Paul:
Thanks for your suggestions regarding this. I answered Mr Goodsmith two days ago and I agreed that he did have some valid points just like you do that need to be explored. Unfortunately my response to him was in the other thread and he responded to me saying that he would work with Mark Gill on a proposal so that he could possibly get it on the agenda of the International Committee meeting. By now anyone that comes of this website that is a delegate to the convention will see this and want to be at the meeting for a discussion. I see that Michael Moore who is the Meet Director next year has been reading these posts and correcting us about our misconceptions about FINA. This is good and possibly Sandi Rousseau can have room to put this on the agenda at the USAS convention.
The reason I brought up past practices of 17 years ago is to let people know what happened and how it was perceived by FINA, USMS, foreign swimmers, and the separate FINA International federations. Again the only feedback I received was from swimmers that I competed against at the International meets I attended. I do remember the feedback at the conventions and it was not positive. I am sure if this gets to the meeting that it will be discussed because as I look at the current International Committee I see a lot of people that were very active back in 1988 and they remember as well as I what went on.
I know you will not be attending the convention but if you and Mr. Goodsmith draft a proposal of both your ideas and give it to Mark Gill for is input and possible suggestions I think that would be a good start. The earliest this could possibly take effect would be in 2008. Next year is pretty much out of the picture after reading what Michael Moore said about the FINA meetings.
Also the US Open records proposal will have to be an emergency rule change and get 90% vote of the delegates to pass. I am not sure if you guys want to put the time and effort to get this through this year. I know this would be the year to do it because of all of the foreign swimmers swimming in the meet next year.
Paul:
Thanks for your suggestions regarding this. I answered Mr Goodsmith two days ago and I agreed that he did have some valid points just like you do that need to be explored. Unfortunately my response to him was in the other thread and he responded to me saying that he would work with Mark Gill on a proposal so that he could possibly get it on the agenda of the International Committee meeting. By now anyone that comes of this website that is a delegate to the convention will see this and want to be at the meeting for a discussion. I see that Michael Moore who is the Meet Director next year has been reading these posts and correcting us about our misconceptions about FINA. This is good and possibly Sandi Rousseau can have room to put this on the agenda at the USAS convention.
The reason I brought up past practices of 17 years ago is to let people know what happened and how it was perceived by FINA, USMS, foreign swimmers, and the separate FINA International federations. Again the only feedback I received was from swimmers that I competed against at the International meets I attended. I do remember the feedback at the conventions and it was not positive. I am sure if this gets to the meeting that it will be discussed because as I look at the current International Committee I see a lot of people that were very active back in 1988 and they remember as well as I what went on.
I know you will not be attending the convention but if you and Mr. Goodsmith draft a proposal of both your ideas and give it to Mark Gill for is input and possible suggestions I think that would be a good start. The earliest this could possibly take effect would be in 2008. Next year is pretty much out of the picture after reading what Michael Moore said about the FINA meetings.
Also the US Open records proposal will have to be an emergency rule change and get 90% vote of the delegates to pass. I am not sure if you guys want to put the time and effort to get this through this year. I know this would be the year to do it because of all of the foreign swimmers swimming in the meet next year.
