MRC Membership
Minneapolis Rowing Club (MRC) is a non-profit, community organization dedicated to inspiring a lifelong passion for the sport of rowing. In order to join the club, you must have rowing experience. Memberships should be renewed annually at the beginning of the calendar year.
Membership will be opening in mid-February 2010.
MRC offers the following:
- Adult Regular Membership Rower 18 years of age or older, who
is not a Novice or Collegiate according to the definitions below. This
membership is required for rowing coaches and coxswains. To register as
an Adult Regular Member:
- Please click here.
- Collegiate Membership Rower who is a full-time student, age
18 to 24. To register as an Adult Collegiate Member:
- Please click here.
- Novice Membership Adult who has completed an Adult Learn to Row
program in the 2009 calendar year and wishes to become an MRC member for
the remainder of this year. To register as a Novice Member:
- Please click here
- Junior Membership Rower or coxswain who is a full-time high school
student, age 13 to 19. To register as a Junior Member you must complete
the following two pages:
- Please click here for annual membership
- Please click here for summer program
- Coached programs - Coaching is available through a variety of
teams and programs. Additional fees are charged for these programs.
For more information:
- Please click here
- Adult Non-Rowing Coxswain Membership Non-rowing coxswain 18 years
of age or older. A coxswain who also rows must register for an Adult Regular
Membership. To register as a Non-Rowing Coxswain Member:
- Please click here.
- Adult Non-Rowing Coach Membership Non-rowing coaches 18 years
of age or older. A coach who also rows must register for an Adult Regular
Membership. To register as a Non-Rowing Coach Member:
- Please click here.
- Lifetime Membership. Members who have been given lifetime membership
by the club. To renew Lifetime Membership:
- Please click here
- Rack fees. Members who currently have a boat in storage
can renew their rack rental for 2009. To pay rack fees:
- Please click here
Adult and Junior Learn to Row Students - Each year the Minneapolis Rowing Club offers Learn to Row classes for adults and juniors. A participant in Learn to Row is not required to be a member. If, after completion of Learn to Row, a student wishes to continue rowing for the remainder of the calendar year, they may become a Novice, Collegiate, or a Junior Minneapolis Rowing Club Member, which ever is applicable.
When you become a member of the Minneapolis Rowing Club you make a commitment to support the Club in a variety of ways including:
- Renewing members should, at the beginning of the calendar year, submit completed membership and waiver forms along with dues and boat storage fee payment online.
- Each year prior to rowing, members should review safety policies, the river map, and watch the safety video.
- Check the bow list for your boating opportunities.
- Volunteer. Every member's volunteer commitment is 4 hours per month. Volunteers are needed for a variety of tasks including cleaning and maintaining all equipment, the boathouse and grounds and assisting with Learn to Row, Way2Row, Veteran, Junior and Novice programs.
- If you'd like to volunteer special skills, inform the appropriate committee chair or board member.
- If you're not signed up for an MRC group mailing list, do so. Mailing list information is on the MRC wiki. Except for postcard notices of annual meetings, our email lists are the official communication method for MRC.
- Once or twice per year you'll get a postcard inviting you to attend the general meeting. It's important that you attend. A quorum of members is often required for approval of decisions that will directly affect the membership.
- Bookmark MRC wiki and check it often. It's used for scheduling practices and sharing information without using email. Members can post and edit the information here.