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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE document PUBLIC "-//APACHE//DTD Documentation V1.1//EN" "./dtd/document-v11.dtd">

<document>
  <header>
    <title>Community Sports Management System - Long Term Objectives</title>
    <authors>
      <person id="rdg" name="Ross D. Gardler" email="ro...@sa..."/>      
    </authors>
  </header>

  <body>
    <section>
      <title>CSCM Long Term Objectives</title>

      <note>This document is intended to give an indication of where we intend to go with
      the CSMS project and its deliverables. The document is in a constant state of change and
      we welcome comments or feature requests via either our <link href="http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/csms-developer">developers mailing list</link> or our
      <link href="https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=509511&amp;group_id=65029&amp;func=browse">
      feature request tracker</link>.</note>

      <p>The Community Sports Management System project aims to facilitate the
 online management of sporting seasons, bringing together its
 participants and encouraging collaboration between like-minded groups.<br/>
 In doing this we aim to promote the growth and development of sports
 clubs of all types and encourage the participation of all people whether
 they be players, organisers or supporters.</p>

In order to do this we will provide a software system for the management
 of sports leagues, teams, players and supporters. Furthermore, we will
 provide a method for connecting these groups together. Our focus is not
 a particular sport, geographical area or type of participant, it is with
 the commonalities between these groups.

It is expected that the needs of specific groups, such as football
 leagues, hockey tournaments, baseball fans or FooBar Town Peewee Team,
 will be addressed by specific extension modules. The core system within
 the CSMS project will provide the framework on which these more specific
 systems will will be built. The framework will also provide the means
 for sharing data and communicating between these specific groups.

In addition to the core systems the CSMS project will house a number of
 sport specific modules. In order to use the Sports Management facilities
 of CSMS it will be necessary to install at least one of these sports
 modules.

 <p>The core systems provided within the CSMS project will consist of the
 following facilities:</p>

 <ul>
 <li>Competition management</li>
 <li>Team Management</li>
 <li>Player Management</li>
 <li>Supporter Management</li>
 <li>Community Management</li>
 </ul>
 <section>
  <title>Competition Management</title>
    <p>Sport is all about competition. This section aims to assist in the management and coordination
    of teams that compete against one another. It includes:</p>
    <ul>
      <li>Teams in competition</li>
      <li>Fixtures</li>
      <li>Game results</li>
      <li>Competition standings</li>
      <li>Competition statistics</li>
      <li>Fees management</li>
      <li>Competition news</li>
    </ul>
    <p>Of course there are many different types of competition, here are some of the ones we have thought
    about supporting. If there are others you would like to see then 
    <link href="https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=509511&amp;group_id=65029&amp;func=browse">tell us</link>.</p>
    <ul>
      <li>League Management</li>
      <li>Knockout Competition Management</li>
    </ul>
  </section>
  <section>
    <title>Team Management</title>
    <p>Teams need to be managed, here are some of the features we intend to include (eventually)</p>
      <ul>
        <li>Players in team</li>
        <li>Team profile/history</li>
        <li>Non playing staff</li>
        <li>Financial Management</li>
        <li>Team statistics</li>
        <li>Team news</li>
      </ul>
    </section>
    <section>
      <title>Player Management</title>
      <ul>
        <li>Player profile/history</li>
        <li>Statistics</li>
        <li>News</li>
      </ul>
    </section>
    <section>
      <title>Supporter Management</title>
      <p>Even the pub darts team has it's supporters, those people who are interested in
      results but don;t play in the games. We mustn't forget them, so we aim to include the 
      following facilities.</p>
      <ul>
        <li>Supporter profile</li>
        <li>Contact preferences</li>
        <li>News management</li>
        <li>Mailing lists</li>
      </ul>
    </section>
  </section>
  </body>
</document>