The easy way to register onsite is to read the
mag-stripe on someone drivers license. Other than NY,
there is a 50 state standard format. Maybe I know a
company that makes payment terminals that have this
capability. Maybe I work for that company :-)
The exciting/frustrating is that purely electronic
administration of events is within grasp - I'm sure
many of us in the web/ecommerce/wireless world can see
how oh-so-simple it all is. But it isn't. Actually
getting it all to work would require professional
support rather than someone doing when they have some
free time. It would make a great project for someone
working on their resume.
Caig
--- Jerry Mouton <jerry@moutons.org> wrote:
> Pat,
>
> We'd have to figure it out.
>
> 160 names, yes, but we have about 12 hours to enter
> them all,
> assuming you don't have to have the names before the
> times
> are in. Should be plenty of time! And of course,
> many of them
> can enter their own names on the web
> (pre-registration)
>
> You don't save info on the computers except as
> backup -- you
> feed everything onto our web servers from a number
> of computers,
> so it is all integrated in one place naturally.
>
> Say you pre-register on the web, and as a result it
> prints a timing
> sheet (8 1/2 by 11, standard printer size) on your
> printer,
> with a bar code that
> uniquely indentifies you. You sign up for work
> assignment
> and sign a waiver online (yes, this can be done!).
> We don't
> print out the sheet till you enter "YES", and we
> capture your
> email ID. We word it so that by presenting your
> sheet
> you agree to the waiver -- so it is binding.
>
> All you need
> to do the day of the event is pay your fee, and we
> scan your code
> at that time, which sets you up in the computer as
> registered.
> I suppose we could accept credit cards or
> pre-payment, too!
> "All 16 events for only $320.00 if you act now!"
>
> New folks, they get fresh sheets, with unique bar
> codes.
> They get scanned in, so we know they are entered,
> and we can
> hook their times to the bar-code numbers. At our
> leisure
> somebody (work assignment) types in the names and
> info for
> these entries, and scans the bar code to associate
> them with
> their times. By the time all names are entered and
> all times
> are captured or typed in (cones would have to be
> entered,
> for example) the results could be printed right
> out!
>
> Or so it says here on the box...
>
> Given the dedicated people, and a well worked out
> method,
> I'm sure it can be done.
>
> Jerry
>
> Jerry Mouton mailto:jerry@moutons.org
> Laissez les bons temps
> rouler!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Pat Kelly <lollipop@ricochet.net>
> To: Jerry Mouton <jerry@moutons.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 5:47 PM
> Subject: Re: Web Results Notification
>
>
> > Jerry,
> > It sounds interesting, but are those names
> pre-entered before the
> game? Or
> > the day of the event? I don't know how it could be
> efficient, such as
> round 1,
> > where we had 160 new names (I didn't keep track
> for round 3). We could cut
> > down on the entries this way, only accepting only
> pre-entered drivers.
> Then we
> > could all get six runs apiece...
> > --Pat K
> >
> > Jerry Mouton wrote:
> >
> > > Carl,
> > >
> > > I'm not aware that it has been completely
> rejected.
> > > There has been a lot of discussion about an
> automated
> > > system. I have been doing computer registration
> stuff
> > > for AYSO Soccer, Little League, and SCCA where
> > > appropriate for a decade or more, a programmer
> > > and/or web designer for three times that.
> > > And I believe that it
> > > could be done without too much difficulty --
> > > the technical aspects, that is. Our timer system
> > > is set up to feed information out pretty well,
> > > I believe.
> > >
> > > The difficulty is the people. I believe it
> would take a
> > > full-time, skilled, dedicated ever-present
> administrator
> > > to get it working well and shepherd it along for
> two
> > > years or so, till it was refined enought that it
> could be
> > > a work assignment. Even then it would take a
> Pat Kelly
> > > administering it to make it work. I'm not
> willing to commit
> > > to do it, not many would, and the club would
> have to trust to the
> > > commitment of the administrator to stay with it
> till it works.
> > > If that person leaves, the club is sort of
> holding the bag.
> > >
> > > Given that, if there is someone willing to
> commit enough
> > > time to make a complete system design and work
> out the details
> > > to make a case, I think it could be worth the
> effort. I think
> > > there would be a number of people who would
> volunteer to
> > > work on the committee. There
> > > are a lot of clubs (including the SFR SCCA
> racers) who publish
> > > results directly from the track on the day of
> the event.
> > >
> > > Jerry
> > >
> > > Jerry Mouton mailto:jerry@moutons.org
> Laissez les bons temps
> > > rouler!
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Carl Merritt <cmerritt@ati.com>
> > > To: 'Jeremy Bergsman'
> <jeremybb@leland.Stanford.EDU>;
> > > Bay_Area_Autocross_List
> <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 5:00 PM
> > > Subject: RE: Web Results Notification
> > >
> > > > I remember hearing that the barcode idea was
> researched before in SFR
> and
> > > > found to have some unworkable limitations. I
> think the main problem
> was
> > > > just registering and processing over 200 cars
> would over run all
> possible
> > > > time savings at the starting line... Can
> anybody elaborate for me?
> > > >
> > > > -Carl
> >
> >
>
>
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