I compiled the list of members who competed in my LMSC meets for 2011, removed the duplicates, non-members, and non-Niagara members. We had approximately 170 out of 510 members compete in meets last year, which comes out to 33%. There could be some exceptions which I didn't pick up, such as members who only competed outside of the LMSC.
I am curious as to how this fits with the national picture and if anyone else is tracking this for their LMSC.
No idea if this rate is good or bad, but I am not surprised there are many just in it for the fitness.
I am not sure if this is a serious question or not, but if you are curious...I bet what happened is that many people registered at the meet and their membership just hasn't been confirmed at this point. Swimmers who register at meets often fill out paper forms and it takes a little while to process those.
Or possibly the USMS IDs weren't included in the meet entries so it takes longer to look up the members in the registration database.
When I have to upload results, I work with our Registrar -- and the Registrars of other LMSCs, if necessary -- to confirm that swimmer X registered at the meet.
Already the numbers have changed: as of this morning it was 119 members and 48 "unconfirmed" swimmers.
Thanks! It was a serious question... about something minor that has absolutely no effect on me as a swimmer even if the answer had been something sinister :D
I am not sure if this is a serious question or not, but if you are curious...I bet what happened is that many people registered at the meet and their membership just hasn't been confirmed at this point. Swimmers who register at meets often fill out paper forms and it takes a little while to process those.
Or possibly the USMS IDs weren't included in the meet entries so it takes longer to look up the members in the registration database.
When I have to upload results, I work with our Registrar -- and the Registrars of other LMSCs, if necessary -- to confirm that swimmer X registered at the meet.
Already the numbers have changed: as of this morning it was 119 members and 48 "unconfirmed" swimmers.
Thanks! It was a serious question... about something minor that has absolutely no effect on me as a swimmer even if the answer had been something sinister :D
