what percentage of active swimmers are members of USMS?
Former Member
I have thought about joining, but can`t come up with a good reason why I should. My schedule conflicts with every team in my area and I really don`t have a strong desire to compete anyway. Already a member of the NRA and the discounts trump anything USMS can offer. Not a whole lot of equipment needed for swimming, so store discounts don`t really seem all that important. I wonder what percentage of active swimmers are members of the USMS?
On point two...did I say anything about basing decisions 100% off a poll conducted on USMS? No. Does setting up polling questions like the ones I did before the convention maybe give some people not digging thru the document to find what was being voted on a bit more info? Possibly, the polls/threads did get a fair amount of action and some clarifications made that at least helped me better understand the proposals. Does some information from this forum vs. nothing help the decision makers get at the convention? I don't know but to me its a shame more don't a least try and use it.
I'm all for clarifications and accessibility. Those could have been accomplished with a normal thread, though.
How meaningful are the actual poll numbers? Not very, in my opinion. I inherently distrust a self-selecting sample, and in this case it is possible to stuff the ballot using aliases. (Though Jim can correct the numbers, apparently.)
I enjoyed the polls and the discussions that ensued. I just don't take the poll numbers very seriously, in terms of representing the will of at-large USMS membership.
On point two...did I say anything about basing decisions 100% off a poll conducted on USMS? No. Does setting up polling questions like the ones I did before the convention maybe give some people not digging thru the document to find what was being voted on a bit more info? Possibly, the polls/threads did get a fair amount of action and some clarifications made that at least helped me better understand the proposals. Does some information from this forum vs. nothing help the decision makers get at the convention? I don't know but to me its a shame more don't a least try and use it.
I'm all for clarifications and accessibility. Those could have been accomplished with a normal thread, though.
How meaningful are the actual poll numbers? Not very, in my opinion. I inherently distrust a self-selecting sample, and in this case it is possible to stuff the ballot using aliases. (Though Jim can correct the numbers, apparently.)
I enjoyed the polls and the discussions that ensued. I just don't take the poll numbers very seriously, in terms of representing the will of at-large USMS membership.
