<div dir="ltr">Hi,<div><br></div><div><div class="gmail-kvgmc6g5 gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-ii04i59q" style="margin:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px"><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">If you are a fan of code, open source, standards and discussions on sports tech, opt into the email list at <span style="font-family:inherit"><a class="gmail-oajrlxb2 gmail-g5ia77u1 gmail-qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 gmail-r7d6kgcz gmail-rq0escxv gmail-nhd2j8a9 gmail-nc684nl6 gmail-p7hjln8o gmail-kvgmc6g5 gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-jb3vyjys gmail-rz4wbd8a gmail-qt6c0cv9 gmail-a8nywdso gmail-i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr gmail-f1sip0of gmail-lzcic4wl gmail-gpro0wi8 gmail-py34i1dx" href="https://code.swimisca.org/?fbclid=IwAR0yUYchWjMh72N6n4vEWW5uaj_ZCUQjUU_FPaQGSdiMr4XWFjKARi2QKtM" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" tabindex="0" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none;outline:none;list-style:none;border-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;padding:0px;margin:0px;background-color:transparent;text-align:inherit;display:inline;box-sizing:border-box;font-family:inherit">https://code.swimisca.org.</a></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">Bring your friends too.</div></div><div class="gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-ii04i59q" style="margin:0.5em 0px 0px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px"><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">It is ill advised to have USA Swimming acquire Hy-Tek's Meet Manager and Team Manager. No thanks. </div></div><div class="gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-ii04i59q" style="margin:0.5em 0px 0px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px"><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">Free markets work better when there is no de facto monopoly.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">So, pin the blame on leagues that insist upon data exchange that is proprietary.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">USA Swimming’s visionary act would be to insist upon an open source governance entity for STANDARDS!</div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><div style="font-size:small">--<br>Ta.<br> <br> <br>Mark Rauterkus       <a href="mailto:Mark@Rauterkus.com" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Mark@Rauterkus.com</a> </div><div>Webmaster, International Swim Coaches Association, <a href="https://SwimISCA.org" target="_blank">SwimISCA.org</a></div><div></div><div style="font-size:small"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>