Q: How do I become a meet director?
A: A meet director must be a Professional member with the appropriate discipline level for the sanctioned event that they wish to hold. Example: If you are meet director for a Men’s sanctioned event, the meet director must have a Professional membership with the Men’s discipline. For those wishing to be a meet director for Women’s, Acrobatic or Trampoline and Tumbling event, they must also complete the meet director exam for those disciplines.

Q: Where do I obtain the Women’s discipline meet director exam?
A: The Women’s meet director test and answer sheet is available online in the Women's program Rules & Policies.

Q: Where do I send my Women’s meet director exam to be graded?
A: Send the completed test answer sheet along with the $15 fee to the Member Services Department. Once the exam has been graded you will be sent a meet director certificate. Please allow 3 – 4 week processing time.

Q: When does my meet director certification expire?
A: Never. The certification does not have an expiration date.

Q: Where do obtain the Acrobatic discipline meet director exam?
A: The Acrobatic meet director test and answer sheet is available online in the Acrobatic program's Rules & Policies.

Q: Where do I send my Acrobatic meet director exam to be graded?
A: Send the completed test answer sheet along with the $15 fee to Elizabeth Millard, Acrobatic Program Assistant. Once the exam has been graded you will be sent a meet director certificate. Please allow 3 -4 week processing time.

Q: What are my responsibilities as a meet director?
A: The meet director of a USA Gymnastics sanctioned event is required to do the following:

1. Must verify that all participants are current USA Gymnastics members with the appropriate member type for the event that is being held. Please note: anyone that is not a current USA Gymnastics member with the appropriate member type is not allowed on event floor.
2. Must follow the appropriate reporting procedures
3. Must follow all of the rules and polices that have been outline for the disciplined meet that is being held. Example: if the meet is a women’s sanctioned event all of the rules and policy outlined in the Women’s Rules and Policies must be followed.

Q: How do I confirm membership numbers?
A: It is the sole responsibility of the Meet Director to ensure that everyone that participates in a sanctioned event has a current membership with the appropriate member type for the event. Therefore, it is vitally important that all memberships are verified prior to the meet. Please Note: USA Gymnastics encourages all members to provide proof of membership at a sanctioned event however, it is NOT a requirement. Membership numbers can be verified online. A participant may also provide written permission from the USA Gymnastics National Office.

>Please follow the steps below in order to verify membership online. Please note, the USA Gymnastics website has changed.

Step 1: *Meet Director of the event, log in to the USA Gymnastics website www.usagym.org.
*If they have not already done so, they will have to create a new Log In and Username. The member number and 8 digit date of birth will no longer allow the meet director to verify membership. Please proceed below for step by step log in instructions.
Step 2: Click on Member Services
Step 3: Click on the white Sanction link on the left hand side Step 4: When the drop down menu appears, click on My Sanctions
Step 5: Click on the sanctioned event
Step 6: Verify Membership(s)

• Verify Athlete
  • Select Athlete Roster
    1. This will allow you to enter in a variety of club numbers at one time
    2. It will only pull athletes that are current and at the correct level for that meet
    3. The levels are preprogrammed into the system, so it will not pull individuals that are at the incorrect levels or discipline.
  • Select Verify Membership link
    1. This will allow you to enter in a variety of individual numbers at one time
    2. Once the meet director has entered in the member numbers they are verifying they then have the option of to show all of the athletes expired and valid.
    3. Or they can select the exception…which would only pull those members that were INVALID for the meet. Generally this is a much easier list to manage and will allow for easier investigate or communication to the invalid club.

• Verify Professional
  • Click on the Verify Membership button.
    1. Process is the same as listed above for athletes, however it will only pull Professional member types.
    2. This will allow you to enter in a variety of individual numbers at one time
    3. Once the meet director has entered in the member numbers they are verifying they then have the option of to show all of the athletes expired and valid.
    4. Or they can select the exception…which would only pull those members that were INVALID for the meet. Generally this is a much easier list to manage and will allow for easier investigate or communication to the invalid club.