Who made the order of events for Fort Lauderdale Nationals?

Originally posted by TheGoodSmith Mark, As for your suggestion that I volunteer for my local LMSC and ask to go to the convention .......... you can't use voluteerism as an excuse for a poor decision. A reply of "get involved more" doesn't explain what has already transpired. My ongoing yearly fees to my local LMSC and committed participation at local and national meets is quite adequate support for Masters Swimming. I think my intention was misunderstood. I was not offering volunteerism as an excuse, but rather try to follow up on Paul's suggestion and explain how one would get involved if this particular issue was what they wanted to address. You also have delegates from CO that can speak to this for you. All the committee meetings are open and allow comments from the floor. I believe our goal in having multiple schedules is the realization that no one schedule is going to make everyone happy. There are complaints every time a distance event is the last event in the meet, there are complaints when the 400 IM comes the day after the 500 free. There are complaints when the 400 IM comes before the 500 free. People are unhappy when the 500 comes on the first day of the meet, morning or afternoon. There are also a large number of people who prefer each of these options. The same holds true with sprinters, IMers, backstrokers, etc. and the order of their favorite events. That is why we have multiple schedules. Some years it isn't the best for your events. Some years, the schedule does a better job of meeting your particular needs, but not those of another competitor. It will be another year before the championship committee proposed new schedules. I will pass along the idea that the three longest races shouldn't be the first 3 events of the meet to the chair of this subcommittee.

Originally posted by TheGoodSmith Mark, As for your suggestion that I volunteer for my local LMSC and ask to go to the convention .......... you can't use voluteerism as an excuse for a poor decision. A reply of "get involved more" doesn't explain what has already transpired. My ongoing yearly fees to my local LMSC and committed participation at local and national meets is quite adequate support for Masters Swimming. I think my intention was misunderstood. I was not offering volunteerism as an excuse, but rather try to follow up on Paul's suggestion and explain how one would get involved if this particular issue was what they wanted to address. You also have delegates from CO that can speak to this for you. All the committee meetings are open and allow comments from the floor. I believe our goal in having multiple schedules is the realization that no one schedule is going to make everyone happy. There are complaints every time a distance event is the last event in the meet, there are complaints when the 400 IM comes the day after the 500 free. There are complaints when the 400 IM comes before the 500 free. People are unhappy when the 500 comes on the first day of the meet, morning or afternoon. There are also a large number of people who prefer each of these options. The same holds true with sprinters, IMers, backstrokers, etc. and the order of their favorite events. That is why we have multiple schedules. Some years it isn't the best for your events. Some years, the schedule does a better job of meeting your particular needs, but not those of another competitor. It will be another year before the championship committee proposed new schedules. I will pass along the idea that the three longest races shouldn't be the first 3 events of the meet to the chair of this subcommittee.