I was hoping we could discuss this to possibly make things easier for the clubs hosting postal meets.
I noticed that US Swimming doesn't have a postal meet anymore, but rather an internet meet. You email your results to the meet host in Hy-Tek format.
I suspect that at least some of the postal meet hosts are already using Hy Tek to put the results together. So they receive our results, and then type them in in hy tek format.
It is my understanding that the hy tek format is an open standard and I seem to remember discussion some time ago that a few members had made utilities that would make output files in hy tek format. Also, hy tek has team manager lite for free download and I believe it was made for purposes very much like this one. But either way we have options.
So in that regard I'd like to see us go to an internet meet model. Where the local coach if he chooses, can email the results into the host club. since we now have online sign up, perhaps it could go together. Do the online sign up and attach your file with it. If you want to smail it in the old way, you'd still be able to do so.
Thought I'd put it out there.
Oh, I still say that online USMS registration is an opportunity we are missing big time. I can register for US Cycling Federaton, USA Triathlon and Road Runners Club of America all online. In the case of USA T and USCF, the liability coverage is the same, if electronic signatures fly for that, seems like it would fly for USMS.
Kevin
You'll note I said that we can give the option to send results in hy tek format. No need to mandate it be sent that way.
Not sure what work you are talking about but it seems you are thinking of registration. The current LMSC registrars would still handle registration. I was president of a triathlon club that switched from paper to online registrations and the workload is much, much less. I forwarded the waiver that the members need to click through to register and every week I get an excel file with the data on all the members. Once a month we get a check for the money collected less the processing fee to the registration company.
It vastly increased our membership and made adminstration of the club much easier. The value is shown by the fact that we already have online registration for some meets.
You'll note I said that we can give the option to send results in hy tek format. No need to mandate it be sent that way.
Not sure what work you are talking about but it seems you are thinking of registration. The current LMSC registrars would still handle registration. I was president of a triathlon club that switched from paper to online registrations and the workload is much, much less. I forwarded the waiver that the members need to click through to register and every week I get an excel file with the data on all the members. Once a month we get a check for the money collected less the processing fee to the registration company.
It vastly increased our membership and made adminstration of the club much easier. The value is shown by the fact that we already have online registration for some meets.
