by Rick Floyd » Sat Jan 17, 2009 4:40 pm
I think we'd need to get the current ranking system and website smoothed out and organized a little better first.
What's that mean and why?
It could mean having an ISSA yearly member fee and registration - so we know who is racing, and what their REAL name and contact info is so points can be assigned correctly and more easily, and there is a little extra cash to pay someone to do so. It's too easy now to have errors that are not caught until later and then someone needs to spend MORe time to correct them...happens a lot. Also, when someone's name is entered incorrectly, points don't get assigned correctly - see "Wenztle (Wentzle) Ruml" in the current rankings...he's only listed as having points for three races, possibly because the name is wrong?
The current ranking/results website(s) would need to be finished up and working smoothly so racers, and the public, and any interested press, can track the rankings, individual race results and schedule of events. It should be kept up to date more regulary. I realize this has been a volunteer effort by very hard working people so far, so I'm not criticizing them - just saying what the ideal would be.
In general, I feel that we should have the current system optimized before trying to go to the next step - just a logical progression.
My .02
I think we'd need to get the current ranking system and website smoothed out and organized a little better first.
What's that mean and why?
It could mean having an ISSA yearly member fee and registration - so we know who is racing, and what their REAL name and contact info is so points can be assigned correctly and more easily, and there is a little extra cash to pay someone to do so. It's too easy now to have errors that are not caught until later and then someone needs to spend MORe time to correct them...happens a lot. Also, when someone's name is entered incorrectly, points don't get assigned correctly - see "Wenztle (Wentzle) Ruml" in the current rankings...he's only listed as having points for three races, possibly because the name is wrong?
The current ranking/results website(s) would need to be finished up and working smoothly so racers, and the public, and any interested press, can track the rankings, individual race results and schedule of events. It should be kept up to date more regulary. I realize this has been a volunteer effort by very hard working people so far, so I'm not criticizing them - just saying what the ideal would be.
In general, I feel that we should have the current system optimized before trying to go to the next step - just a logical progression.
My .02
