EXTENSION OF OFFERS
We’re nearing the end of the first 48-hour "offer" window
After an offer has been “live” for 48 hours, it’s the Club Director's option whether to extend the offer or not, from 1 hour up, to 18 hours
When an offer is extended, the athlete will receive a new email letter her know that her offer has been extended. This letter goes to the same email address from which she “accepted” her offer.
* Open the email to learn how long the extension is good for)
* If an offer DOES expire, the athlete is free to any/all new offers.
ALSO
Our apologies for a glitch this morning
A "confirmation process" that was supposed to be automated, did not run as planned for five or six clubs. The athletes who had accepted with those clubs got an email this morning suggesting that their offer was about to expire. Sorry about that!
We've helped those clubs "re-confirm" all their offers.
Everyone should be "good to go!"
Keith, for the RMR
One new note: I mention in the video that RMR clubs are REQUIRED to keep each of their offers open to the family for a MINIMUM of 48 hours. Note that the club may (and often will) keep an offer open longer, to give you more time to explore options before committing! The 48 hours is NOT a mandatory expiration date; keeping an offer on the table after the initial 48 hours is at the Club Directors discretion.
OCS ("The Portal") is a system the region uses that is separate from the membership system. The clubs use this system to send out their offers and any other information they would like to share with you. Every player that had a 24-25 membership is already in the system. If your athlete did not play in the 24-25 season, please add your player here. This is NOT the membership system that USA Volleyball uses for membership, rosters, etc.
What is a commitment? Once you accept a commitment through the OCS to a club your player is not allowed to tryout or play for another club for the duration of the season. If a club has given you a verbal offer, they should also send an offer through the online commitment system. Those offers will be sent out no earlier than 10am, July 12 (for athletes who will play 15s, 16s, 17s, 18s) or beginning 10 am, September 6 (for 10-14 year olds).
Clubs cannot force a player to commit (verbal or otherwise) before an official offer has been made through the RMR OCS.
Probably at exactly 10am July 12 (or Sept 6) you'll start receiving OFFER emails. Each will come to your from the RMR OCS system. The RMR requires that all offers will remain available to you for 48 hours... so it's a great idea to give the system a few minutes, just in case some e-mails take a little bit longer to get through to you.
When you receive offer(s) you can ACCEPT or DECLINE immediately. Or you can sit tight for a bit, to see what else comes through. Again, ALL OFFERS ARE REQUIRED TO REMAIN OPEN TO YOU FOR AT LEAST 48 HOURS.
Note that teh 48 hours is NOT a firm deadline. It's the minimum timeline that the club is required to offer you. Some Directors might opt to leave the offer open longer for you, to give you more time to "look around." But of course, after 48 hours this is "at the Director's discretion." If another great player comes along, you might lose your spot to them...
When you do accept with one club, then all other offers will immediately be cancelled, and those Directors informed that you're "off the table."
There are multiple safeguards in place to make sure that you don't "accidentally" click the wrong accept button. BUT BE CAREFUL. Once you do accept, you're with THAT club for the season! The RMR will consider you as locked to that club, as soon as you click “ACCEPT.”
Thank you and good luck in your upcoming season!
* NEW for the 2025-2026 season; ALL offers for our girls players will be made through the RMR Online Commitment System (OCS, locally known as "The Portal.")
Clubs are able to formally make offers to players beginning at 10am on July 12 (for girls who will play on 15s or older teams) and at 10am on September 6th for 10-14 year olds.
DO NOT SIGN A CONTRACT UNLESS YOU HAVE "ACCEPTED" THAT CLUB'S OFFER THROUGH THE OCS PORTAL FIRST
All offers will be sent to the parent's email address from the OCS system. Those offer email will come from the following address: "offers@rmr.vstarvolleyball.com".
DO NOT ACCEPT ANY OFFER UNLESS IT COMES TO YOU THROUGH THE PORTAL (It will come from "offers@rmr.vstarvaolleyball.com")
All RMR Girls Parents should test the system to make sure that their email servers (gmail, yahoo, AOL, etc) won't filter out these all-important "OFFER" emails!
STEP 1: Please immediately add the "offers" address (offers@rmr.vstarvolleyball.com) to your (parent) contact list. This should help prevent any "OFFERS " getting stuck in the parents' email SPAM filter.
STEP 2: Test the "offers" email system. To do that, click Verify your email address here.
NEW INFO as of JULY 9:
You are now able to "verify email" more than once! So if you tried the verification system a week ago, but that test offer email went to your spam... so THEN you added the "offers@rmr.vstarvolleyball.com"" email address to your contact list... and you wanted to try the verification again (but it wouldn't let you)... NOW IT WILL! (You can test an email address once a day; the system resets each night)
RMR Community;
In March, we published an RMR Recruiting Policy that included the idea that “currently-affiliated athletes were completely off limits” until July Tryouts. We received significant feedback from many of our Directors regarding that concept, and so we reached out to USAV leadership directly. They made clear that USAV and most Regions are moving away from “restrictive regulations” of this nature, and towards a more open “free market” philosophy. The RMR will follow suit.
Please find attached (above) a single-page “white sheet” that describes our updated Recruiting Policy. Also, please be aware that the RMR reserves the right to update the Policy from time to time, as our Board of Directors finds necessary.
We're aware that the RMR, like USAV and "club volleyball" universally, has been changing rapidly. We all yearn for the stability of previous times. Still, implementation of new technology, new policies and new management standards will help us meet challenging new market realities.
Like most of you, we do hope to "settle in" on stable annual calendars, ranking systems, and of course a recruiting policy that serve everyone smoothly and well, and that can be left in place for several years into the future. "Fingers crossed" that this Recruiting Policy represents a step in that direction!
Keith Murlless, Executive Director, RMR
Saturday May 10th: Colorado High School Boys Championships concludes
Sunday May 11th: RMR Boys Open Gyms may begin (EVALUATION only… no offers, no contracts)
Monday July 7th: End of last summer Championship (AAU) and beginning of Dead Week
10am Monday July 14th: End of Dead-Week; Secondary Evaluation Period begins (no offers, no contracts)
10am Monday July 21st: Tryouts begin. Offers may be made, but no contracts signed..
10am Friday July 25th: RETENTION Contracts may be offered (to Boys players affiliated to your club through 24-25)
10am Monday July 28th: Contracts may be offered to any eligible Boys player.
RMR Bid Successes continue!
In addition to winning RMR Regional Bids here in Denver at the ZBT, several of our RMR clubs have secured bids at USAV Girls National Qualifiers.
Congratulations go out to:
At Far Western GJNQ
Colorado Junions 15Sherri 15 Open
At Lone Star GJNQ
Front Range 17 Black 17 USA
Colorado Skyline 17 Royal 17 Liberty
At SLC Showdown GJNQ
NORCO 15 Black 15 USA
Colorado Juniors 16Shannon 16 USA
At Pacific Northwest GJNQ
Colorado Elite 16 Grizzly 16 Liberty
At Mideast GJNQ
Elevation 18 Peak 18 USA
Colorado Juniors 18Jayne 18 Liberty
At Red Rock Rave GJNQ
FrontRange 18 Black 18 USA
Mesa Juniors 18 Black 18 Amer
At Sunshine GJNQ
CS Altitude 16 Navy 16 Amer
At Florida Fest GJNQ
Colorado Juniors 18Kevin 18 Open
To see how the RMR is doing on the national stage and here at home, please see
Summer is upon us! Many RMR members will attend various skills clinics and open gyms, and eventually TRYOUTS in the coming months. Remember that if you are a returning athletes (regular season member for 24-25) then your membership and insurance are "good through August 31st!" No need to buy a summer or tryout membership!
If you are new to USAV and RMR, then you WILL need to purchase a membership of some sort. Currently, we have our "24-25 Limited Summer Camps and Clinics" membership available (HERE). Only purchase this membership if you don't already have a 24-25 regular membership, but do want to attend camps and clinics. The Summer membership DOES cover you at our July 12-on Tryouts as well, but it is NOT "upgradable" to the 25-26 membership, so only buy this one if you're going to attend camps/clinics before July 12th.
On July 12th we start the formal Tryout season. Memberships for Tryouts (only) will open July 1. That membership IS upgradable to the 25-26 season (so all your money goes toward your new club season) but it does NOT cover summer camps/clinics.
BEACH-ONLY players fall into two categories. LOCAL-only players may purchase the "Summer" membership discussed above. Beach-only players who will participate in any national-level event (BRQ, BNQ, NBTChamps, or any events after Sept 1st) should purchase our "24-25 RMR Junior Beach" membership. Reminder: if you're a full regular season member (traditional indoor membership) then you don't need a beach membership; it's included. This paragraph speaks to players who ONLY play beach!
Directors
Please read the "Summer Memberships" article published above. Then, note that there are two METHODS for your players to purchase the Summer Camps and Clinics membership:
1) You send them a public club assignment link and they select "summer" when it asks how long they'll be participating. This will prompt them to purchase the 24-25 RMR Limited Summer Camps/Clinics membership. This method will automatically affiliate the membership with your club, so you'll be able to see them in your directory.
2) You can send them this link https://memberships.sportsengine.com/buy/11ef4ea3-e24f-48e8-af28-762cd491ac0d , but this will not affiliate the membership with your club.
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More Indoor Volleyball Summer Camps in the RMR:
GIRLS: Colorado School of Mines will offer three camps, July 14-16, 17-21 and 21-23!
BOYS: Colorado Elite has invited Coach Kevin Pratte and his team of coaches to Denver to run a two-day BOYS Camp July 25 and 26
See the RMR INDOOR CAMP PAGE for more details!
Colorado recently enacted a new law that will come into effect July 1st, 2025. In effect, Colorado has created its own "Safesport-style" athlete-safety training program for coaches in all youth sports. The new law requires ALL youth sports coaches to complete this training module annually. You can take the course here:
FYI: At this time, Colorado does not recognize the USAV Safesport Course as a replacement for their own safety curriculum. We do have advocates at "Capitol Hill" negotiating for a collaborative effort in the future. But be advised, for the 25-26 RMR season, all Coaches are required to complete both training courses.
Inclement Weather PolicyThe RMR does not dictate whether teams or participants should or should not travel during inclement weather or under any other unsafe condition. Club/Team/Personal travel to any RMR event is always at your own risk and expense. Safety first!
That said, we rarely cancel events. In the event that interstate highways are closed, or if gyms are closed by their school districts or owners, we publish these closures both at the RMR Home Page, and directly to all involved TEAM COACHES, via the TM2 email system.
In the event that a team is running late or cannot attend, it is the responsibility of the Team Coach or Representative to notify the RMR as early as possible. We can be reached by text at our office cell phone 303-584-0376.
Weather-related cancellations may be eligible for refund if highway closure is corroborated by State Highway Patrol. Cancellations for any other reason substantially affect all attending teams, and are therefore not eligible for refund, and may be subject to fines or other club sanction.
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The RMR event schedule and results program! Where do we go? How did we do? It's all here!
Dear RMR Volleyball Families,
Here's a quick note to let you know that the RMR has partnered with VKTRY Performance Insoles - The Official Insoles of USA Volleyball.
All of our RMR coaches, athletes and their family members receive 20% off these exciting new products!
See Testimonials HERE....
VKTRY also provides a 90 day money back guarantee and free shipping!
Request the code from us at office@rmrvolleyball.org.
USA Hosts Deaf Volleyball!
Learn more about Deaf Volleyball HERE!
And contact the RMR if you or someone you know, is interested in participating!
Is your email inbox a bit too full? Or perhaps you're no longer involved in club volleyball? The instructions here offer insight into how to filter down your RMR email streams, or to eliminate them altogether
The RMR event schedule and results program! Where do we go? How did we do? It's all here!
Shinkara Hardship Fund
The Shinkara Fund was established to assist junior athletes who might need a little help with the expenses related to club volleyball.
The RMR thanks "legendary local volley-philanthropist" Tom Kawano for all of his support over the years. So many adults and juniors have come to love the sport, and have enjoyed expanded opportunities to play, thanks to Tom and his good works!
Application for Shinkara support is due Feb 28th, and can be made using this online FORM. Awards are traditionally granted in early April.
More specific information may be obtained at this link: https://www.rmrvolleyball.org/financialassistance
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Inclement Weather PolicyThe RMR does not dictate whether teams or participants should or should not travel during inclement weather or under any other unsafe condition. Club/Team/Personal travel to any RMR event is always at your own risk and expense. Safety first!
That said, we rarely cancel events. In the event that interstate highways are closed, or if gyms are closed by their school districts or owners, we publish these closures both at the RMR Home Page, and directly to all involved TEAM COACHES, via the TM2 email system.
In the event that a team is running late or cannot attend, it is the responsibility of the Team Coach or Representative to notify the RMR as early as possible. We can be reached by text at our office cell phone 303-584-0376.
Weather-related cancellations may be eligible for refund if highway closure is corroborated by State Highway Patrol. Cancellations for any other reason substantially affect all attending teams, and are therefore not eligible for refund, and may be subject to fines or other club sanction.
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The street address of our office is: 10579 Bradford Rd #103, Littleton, CO 80127.
--> We enjoy visitors but are frequently away at events, so drop us a line before you drop by!
Our office phone number is (303) 584-0376. This is a cell number that does accept texts!
The general-contact email address for the RMR is: office@rmrvolleyball.org
Email addresses for our various departments at the RMR:
General Questions & COIs | Marcie Schaap | office@rmrvolleyball.org or marcie@rmrvolleyball.org |
Membership | Kirsten Boessneck | membership@rmrvolleyball.org |
Accounting | Brandi Wierenga | accounting@rmrvolleyball.org |
Events Director | Jill Simpson | events@rmrvolleyball.org or jill@rmrvolleyball.org |
Executive Director | Keith Murlless | executivedirector@rmrvolleyball.org or kmurlless@rmrvolleyball.org |