Limit Nationals to Within USMS Boundaries?

I wrote about limiting nationals to within USMS Boundaries on forums.usms.org/showpost.php I use Nats as a mini vacation and would love to see it held in new exciting places. PR sounds great to me. There are quite a few swimming competition you can attend outside the United States. Some are mentioned in the other thread. USMS has an duty to promote swimming in the United States. There are politics and ego at play here and they don't have the courage to step up....go to the convention and see it first hand. Paul, would you let me know beforehand which politics and who ego I should watch out for? Any time you have more than two people there will always be politics. And who does not have the "courage" to step up. Not all the people who are interested in USMS have the time to read what goes on in the forums let alone take the time to reply to all that is said. Brian Stack wrote me an email saying I should look at the forums, I would imagine there are many others who just dont have time to read and write on the forums. Not that people do not have "courage." Just a note, Puerto Rico has its own swimming federation "Federacion Puertorriquena de Natacion"; Guam has its own swimming federation, Guam Swim Federation; so does the Virgin Islands "Virgin Island Swimming Federation"; Alaska is a member of USMS. michael Michael, first and foremost I say "mission accomplished"...it takes a lot to pull you into these forums and it looks like we hit the right nerve(s). Now if I can only snag Mel but he's a tough one. Having said that, USMS has thousands of members represented by a handful of folks that once a year attend the convention....and slip rules thru such as this without using this forum as one very good resource to get a few peoples thoughts who may not be tied into their LMSC or the convention. I consider that kind of stuff "ego and politics", ego because whomever proposed this legislation assumes its for the greater good without in my opinion having any real feedback from the larger group and politics...which for anyone who's been to a convention no explanation needs to be given. I do say this however with a lot of thanks and respect for a large percentage of all the volunteers that make things happen at USMS....I just like to see the committee's cut down to 5 members in each and the executive director actually given "real" power.

I wrote about limiting nationals to within USMS Boundaries on forums.usms.org/showpost.php I use Nats as a mini vacation and would love to see it held in new exciting places. PR sounds great to me. There are quite a few swimming competition you can attend outside the United States. Some are mentioned in the other thread. USMS has an duty to promote swimming in the United States. There are politics and ego at play here and they don't have the courage to step up....go to the convention and see it first hand. Paul, would you let me know beforehand which politics and who ego I should watch out for? Any time you have more than two people there will always be politics. And who does not have the "courage" to step up. Not all the people who are interested in USMS have the time to read what goes on in the forums let alone take the time to reply to all that is said. Brian Stack wrote me an email saying I should look at the forums, I would imagine there are many others who just dont have time to read and write on the forums. Not that people do not have "courage." Just a note, Puerto Rico has its own swimming federation "Federacion Puertorriquena de Natacion"; Guam has its own swimming federation, Guam Swim Federation; so does the Virgin Islands "Virgin Island Swimming Federation"; Alaska is a member of USMS. michael Michael, first and foremost I say "mission accomplished"...it takes a lot to pull you into these forums and it looks like we hit the right nerve(s). Now if I can only snag Mel but he's a tough one. Having said that, USMS has thousands of members represented by a handful of folks that once a year attend the convention....and slip rules thru such as this without using this forum as one very good resource to get a few peoples thoughts who may not be tied into their LMSC or the convention. I consider that kind of stuff "ego and politics", ego because whomever proposed this legislation assumes its for the greater good without in my opinion having any real feedback from the larger group and politics...which for anyone who's been to a convention no explanation needs to be given. I do say this however with a lot of thanks and respect for a large percentage of all the volunteers that make things happen at USMS....I just like to see the committee's cut down to 5 members in each and the executive director actually given "real" power.