I am just curious on how you plan to make this a successful rating system in the USA? I dont want to be a killjoy, but both Texel and SCHRS are up and running, but you still use Portsmouth. How do you plan to change this? I think that is the hardest task at hand if this is to succeed. Perhaps some brainstorming on the subject is a good idea?
At this point it is purely a fact finding mission. If Texel or SCHRS are working then I would be in favor of going in that direction. I would love to hear objective dialogue on their successes and faults from folks that are using them. Wouter seems to have praise for Texel.
However, if the Wouter system has merit, then that might be the direction we will look.
Keep in mind that this is not a proposal to do away with DPN and I hope the people who have invested heavily in developing and maintaining the Portsmouth system don't look at this as a mutinous or undermining endeavor.
If it were to come to that, I would drop this in a heartbeat.
Even with some representative numbers in hand, we are only talking about regional events in the Mid-South (USA) where we have close relationships with one another and the race committees. Yes, I would say we would try parallel scoring to start with.
