AskFRED, the Oz Parsons, and online registration

[Victor]

Someone from here sent me an e-mail a while back, and darned if I can remember who it was now. Sorry. ... But in response to your question, yes, the Oz Parsons event in Oklahoma City will handle preregistration online via the AskFRED.net system (available now). It's still two months away, so you have time to spare.

The entire SW Section is supposed to use FRED, I think, but participation has been less than consistent. Some make a token attempt to post events at FRED but only to point users to their own (often messier) registration site elsewhere. ... And that's too bad, too, because FRED is tidy and simple and its preregistration of events has proven to draw big numbers (ala many Texas tourneys).

So a more general question to the Fencing.net community here: Do you use AskFred yourself? Why or why not?

[Katman]

I use askFred.net because it's simple, fun, and the only way to pre-register and save money on some tournaments (this, of course, is the only and most important reason).