Newton Girls Soccer -- new registration system

May 2008

After nearly six years of using active.com as our online registration provider, NGS is switching to a new provider -- CountMeIn.com (CMI). While active.com was very effective at collecting registration information and payments, the system did not offer a lot of services past the initial registration process. Some of the improvements we expect from CMI:

Persistent family account - parents don’t have to register their kids at the same time to get the sibling discount. (Note -- there are no "maintenance fees" associated with having an online account, and the account will persist for however long we use CMI, even if there's a season where you don't register. Remembering credit card information is optional, not required.)
Families can log back in to see the status of their registration - e.g. your child's team assignment.
Persistent account means subsequent seasons' registrations are very easy, your and your child's information would still be present.
Team formation can be done online, and communicated online.
Targeted email blasts in a richer way than active.com, including the ability to do targeted online surveys.
Team websites – i.e. a private area we can offer coaches or parent team-manager to post roster information, game and practice schedules, team announcements, and optionally information like team pictures and game descriptions. (These team websites would only be visible when logged into your family account.)
Selling additional stuff. i.e. potentially online ordering for uniforms and other things at any time throughout the season – not just at registration time.
Automated game scheduling system for the age group coordinators
Field scheduling, including practice fields
Referee scheduling (this is expected in a release to be available prior to Sept 2008)
Referee payments