Do you want the tech suit back for SCY?

Connie, I am sorry about your situation out there at SPMA. It sounds like things are going through some tough times, and as a member of USMS, thank you for your commitment to USMS. Now I don't know you personally, and I have been reading this thread. I think that if you maybe looked back at some of the previous threads/polls that have been posted on the website you could have gotten an idea by asking this question you opening up a thread that people tend to get bent out of shape about. Maybe you did this before posting, I don't know. I think that for me, personally, I am tired of hearing about the tech suits. I am fine with saying that I am one of those people that I don't care either way, it is not going to affect my swimming. I am going to continue to set goals and train hard with or without them. This is just one of those heated topics that many people on this forum will say possibly hurtful things without meaning to. I hope that you are able to find the answers that you are looking for, and I hope that your organization is able to have its members actively take part in this discussion. I thought that people from the email list, who don't frequent the forums, and claim no-one is listening to them would come in, at the minimum, to vote.... so we could see some different numbers from pervious polls. I thought it would be quicker and easier then putting the club assistant poll, and trying to get everyone to go there, and making sure elegible people vote etc... Not to replace the club assistant poll, but if the unheard people are really out there, they can help convince the skeptics. Lets say, if all of a sudden we get 100 or 200 new votes being cast here, compared to the old polls... the tells us something.. The forums are here for a lot of things, not just for daily gathering of regulars. I'm not so worried about the forumites saying hurtful things. It's the ongoing conflict within the SPMA I'm fed up with... and couple of people that came here busting my bum and questioning my motivations are from *that* crowd. They came in here to criticise and complain and judge, but they didn't bring their voting friends along. Go figure. My bad.

Connie, I am sorry about your situation out there at SPMA. It sounds like things are going through some tough times, and as a member of USMS, thank you for your commitment to USMS. Now I don't know you personally, and I have been reading this thread. I think that if you maybe looked back at some of the previous threads/polls that have been posted on the website you could have gotten an idea by asking this question you opening up a thread that people tend to get bent out of shape about. Maybe you did this before posting, I don't know. I think that for me, personally, I am tired of hearing about the tech suits. I am fine with saying that I am one of those people that I don't care either way, it is not going to affect my swimming. I am going to continue to set goals and train hard with or without them. This is just one of those heated topics that many people on this forum will say possibly hurtful things without meaning to. I hope that you are able to find the answers that you are looking for, and I hope that your organization is able to have its members actively take part in this discussion. I thought that people from the email list, who don't frequent the forums, and claim no-one is listening to them would come in, at the minimum, to vote.... so we could see some different numbers from pervious polls. I thought it would be quicker and easier then putting the club assistant poll, and trying to get everyone to go there, and making sure elegible people vote etc... Not to replace the club assistant poll, but if the unheard people are really out there, they can help convince the skeptics. Lets say, if all of a sudden we get 100 or 200 new votes being cast here, compared to the old polls... the tells us something.. The forums are here for a lot of things, not just for daily gathering of regulars. I'm not so worried about the forumites saying hurtful things. It's the ongoing conflict within the SPMA I'm fed up with... and couple of people that came here busting my bum and questioning my motivations are from *that* crowd. They came in here to criticise and complain and judge, but they didn't bring their voting friends along. Go figure. My bad.