I am doing a survey of how the LMSCs keep their swim records. Basically, I am asking whether each LMSC allows "outsiders" to set and hold records, or whether they allow their records to be set only by members of their LMSC.
I wrote to all of the LMSC Top Ten Recorders and Registrars and received responses from most of them. There are still a few LMSCs that I haven't heard from.
Below is a list of the LMSCs I have not heard from. I am also listing the results from all of the LMSCs who responded. If you are a member of one of the LMSCs I have not heard from, and if you know how your LMSC keeps its records (if it maintains records), please let me know. (NOTE that I am not asking about Zone records - just LMSC records.)
LMSCS I HAVE NOT HEARD FROM:
Border
Iowa
Lake Erie
Montana
New Mexico
North Dakota
Snake River
South Carolina
South Dakota
Southeastern
Wyoming
LMSCs THAT ALLOW ONLY THEIR MEMBERS TO SET RECORDS:
Adirondack
Alaska
Arizona
Central
Colorado
Connecticut
Florida Gold Coast
Georgia
Hawaii
Indiana
Inland Northwest
Kentucky
Maryland
Michigan
Midwestern
Minnesota
Missouri Valley
New England
New Jersey
Niagara
North Carolina
Ohio
Oregon
Ozark
Pacific
Pacific Northwest
San Diego-Imperial
Southern
Southern Pacific
Utah
Virginia
Wisconsin
LMSCS THAT ALLOW ANYONE TO SET THEIR RECORDS:
Florida
LMSCS THAT KEEP TWO SETS OF RECORDS ("CITIZEN" AND "OPEN"):
Arkansas
Oklahoma
LMSCS THAT DO NOT KEEP RECORDS:
Delaware Valley
Gulf
Midwestern
North Texas
Potomac Valley
South Texas
I initiated the survey to prove a point. Let's just leave it at that!
Sorry, WRONG ANSWER. A national committee chairperson doesn't just go poking around LMSCs to satisfy his or her own curiosity...especially for something outside of his or her own sphere of influence.
Dan, just because Anna Lea is a committee chair shouldn’t mean that she is not allowed to do other things for USMS or her LMSC. Like many of us, Anna Lea is a volunteer who wars many hats locally and nationally within USMS. Her choice to delve into areas of interest, outside of the committee she chairs should be applauded, unless she used her position as Registration committee chair to exert influence or if she was performing this survey for pay, I don’t see any reason to consider her actions wrong.
In fact I think this is excellent information for whoever is elected as the USMS vice present of local operations, next year. This may help develop improved local standards and practices, to bring a better more consistent USMS to all members.
I initiated the survey to prove a point. Let's just leave it at that!
Sorry, WRONG ANSWER. A national committee chairperson doesn't just go poking around LMSCs to satisfy his or her own curiosity...especially for something outside of his or her own sphere of influence.
Dan, just because Anna Lea is a committee chair shouldn’t mean that she is not allowed to do other things for USMS or her LMSC. Like many of us, Anna Lea is a volunteer who wars many hats locally and nationally within USMS. Her choice to delve into areas of interest, outside of the committee she chairs should be applauded, unless she used her position as Registration committee chair to exert influence or if she was performing this survey for pay, I don’t see any reason to consider her actions wrong.
In fact I think this is excellent information for whoever is elected as the USMS vice present of local operations, next year. This may help develop improved local standards and practices, to bring a better more consistent USMS to all members.
