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Re: Organizing the Alphabet Soup

To: "Bob Schmitt" <bob.schmitt@sainthood.com>, <vintage-race@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Organizing the Alphabet Soup
From: "Carl McLelland" <carlynneracing@home.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 00:11:49 -0800
I spent MY TIME preparing the car for next season!!

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Schmitt" <bob.schmitt@sainthood.com>
To: <vintage-race@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2001 3:02 PM
Subject: Organizing the Alphabet Soup


> Mark -
> >
> > Sorry to say this, but there is no such thing.  To my knowledge no one
has
> > ever attempted to cross-reference the specs of all the U.S vintage
> > organizations.  It would be a monumental task!  This lack of
universality
> > can seem very frustrating at first, but it's really not a big deal from
a
> > practical standpoint.
>
> I can visualize an approach:
>
> 1.    Get each set of rules from each org into HTML format
>
> 2.    Make a "master table", with the orgs as columns and the categories
> (bodywork, brakes, engines, safety), with sub-categories, as rows.
>
> 3.    In the cells, put the reference number to the rule citation and make
a
> HTML link to that exact cite, which is a bookmark.
>
> Not an easy task, but a good winter project.  With a few folks working on
> it, maybe just a few weeks?
>
> Bob
>
> PS I did exactly this to create a uniform set of technology (software,
> hardware) acquisition agreements for my last consulting position.  It
worked
> out pretty well.
>
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