Registration: Waitlist Management

There are two ways to Waitlist a course:

Courses may be waitlisted during the registration process using the registration form. They may also be waitlisted using our new Waitlist Management system, which also allows you to view and modify waitlisted courses.

You do not need to be registered for a program in order to waitlist a course.

FIRST, please log into your SLIG Registration Account:
SLIG.ugagenealogy.org > Registration > Register
/or/
sligregistration.ugagenealogy.org.

While registering for a course:

If you have not yet registered for the program in which you wish to waitlist a course or session, AND you wish to register for one course and waitlist another, please do the following:

1. Click on the green "Register Now" button for the program:
   
2. Select the course or session for which you do wish to register, and click "Next":
   
3. If you change your mind, and don't wish to register for a course, select "Waitlist Course only" and click "Next":
   
4. Select the course or session(s) you wish to waitlist and click "Next" (you may select up to 3 per program in SLIG and Academy):
   
5. If you also registered for a course or session, continue to work through the registration form to the end and click on "Finish."
   If you only selected items to waitlist, the form will automatically skip to the end and give you this message:
   
6. To view and manage your newly waitlisted courses/sessions, please use the instructions below. 

Without registering for a course OR to modify waitlist choices:

If you have already registered for a program or are already waitlisted for a course in that program,  please do the following:

1. To view your enrollments, invoices, and waitlisted courses, please use the "Registrations" section on the left-hand menu of your registration account Home Page:
   
2. Click on "Waitlist Add/Drop" to view what courses/sessions are available to be waitlisted:
   
3. If there are no full courses, then there will be no courses to waitlist and you will receive this notice:
   
4. Select up to 3 courses or sessions per program and click on "Update my Wait List". You will receive a pop-up notification that your waitlist has been updated. "Close."
   
   
5. On the left-hand menu, click on "Waitlist Summary" to view details about all courses for all programs in which you are waitlisted, including the date/time added and status:
   
6. If you have withdrawn yourself from a waitlist, that status will be shown in your summary:
   
7. IMPORTANT: Only the most recent action concerning a course or session will be reflected on your summary. If you remove your name from a waitlist, then put it back on, you will be placed on that waitlist based on the new date/time of the action.
   

Restrictions: You may waitlist up to three (3) courses per program - 3 for SLIG, 3 for Academy. If you attempt to add a 4th, you will receive an error message requiring you to refine your selections.

Where to get help: In the event you encounter challenges using the waitlist system, or you need to correct an accidental error, please reach out to our amazing registration team: registrar@slig.ugagenealogy.org.

A Word of Caution: With this new waitlist management privilege comes a lot of responsibility – please "click and update with caution." The registrar will have access to a waitlist change log to review to resolve disputes. And while that log may also be useful to correct an inadvertent error, they will not have the authority to turn back time on a poor decision. Please make changes very carefully!

Timing: Waitlists sometimes clear rapidly – such as when we are able to expand the number of seats in a course. They also sometimes take right up until the day before SLIG to open up. And sometimes a seat never opens. Please consider registering for your second or third choice course while waiting to ensure you have a positive SLIG experience.