After seeing the program used for the results and timing, the gentleman who does the vast majority of the race control, who's name escapes me, didnt seem convinced that the program could output as .csv or .txt so the chances of me being able to input it directly into the database is looking less and less likely but, to be fair, let me sit down and give me 10 minutes with the program and i'll see if it can or not.
Last night it dawned on me that I really dont feel the effort of trying to get a website design past a comittee is worth the bother its going to cause. Nothing good has ever been designed by committee, so unless "the committee" will nominate 1 person to sit next to me for 20 minutes and tell me what you guys want, I cant see this idea getting off the ground at all. If you can leave me alone to do the design and coding, and leave the input i'm given as "we want a news section, an image gallery and a forum" then this will work.
I'm not trying to be disrespectful when i say what i'm about to say, so please dont take it that way, but the vast majority of people at the club and on the committee arent PC geeks like me, so while you will probably understand 10% of what i say, the other 90% will go straight over your head (disclaimer - everyone has their forte, mine happens to be PC's) while i could sit down and explain everything, unless you see it you probably wont get it, again, not being disrespectful, just stating fact, the most important thing to know after all, is what you dont know.
After speaking to Farmboy for a very short period of time, apologies for not getting back to you after your heat, had a few car issues that needed dealing with, it seems that the results part isnt something that has been thought of previously, well certainly not to the extent i'm planning on doing it. If this is something that you dont see as being important, then we may as well end this conversation now, and go with the hideous POS that Wordpress is. If however, you can see a results database as being useful, which i certainly can, for many reasons, then this is obviously where i would come in and help.
Other that that being said, it was pleasant to meet some of you guys last night, and i had a great deal of fun, even if the design of the jump was "suboptimal" IMO. But thats okay, we can blame Vince and it is the same for everyone...
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