Hey NWICSA,
If any of you didn't get the email on the ICSA mailing list yesterday,
there has been a pretty big development! There is a new scoring
program that has finally replaced the old NAVY scoring program from
the '80's!
Check out the results display at http://regatta.mit.edu and register
your team for an account at http://techscore.mit.edu
The new system is fantastic! It makes regatta management and scoring
incredibly simple and easy. No more spending hours putting in
everyones RP info.
One of the great parts of this program is the promotion of upcoming
NWICSA regattas. All upcoming regattas are posted on the homepage. If
you are hosting a regatta that is already been scheduled, don't waste
any time, get it up on techscore!
Hope everything is going well with all of you, and good luck this
season!
Arel English
808-397-0294
Below is the email that was sent out to the ICSA mailing list about
the program. Read it, and use this great program!
Dear College Sailing,
As you may have heard, a new scoring program is being implemented by the
ICSA. The program was painstakingly developed by former MIT sailing team
member Dayan Paez '08. The program is web based and easy to use once
you get
the hang of it. It was used at both the ICSA Semi-Finals and the Coed
and
Women's National Championships. Because it is web based, results are
available as they are scored in the program, live on the web, even
accessible to hand-held mobile devices. The web address for the public
viewing section is http://regatta.mit.edu . This will work in mobile
devices
with internet as well, so you can even get to the minute results on your
blackberry or iphone. Hosts, remember that it is all live so people will
really appreciate prompt entry of scores.
To view results, you DO NOT need a login or password. Simply go to
http://regatta.mit.edu (will also be linked on the ICSA homepage) and
click
on the regatta you'd like to view.
To score a regatta in Techscore, you will need a login and password.
This is
easily obtained by going to http://techscore.mit.edu and following the
simple instructions. Note however, that approval currently requires a
human
to verify your affiliation with ICSA, so register well before you plan
to
score an event (DO NOT REGISTER THE MORNING OF THE REGATTA!) Once you
have
the login, you can create your event, invite teams, set up rotations,
enter
RP info, and enter results into the program. While we want to encourage
people to use and try the program, ONLY PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO
SCORE REGATTAS SHOULD GET A LOGIN. The soon to be released downloadable
version will be available to all to use for personal regatta scoring.
A few notes:
-A SAILOR MUST BE REGISTERED WITH THE ICSA TO APPEAR ON THE RP DROP DOWN
LIST. Please make sure your registration is current. You can easily
see who
is not registered in regatta results b/c there is an asterisk next to
that
sailor's name in regatta results. Please go to:
http://www.collegesailing.org/directory/individual/ and follow the
directions.
-When using Techscore, it functions best in Mozilla firefox. If you
need to
use IE, make sure you accept the certificates even though IE warns you
against it.
-Don't worry, there is an "almost ready to release" version of Techscore
that functions without internet. This would be for use at schools with
no
internet access at their sites or for scoring a practice, private use,
etc.
There will be more information when this version is released.
Thank you for reading all the way to the bottom of this email. If you do
have problems with the program or have suggestions on ways to improve
it,
you can email Dayan and the MIT Coaches at [email protected] .
If you
so correspond with Dayan, please start and end your comment or
critique with
"Thank you so much for all of your hard work and countless hours on this
much needed improvement to the way the ICSA does business." He has
spent a
ton of time on this program that will be the foundation for a modern
data
management system for college sailing.
Thanks,
Matt
Matthew Lindblad
Head Coach, MIT Varsity Sailing
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(617) 253-4884
[email protected]
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