Just posted a note on the Fitness Committee site asking why doesn't the Fitness Committee take over the Postal National Championships rather than the the Championship Committee which focuses on Short and Long Course (and maybe SCM) Championships? (But it doesn't seem that many people read those committee sites much, so I moved my question....and maybe even a poll over here to this forum.) Is this a consideration, USMS swimmers, coaches, Board Members, EC, ED? This question comes with my understanding that the Long Distance Committee will become completely Open Water next year, minus the Postals.
"Going the Distance," run by Mary Sweat, out of the Fitness Committee, has been such a success, with several hundred participants, that perhaps the somewhat similar kinds of "internet/postal" Championships could be run out that Committee, reviewing, evaluating and accepting bids, etc.. (The term, "Postal," may be slowly going the way of the old telephone meets of the 40s and 50s.:-)
A lot of stay-at-home USMS mostlly-in-it-for-fitness members participate in these events, particularly the 1 Hour Swim in January, and yet still the event can be a National Championshp for the very competitive swimmers,who perhaps travel sporadically to on-site Pool Championships, depending on one's age and area of the country. It might access people and clubs who are very Fitness or Triathlon oriented, and open us up to new members in that way!
JP
