)
This is a club-wide group used for announcments that affect all teams, such as weather related practice changes, event updates that affect all teams, etc. Adult rowers, parents, and youth team rowers are all welcome and encouraged to join this group. For youth rowers, at least one parent should join this group.

Privateers Beginner/Rec Team (https://groupme.com/join_group/88553905/lo8Z0aF0)
For members of the Beginner and Recreational Team. This GroupMe is used for announcments, discussions and information related specifically to members of this team and their parents/guardians/other family members. Please join this group if you are new to Sweeps & Sculls Youth team. Rowers on the Beginner/Rec Team, along with their parents, guardians and family members that are members of the should join this group. For youth rowers, at least one parent should join this group.

Privateers Parents (https://groupme.com/join_group/86464982/geVyVuvU)
This group is for parents of any of the youth teams (Beginner, Recreational, Mentor, Juniors). This is mainly used for coordiantion among parents for regattas and other events where the rowers do not need to be involved.

Masters Rowing (https://groupme.com/join_group/60262627/mvZ7aZLn)
It is important for Sweeps & Sculls adult rowers to join this group. Announcements, information and discussion specific to the Masters program and Masters rowing sessions will go in this group.

Mark Your Attendance

Once you are set up in iCrew and GroupMe, you can start marking your attendance for the sessions that you are able to attend. Please see the following pages for more information on marking your attendance and what that means on the following pages:

• Marking Attendance and Coming to Row >>

• iCrew Tips >>