FRED takes his first NAC/Nationals preregistration

[peet]

In the Vet ME Team event.
(And it looks like quite a team, actually!)

http://usfanac.askfred.net/Events/wh...ament_id=11625

Oh, yeah:

Summer nationals team event preregistration is now taken via FRED at a special site site up just for the USFA at http://usfanac.askfred.net. The national office has been given an account on FRED's helpdesk for this tournament, so if you have questions about Nationals team preregistration, feel free to ask them there and tag them with the category "National Tournament Question". http://support.askfred.net

Cheers
-P

[Alexander Kai]

A step in the right direction for the USFA? Maybe?

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[IanSerotkin]

Wow. This has been a LONG time in coming. Congrats!

One note: On the site logo, it says "North Americas Cup" instead of "North American Cup".

[mrbiggs]

Finally! Great to see.

[hello?]

I hope just a start....Congratulations!!!

[peet]

One note: On the site logo, it says "North Americas Cup" instead of "North American Cup".

Oops!

thanks.

[ysbadadden]

Way to go, Peet! But put a link to the new site on the AskFred home page.

[fencerina dad]

This is great news. Everyone should email Kurt and suggest using askfred for all national tournaments in his suggestion box.

[oso97]

Fabulous! Hopefully, the next step will be posting of results on FRED, so they tie in with the rest of everyone's competitive results...

[peet]

One note: On the site logo, it says "North Americas Cup" instead of "North American Cup".

Fixed.

-p

[teacup]

Are there links to this and the ROC AskFRED on the regular AskFRED website?

[peet]

Are there links to this and the ROC AskFRED on the regular AskFRED website?

Not currently. That would be a good idea.

-p

[teacup]

Thanks, it is hard to find the ROC/NAC askfred websites.
Links on the USFA website would be helpful too.
http://usfencing.org/competitions/roc

(There is a link to NAC Askfred on the SN information page.)

[Inquartata]

OK, I went to register a Vet sabre team*. I entered the names of all the team members in the spaces provided. Then on the next page was, amongst other things, the message "You searched for" and the four names, and---spaces to enter the names AGAIN. This time with drop-down menus that contained only one option, that being "Last Name, First Name--Club ( Division ).

It seems...unnecessarily redundant. Particularly since that first page didn't indicate that I was merely searching for names.

*In the end I didn't; have to consult the others about the team name...

[peet]

OK, I went to register a Vet sabre team*. I entered the names of all the team members in the spaces provided. Then on the next page was, amongst other things, the message "You searched for" and the four names, and---spaces to enter the names AGAIN. This time with drop-down menus that contained only one option, that being "Last Name, First Name--Club ( Division ).

It seems...unnecessarily redundant. Particularly since that first page didn't indicate that I was merely searching for names.

*In the end I didn't; have to consult the others about the team name...

Hi Inq-

I have several answers for you:
1. Just like when you preregister for an individual event on FRED, when you enter a name, you are searching for fencers in FRED's database. FRED asks you to choose from his list of known fencers so that he can associate all of a fencer's preregs and results with the same person.
2. Make sure you're only entering the last name (or even just a few letters) in those fields at the beginning. The search is by last name so as to prevent problems with nicknames and such.
3. The FRED helpdesk is the preferred method of getting help with anything on FRED:
http://support.askfred.net
support@askfred.net

Cheers
-P

[Inquartata]

Yes, but my doing that doesn't help others here who may have the same questions. Don't you get tired of answering the same question 80 times?

Anyway, again, the "search" did not result in any names being found and offered in the blocks on the next page. There were only the "Last name, first name--CLUB ( DIVISION ) messages there. And I know that we are all in the database...

[peet]

Yes, but my doing that doesn't help others here who may have the same questions. Don't you get tired of answering the same question 80 times?

Anyway, again, the "search" did not result in any names being found and offered in the blocks on the next page. There were only the "Last name, first name--CLUB ( DIVISION ) messages there. And I know that we are all in the database...

Did you "Make sure you're only entering the last name (or even just a few letters) in those fields at the beginning" ?
If I knew the names of the fencers, I could try it myself and thus be better able to help.

re: answering the same question 80 times: I'll have to do that regardless, and the helpdesk has tools that make doing that much easier. It also helps me keep my support requests organized. It also enables me to spread the support burden among more than one person.

-p

[teacup]

Thanks for putting links on the front page of AskFRED to register ROCs and SN teams!

[peet]

thanks for putting links on the front page of askfred to register rocs and sn teams!

np!

[teacup]

I guess the gender restrictions aren't being enforced.
Bucks County Academy of Fencing with Daniel Rees, John Ridge and Max Chernyshov are fencing Sr. WE team.