SurfGuard is the SLSA membership database and an evolving resource that continues to have new enhancement features added to it. Club Management Team members and officers assigned access to SurfGuard run regular reports on members to monitor compliance, assign members to patrols and training squads and administer member and SLSC details.
Officer positions and awards within SurfGuard determine who receives role-specific email communications, access to specific SLS platforms and apps and special administrative rights within SLS platforms.
What Is Recorded in SurfGuard?
The following information is recorded in SurfGuard for SLSC office-bearers to access:
- Award information (requests to conduct training/assessment and member awards)
- SLSC address and contact details
- SLSC officers, positions and committees
- Gear and equipment
- Incident reports
- Member details (as per the membership form)
- Patrol exemption requests
- Patrol hours and statistics
- Patrol logs
- Proficiency records.
Each menu in SurfGuard contains shortcuts to access and administer the data collected within SurfGuard. For example:
- Under the Summary menu, SLSCs can view a snapshot of assessment requests, awards, membership statistics, leading patrol members and transfers
- Under the Mailing Groups menu, SLSCs can automatically set up mailing groups for boards, committees or special members groups such as gym users, Nipper parents, etc.
- Under the Messages menu, SLSCs can automatically set up direct member messages using the membership data information. Messages can be sent via email or text message.
SurfGuard Enhancements
Important SurfGuard news appears to the right of the SurfGuard Dashboard page shown upon login. It includes the release of the latest national ICT circulars containing information on SurfGuard enhancements and training webinars. The SurfGuard dashboard also has a message inbox that you can use to send messages to all SLSC members via email and receive other notifications from SurfGuard.