I'm curious if anyone who is not involved with USMS or their LMSC knows what rules are being proposed (aside from the no nationals outside US we've already discussed)?
Personally I'd love to see more attempts by USMS to post polls on this forum that summarize the proposals and for the LMSC's to try and "poll" their own constituents as to how they would like for them to vote on the proposals.
With the convention starting next week I really haven't dug to deeply into it and have not heard anything from the members of our LMSC as to what they will vote for/against...granted I could ask but in general I think most of us would like to have th info filtered down and sent out/posted.
Paul,
The Rules proposals are all available here:
www.usms.org/.../proposals.pdf
You can also get there from the USMS home page by clicking:
Administration >>> Convention >>> 2008 Convention Information >>> "Proposed Changes to USMS Rules and Legislation"
Rules proposals are all numbered sequentially, like R-1, R-2, etc. Housekeeping proposals are numbered like HK-1, HK-2. Long Distance proposals are numbered like LD-1, LD-2, etc.
This packet became available on the web (to those "not involved with USMS") before it was mailed to the LMSC delegates. Being "involved" with USMS doesn't mean we get any inside scoop. I'm on the Board but I got no advance information - I had to read them like everyone else!
Anna, I'm not saying that anyone has "inside scoop"...but you have pointed out exactly what I'm getting at...people have to dig thru a lot of stuff to get to the basic information that will be voted on. Why not make it a more inclusive process and post polls here...?
I would suggest that you would get far more feedback than ever before on how a broad cross section of your membership feels about what decisons are made by USMS...you would probably even pull more members onto the site if it was available in that format vs. the documentation you've proved a link for.
Even better, I'd like for our LMSC to put this information into a simple word document that is sent out to all the subscribing members...I have no idea how our represenatives will be voting on issues like nationals locations, team scoring, wetsuits, etc....
Paul,
The Rules proposals are all available here:
www.usms.org/.../proposals.pdf
You can also get there from the USMS home page by clicking:
Administration >>> Convention >>> 2008 Convention Information >>> "Proposed Changes to USMS Rules and Legislation"
Rules proposals are all numbered sequentially, like R-1, R-2, etc. Housekeeping proposals are numbered like HK-1, HK-2. Long Distance proposals are numbered like LD-1, LD-2, etc.
This packet became available on the web (to those "not involved with USMS") before it was mailed to the LMSC delegates. Being "involved" with USMS doesn't mean we get any inside scoop. I'm on the Board but I got no advance information - I had to read them like everyone else!
Anna, I'm not saying that anyone has "inside scoop"...but you have pointed out exactly what I'm getting at...people have to dig thru a lot of stuff to get to the basic information that will be voted on. Why not make it a more inclusive process and post polls here...?
I would suggest that you would get far more feedback than ever before on how a broad cross section of your membership feels about what decisons are made by USMS...you would probably even pull more members onto the site if it was available in that format vs. the documentation you've proved a link for.
Even better, I'd like for our LMSC to put this information into a simple word document that is sent out to all the subscribing members...I have no idea how our represenatives will be voting on issues like nationals locations, team scoring, wetsuits, etc....
