2024 Studio Updates! New Software + Memberships
Hi, from Yvette, the owner. Hi hello. Thank you for reading. 🙏
As of July 2024- I’m excited to share that starting soon we will be fully moved over from Acuity (ew! we dislike!) to WellnessLiving and we will (soonish) have an FM AERIAL APP! So that you can easily book and reschedule classes from your phone. We’ve had a terrible time with Acuity and hope that the new app will make your experience much more positive. This change will be happening: next Tuesday the 30th!
DUN DUN DUN. Lol just kidding…
We are changing up our membership structure a little bit for a few reasons and wanted to share those reasons with you 😊
FM Aerial is currently a cozy little studio with only room for 8 students in a group class (well… I guess we could technically fit 16 into the pole studio but it would probably be overstimulating to students hence why we don’t.) I digress- we’d like to grow into a still cozy, yet less short little studio with potential for more apparatuses and performance opportunities. What brings me a tremendous joy as an owner, and is a shared sentiment throughout the other teachers as well, is seeing student growth. Whether that means nailing a new trick that you’ve been chipping away at, or starting to open up and saying more than yes/no when answering questions. :P We love to see students gain strength, see their confidence bloom, and also want to create opportunities for people to show others what they have learned (if they want to).
We're excited to introduce new membership options designed to benefit everyone in our studio community. For our dedicated teachers, these memberships mean knowing you'll be with us for the long haul, allowing us to plan classes more effectively and reduce stress. From a financial perspective, steady membership revenue helps us demonstrate stability to banks, improving our chances of securing loans for better equipment and enhancing our facilities. Most importantly, as a member, you'll feel a deeper sense of belonging and community, knowing you're an integral part of our studio's growth and success. Join us and be a part of something special!
New Memberships will be based on visits per month: 4, 8, or 12. Additionally, with our new memberships, we will be including this list in *all* membership tiers:
Unlimited open pole and aerial. For our seasoned aerialists or polers- if you are interested in becoming a studio lifeguard to oversee open pole/aerials please let us know 😊These can be added and removed from the schedule as seasons change: showcases etc.
Ability to perform in student showcases and events. This goes hand in hand with having unlimited open pole/aerial. We need you to feel prepared which means additional training time! Showcases and events are tentatively scheduled at least once every three/four months.
Member only events. We want to get to know the folx that come to the studio and for students to get to know one another. These events can range anywhere from a members only lollipop workshop to going out to Momo’s ‘n More to anything and everything in between.
These new memberships will be rolling out on TUESDAY JULY 30TH
So, you may be wondering: if you already have a membership, what’s happening to it?
If you have a membership right now through the studio: starter, powerhouse, etc. it will transfer over to the new system and you will be considered a legacy member. This means that nothing for you changes in terms of cost. However we are changing the class use policy: you must use your classes within the designated time: 4 weeks. If you do not think you can use your classes in the four weeks we recommend paying for drop in classes until your schedule settles.
Legacy memberships will continue through the end of the year: December 2024, where they will be discontinued in January of 2025.
Once canceled, legacy memberships will not be available for signup again.
If you would like a membership at its current rate please sign up for a membership before Saturday July 27th at noon. You will be added as a legacy member into the new system.
The new booking system we are changing over to is Wellness Living. Yay? Not Yay? We’ll see how it goes! Features to look forwards to:
Soon we will have our own FM Aerial App that you can easily log into instead of constantly having to log into your browser or desktop. We are especially excited for this ✨
It will be *so* much easier to reschedule classes and see your account information.
You will not need to fill out a form every single time that you try to sign up for class.
Signing up for more than one class, or recurring classes will be less of a headache.
You won’t need to enter discount codes for memberships to sign up for open training or for students who are in the Six Week Series, discounts will automatically be assigned to your account.
Additionally, we will be updating the website to reflect policies for the new membership and will link that here when the new website is live.
Again… I’ve been apologizing over and over for some time, so I wanted to say thanks for your patience and I hope that after this shift I’ll be able to see students more as the focus transitions into more fun things- like planning showcases, member events, family things (childcare again??) instead of software migration and a website overhaul ugh…
So to wrap up: want the current rate for membership? Sign up before Saturday! Also, starting Tuesday, July 30th we will no longer be using Acuity- you’ll be prompted to create an account in WellnessLiving.
Thanks!
-Y
Questions/comments/concerns! Please let me know at hello@fmaerial.com