Re: [csms-dev] Long terms plans

[Ross G. <ro...@sa...>]

I didn;t realise we'd accidentally moved this discussion off the list. 
Anyway it is back here now, complete will a full history below if you 
want to catch up.

Mike L. wrote:
> Okay, try this :
> 
> "The csms project aims to facilitate the online management of sporting
> seasons, bringing together its participants and encouraging collaboration
> between like-minded groups. In doing this it should also 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."
> 
> If it's too long then remove from "In doing this...." onwards. If you want a
> really crap mission statement then look at this :
> 


Well I'm in the process of doing a release as I type so the current 
release is going out with the old mission state, but it is only an alpha 
release so no problem. What do other people think of Mikes suggestion 
(with my minor change):

"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.

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."

Mike suggests taking out the second sentence in order to make it 
shorter, I'm not too keen on that as I think it is very important 
(expecially from a funding perspective - yes I do have my mind on some 
funding for this project - not in the near future though I'm afraid)

Personally I'm +1 for keeping both sentences.

Ross

> Mike L.
> 
> 
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Ross Gardler [mailto:ro...@sa...]
>>Sent: 28 October 2002 19:54
>>To: mi...@fa...
>>Subject: Re: [csms-dev] Long terms plans
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Mike L. wrote:
>>
>>>I'm happy with this.
>>>
>>>I have an draft idea for the mission statement :
>>>
>>>"The csms project aims to produce an open source software solution to
>>>facilitate online management of sportng seasons, to bring its
>>
>>participants
>>
>>>together and to encourage collaboration with like-minded
>>
>>groups."  - Edit to
>>
>>>improve!
>>
>> From the existing constitution (on both SF and our web site):
>>
>>===========
>>Our Mission
>>===========
>>
>>Our mission is to build a community and software system to support the
>>growth and development of sports clubs of all types. We aim to bring
>>these valuable real world communities together in the virtual world of
>>the Internet. The objective is to encourage more participation in sports
>>clubs of all types by all people whether they be players, organisers or
>>supporters.
>>
>>Taking the bullet points from each of these in what seems like a
>>sensible order we get:
>>
>>- facilitate online management of sporting seasons
>>
>>- bring these real world communities together in the virtual world of
>>the Internet
>>
>>- bring its participants together and to encourage collaboration with
>>like-minded groups
>>
>>- to encourage more participation in sports clubs of all types by all
>>people whether they be players, organisers or supporters
>>
>>- growth and development of sports clubs of all types
>>
>>
>>There is a considerable amount of overlap in these bullet points and it
>>is getting quite wordy so now we need to pare it down a little.
>>
>>Like to take a stab?
>>
>>Ross
>>
>>
>>>Mike L.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>From: csm...@li...
>>>>>[mailto:csm...@li...]On Behalf Of Ross
>>>>>Gardler
>>>>>Sent: 26 October 2002 13:12
>>>>>To: v
>>>>>Subject: [csms-dev] Long terms plans
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>I want to create a docuement descibing our long term plans. Of course
>>>>>this is non binding but will at least give the project some vision.
>>>>>Here's my starter, please get pulling it to pieces, when it stabalises
>>>>>I'll put it on the website.
>>>>>
>>>>>CSCM Long Term Objectives
>>>>>==========================
>>>>>
>>>>>The csms project aims to (fixme insret mission statement)
>>>>>
>>>>>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 Managemnt facilities
>>>>>of CSMS it will be necessary to install at least one of these sports
>>>>>modules.
>>>>>
>>>>>The core systems provided within the CSMS project will consist of the
>>>>>following facilities:
>>>>>
>>>>>Competition Management
>>>>>-----------------
>>>>>Teams in competition
>>>>>Fixtures
>>>>>Game results
>>>>>Competition standings
>>>>>Competition statistics
>>>>>Fees management
>>>>>Competition news
>>>>>
>>>>>League Management
>>>>>--------------
>>>>>(Specialisation of competition management)
>>>>>
>>>>>Knockout Competition Management
>>>>>------------------------
>>>>>(Specialisation of competition management)
>>>>>
>>>>>Team Management
>>>>>-------------
>>>>>Players in team
>>>>>Team profile/history
>>>>>Non playing staff
>>>>>Financial Management
>>>>>Team statistics
>>>>>Team news
>>>>>
>>>>>Player Management
>>>>>-------------
>>>>>Player profile/history
>>>>>Statistics
>>>>>News
>>>>>
>>>>>Supporter Management
>>>>>----------------
>>>>>Supporter profile
>>>>>Contact preferences
>>>>>
>>>>>Community Management
>>>>>-----------------
>>>>>Mailing list/forums
>>>>>News releases
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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