First, register simultaneously and directly with Pickleball Canada (PCO), Pickleball Alberta (and with our club) using the Pickleball Canada National System (PCNS). Here you will pay the PCO and PA fees, and zero for your SAPC membership.
Second, join SAPC using this site, and pay your SAPC membership fee.
The first step is to renew with Pickleball Canada (PCO) and Pickleball Alberta (PA) to link you to our club on the PIckleball Canada National System (PCNS).
The second step is to renew with SAPC on this site, as described on the Join webpage.
No, you won't pay PCO and PA fees again, but you still need to connect your PCO and PA membership to our club, SAPC. Do that joining SAPC on the PCO site.
1. Use the same email address to access your PCO account as you do to access your SAPC account.
2. Your PCO member number is a required field in your SAPC registration form. See the "how to" details below for making note of his number.
3. As a condition of our club's affiliation with PCO, all our members also have to be PCO members. We will have to monitor and enforce this requirement to maintain this affiliation. You can prove your PCO membership by having a valid and current PCO membership number in your SAPC membership profile.
4. PCO and SAPC memberships are not transferable to other individuals.
2. Click on “Login” at the top of the page, enter your email address, and click on “Forgot Password”. You will then get a password reset email. Check your spam folder if this email does not arrive within ten minutes.
3. On your Dashboard screen you will see "(your name)'s membership expires on December 31, 20xx." Click the red "Renew" link at the end of this line.
4. On the next panel, verify the renewal action proposed > then click the "Next Step" button.
5. On next panel, select Alberta > then "Next Step" button
6. On next panel, select St. Albert Pickleball Club > Next Step
7. Verify or update any of your displayed registration information, agree to all three waivers and consents, and type in your name in the Digital Signature space > Proceed to Next Step. (If the system won't proceed to next step, re-read all your registration information, review all error messages, and correct or fill-in required fields.)
8. On the next panel review your information and add your payment information > Confirm Registration. Ensure the billing address info matches what your credit card company has on file for you, including the full name used on your credit card.
9. Review the Registration completed screen.
Note that this must be done even if you have already renewed with PC and PA while joining another Alberta club. You won't have to pay your PC and PA fee again, but you will link this PC renewal to SAPC for another year.
Why?
To remain affiliated with Pickleball Canada (PCO), all clubs must use PCNS for the registration and collection of PCO fees and provincial association fees. This helps PCO better manage their membership information which is prerequisite to being recognized as a national sport organization in Canada. This recognition is important; it means a better coaching and officiating program Canada-wide and it opens the door to better funding among many other things.
We need to stay affiliated with these organizations to:
retain the affordable sport injury insurance provided to PCO members and covering some injury costs incurred as a result of playing pickleball,
retain the affordable commercial insurance provided by PCO and required by some of the facilities we rent,
retain the affordable directors and officers liability insurance provided by PCO,
participate (as members and as a club) in sanctioned tournaments and in PCO and PA training offered to coaches, referees and other tournament officials,
have a vote as members of PA and PCO in the affairs of these organizations, influencing the management and development of pickleball in Canada,
maintain our special relationships with our venue providers and the City of St. Albert, and
support the development of pickleball in our community, province and country, objectives fundamental to our club and referenced in our club's mission and vision.
We may move in that direction when PCNS has some additional functionality such as:
- advanced event calendaring,
- easy-to-administer event registration and payment handling,
- automated goods sales (such as sticker card sales),
- newsletter archiving,
- better website and email capabilities, and
- better membership management capabilities.
As the functionality in PCNS advances, SAPC will occassionally re-assess its own technology needs and opportunities. Whenever the business case for abandoning our Wild Apricot system is compelling, we will make that change.
Other clubs multiple systems like SignUpGenius and Track It Hub to manage registered play events and other events. SAPC does this and more with our Wild Apricot system, saving much manual administration for volunteer organizers and making life simple for our members.
