I have seen many of the posts made here from master swimmers from all over the USA, Canada and the World.
It has me wondering about the state of master swimming.
1. Which State has the most swim meets.
2. Which State has the most master swimmers registered.
3. How many master swimmers registered are in the USA
I tried to make an analogy using two clubs to convey my point about you trying to compare the two organizations (USA-S/USMS). If you understand why you can't merge two clubs, hopefully you can understand you can't merge the two organizations because they are also two fully separate entities.
Jeff -
Not looking for a complete merger... let the two organizations continue to grow and evolve. I just think that the two could offer a reciprocal arrangement on their registration fees and participants databases. So, for example, I register for USMS as my primary source of entertainment at full fee, but for an additional (not full price fee) I can add USAS to my registration. USAS gets another swimmer to promote and market their programs & clinics to without as much advertising/acquisition cost.
Also, down the road, the two organizations may find it beneficial to utilize similar background check organizations, suppliers, etc to increase their buying power. They also have a larger names list to increase their benefit to potential sponsors, advertisers and the like.
Matt
I tried to make an analogy using two clubs to convey my point about you trying to compare the two organizations (USA-S/USMS). If you understand why you can't merge two clubs, hopefully you can understand you can't merge the two organizations because they are also two fully separate entities.
Jeff -
Not looking for a complete merger... let the two organizations continue to grow and evolve. I just think that the two could offer a reciprocal arrangement on their registration fees and participants databases. So, for example, I register for USMS as my primary source of entertainment at full fee, but for an additional (not full price fee) I can add USAS to my registration. USAS gets another swimmer to promote and market their programs & clinics to without as much advertising/acquisition cost.
Also, down the road, the two organizations may find it beneficial to utilize similar background check organizations, suppliers, etc to increase their buying power. They also have a larger names list to increase their benefit to potential sponsors, advertisers and the like.
Matt
