first of all, congrats to the meet directors and all the volunteers on a job well done. so organized and efficient!! very impressive. the only thing i wish someone could explain to me is why the usms champ. committee changed the team scoring from large, medium and small team to clumping everyone in the same category. seems extremely unfair to have what i call "real teams" competing against state mega teams. there is no possibility for "real teams" to ever come close to competing against them. if you are going to give team awards at the end of the meet, is there any way you can do it fairly? our team is extremely proud to have gotten as many team members as we did to go to natls. (most of them for the first time), but unfortunately they were very disillusioned (as was i) with the idea that we would be competing against state teams. as one of the coaches i didn't have an explanation. even though we were very proud of our 7th place finish in men's division, and our 12th place in combined, we were only one of a few "real teams" in the top ten. would appreciate responses. maybe even someone from the champ.committee could explain how they felt this scoring system would be more fair to the majority of swimmers. then i can pass it along to my teammates.. i don't want them to be so disillusioned that they lose interest in attending any future natls. thanks
And Bill I would respectfully argue that us .05% may be the most passionate...and vocal...of that entire membership.
I don't see/hear very many of the other 40,850 engaging in the "process", asking for things, trying to promote growth and improvement. The silent majority if you will is pretty much just that....silent...Paul,I would respectfully argue that you not seeing or hearing very many of the other 40,850 engaging in the "process” does not mean that they are not trying to promote growth and improvement.
Throughout USMS we have many many volunteers and staff actively and passionately involved in growth and improvement. We have people engaged in making USMS Swimmer the best of breed, in improving the products and services we make available to our clubs, the improve the leadership of our LMSC’s and national organization, working to improve the quality and quantity of Masters coaches; the list goes on and on.
You not seeing/hearing about these could be because what we have here is a failure to communicate. If you would see the results to date of the club development task force you will see that many of our members are engaged in this process and if you will hear our local and national volunteers talk about Masters you will hear people trying to promote growth and improvement.
And Bill I would respectfully argue that us .05% may be the most passionate...and vocal...of that entire membership.
I don't see/hear very many of the other 40,850 engaging in the "process", asking for things, trying to promote growth and improvement. The silent majority if you will is pretty much just that....silent...Paul,I would respectfully argue that you not seeing or hearing very many of the other 40,850 engaging in the "process” does not mean that they are not trying to promote growth and improvement.
Throughout USMS we have many many volunteers and staff actively and passionately involved in growth and improvement. We have people engaged in making USMS Swimmer the best of breed, in improving the products and services we make available to our clubs, the improve the leadership of our LMSC’s and national organization, working to improve the quality and quantity of Masters coaches; the list goes on and on.
You not seeing/hearing about these could be because what we have here is a failure to communicate. If you would see the results to date of the club development task force you will see that many of our members are engaged in this process and if you will hear our local and national volunteers talk about Masters you will hear people trying to promote growth and improvement.
