AX Preregistration

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High level Event Timeline

For each event the following general timeline is preferential

• One Month Before event
  • Create / Clone new event in MSR
    • Open registration can be that day, the close of registration should be 23:59 the Saturday prior to the event
  • Send Email Blast to AX and PDS Event Attendees for the previous year to capture active audience
  • Post on forums that the event is open (do we really need this)?
• Week and a half prior
  • Send a reminder email blast wednesday prior to close of registration that the event will be closing the next Saturday at 23:59
  • Reach out to Tom Brown via email to secure hand-off of timing computer

Email Blast templates / Forums post template

• Event post to Forum template
• Email Blast Template for MSR

Create Folders for Event on Timing Computer

1. Open Explorer to C:\Users\TimeTrial\Documents\PCASDR\Autocross (available as shortcut on desktop (PCASDR)
2. Navigate to Year and create a "Month Day" folder for storing event information and exports (i.e. April 23)

MSR Confirm Attendes

1. Open Browser to www.motorsportreg.com
2. Select Organizers
3. Enter Username and Password and Continue
   • Do not select save password or remember me on this computer
4. Select "Events" and scroll to event
5. Click on registrations for event
6. Scroll to bottom and use the select all check box
7. De-select cancellations (also at bottom of page)
8. Click Drop down and select Attendee Status => Confirmed
9. Click update and OK for confirmation

MSR Data Export

Attendee Export to CSV

1. Open Browser to www.motorsportreg.com
2. Click Organizers
3. Enter Username and Password and Continue
   • Do not select save password or remember me on this computer
4. Click "Events" and scroll to event
5. Click on registrations for event
6. Click on Reports
7. Click on Autocross Export (description Set for 9/7/2014)
8. From export click "Export"
9. For export format click CSV, then click "Export Report"
10. Select Save As
11. Navigate to the previously created folder for the event then save (i.e. c:\Users\TimeTrial\Documents\PCASDR\AutoCross\2016\April 23)

Emergency Contact Export

1. After finishing above steps, click on "Back to Reports List"
2. Click on "Attendee emergency contact list"
3. Click on "Print"
4. For print format use "HTML" and "Portrait" for Page orientation, then click on "Generate Report"
5. Print this page to your printer and place in AX folder for event

• Optionally you may go back and select PDF and save a copy of this to the AX event folder on timing computer (i.e. c:\Users\TimeTrial\Documents\PCASDR\AutoCross\2016\April 23)

After completed, you can select logout and close the web browsing software

MSR Import to TB Timing

These steps to be completed after MSR Data Export

Create Race

1. Open TB Timing on computer from "TBTiming" icon on the desktop
2. Click on File and "Select Race ..."
3. Select Season (i.e. 2016 Autocross)
4. Under "Race Section" click "new"
5. Enter race name, set event date to date of event, number of timed laps and click OK
6. Select race created in previous step and click OK

Import Driver Data

1. With race open in TB Timing click "File" -> "Import Registration"
2. Enter password for import function
3. Are you sure? Click Yes here
4. Navigate to folder where attendee list was exported (ie. c:\Users\TimeTrial\Documents\PCASDR\AutoCross\2016\April 23)
5. Select csv files in bottom right hand corner drop down menu
6. Select file to import (i.e. 20160423-AutocrossExport.csv) and click "Open"
7. On "Select Import Data" screen verify the fields match up
   • Also check that "Default Class" drop down is set to "Standard (normal, usual) Driving Event Class
8. Assuming report looks good click OK to initiate data import.
9. The next screens will be exceptions handling and driver sharing.l
   • For New drivers not matching existing names, select *create new*
   • For Existing drivers changing numbers or other, select *use existing* and make note to verify and make car or name changes once completed.
10. Select Close on "Registration notes"
11. Exception file will open in notepad (a copy should also be saved in event folder
12. Print this file and place copy in Pre-registration folder

Attendee count

1. In main registration page select "List Registered" the total Registered should match MSR (count in MSR "minus" cancellations)

Update Car Sharing Run groups

"Often the current schedule needs to be reviewed to prevent a car from being in back to back run groups which would cause loss of laps on being in grid on time

1. In TBTiming With race selected and import completed, Click "Edit -> Register"

MISC Merging A Conflicting Driver to maintain events

1. Open edit merge drivers
2. select by number on left to merge into driver on right
3. select OK
4. verify events carried over on main screen

Deleting an Old driver

1. open delete driver
2. scroll or enter name/number
3. remove driver information

Miscellaneous Email Inquiry Response Templates

• Email Template for Assignment of New Number
• Email Template for checking with PCA Nation for Membership Verification