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Agreed, if that's works, even better.
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No smart phone, no printer ... no ticket?? Only techno smart marshals need apply! Don't worry me, I have a printer which works - sometimes - but not ALL have these things. What WAS wrong with the system - "ain't broke, don't mend it". If I have rehashed what has been said over the last 3 pages, apols, couldn't be bothered to trawl through them!
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i won't be able to print tickets and accuse me here but the circuits and organisers have to means to do this so I don't see why I should have to.
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So, here's the way the current system works: 1) Circuit owner orders tickets from ticket printer, the number ordered being based on estimated demand; to ensure that enough tickets are available this can be expected to result in over-ordering. 2) Ticket printer prints tickets & sends them to organising club, which in turn sends them to chief marshal, competition secretary, whoever needs them (I'm making an assumption here - tickets may be sent directly to the relevant people). 3) In the case of marshals somebody, usually the chief marshal, gets a pile of envelopes, prints address labels from the list of volunteers, sticks labels to envelopes, or maybe even addresses envelopes manually. 4) Chief marshal puts tickets & final instructions in envelopes, stick stamps on envelopes or runs them through a franking machine. 5) Chief marshal walks or drives to the nearest post box & posts the envelopes, where they sit until the next collection. 6) Royal mail collects the envelopes, sorts them, drives them around in vans, re-sorts them, drives them around in vans - repeat as required - then a post man or woman sets out on a long walk, pushing envelopes through (usually) the intended recipient's door. Meanwhile, marshals sit anxiously awaiting tickets, hoping they arrive in time. Compare that with the new system: 1) Circuit owner does a mass email using addresses supplied from the organising clubs database. 2) Marshal receives email, clicks on link, retrieves & prints ticket. Care to hazard a guess which is quicker, cheaper & more reliable? Of course there will be people who can't, for whatever reason, use the new system. Their needs will be catered for. |
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When the system was used for a pilot at Brands Hatch this info was sent to marshals:- "......we are using the new e-ticketing system for all Competitors, Officials and Marshals. Your e-mail/postal addresses have not been shared with MSV, your tickets and instructions have been sent from the CSCC office, by post or by a second, separate email." So there is still a fair amount of work for the organising club / CM / marshal coordinator to do in using the new system. It seemed to work fine when we used it and I know some showed the e-ticket on their phone to get it scanned at the gate. D. |
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My 3 are all different, but I'm not renewing my Marshalling one this year.
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