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Bump...

Anybody interested in being on the committee?

Connie
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I left it earlier because I was kind of tied up organising the LUT and
NZUNI Federation, and training for the AUT. But I said I would so you
can count me in 🙂

Ken

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Thanks for the response Gizmo!

A quick search of *titles only* shows that there have been over 20
'world record related threads' (http://tinyurl.com/bpfdo) on this forum,
including:

-WR for highest sidehop question - 'here' (http://tinyurl.com/ax3lm)
-WR for the longest ride ever on a unicycle question - 'here'
(http://tinyurl.com/7q5f3)
-list of Unicycling Guiness World Records - 'here'
(http://tinyurl.com/basw7)
-question of WR for the amount of weight carried on a unicyle - 'here'
(http://tinyurl.com/d37o9)
- and more...

If there is this much curiosity and enthusiasm for tracking and setting
world records, there must also be a substantial interest in developing
and implementing the strategies for tracking and managing our own
unicycling world records.

See my other recent post on this subject on the 'world records...'
(http://tinyurl.com/8mbb4) thread.

Who's next?

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I'm looking to set the world records for most falls and most miles
pushing a Muni. 😄 I'm pretty sure I already have the second one,
time will tell on the first.

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I would gladly volunteer for thing but there are a number of factors
that keep me from jumping out and saying I can deffenatlly do the job.

1) I dont really have the finacial situation that allows me to travel
much, so I dont know if I would qualify for traveling to many record
attempts.

2) My knowledge of the IUF is quite limited, I know the basics of the
orginization but have not participated in a Unicon or been active in the
rule discussions to date.

3) There are a few other smaller things but they are not worth typing
out at the moment.

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Checkernuts: great points each of them. Thanks.

I suspect that Checkers speaks for many of us. Let me try to address
those points.

I don't think travel is much of a factor. Some travel may be helpful.
But the committee's work and meetings will mostly be "virutal" in that
we figure out such things as what world records to keep, how to measure
them, how to ensure they are "official", how to communicate them. We
probably won't have many face to face meetings unless they are combined
with a big event of some sort. Again, never say never, but we are all
volunteers here.

Knowledge of the IUF is a helpful but not a necessary prerequisite to
volunteer. Get engaged now and you will know whatever there is to know.
(As JF's signature says: "Read the rules!"😉 There will be lots of
research required, and technical work as well. I use the word
"technical" in two senses, including specifying the acceptable
conditions of a WR, and in the computer sense of (probably) a database
application.

I suspect there are a lot of niggling little things that keep others
from responding. Let's get past them and get involved.

Thanks again Checkernuts!

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I'm going to think it over a bit before making a commitment that I can
not actually stand behind, but it looks like I can help out with the IUF
WR thinger.

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What would the commitment entail in terms of time? Granted, we all have
enough time to surf the fora and take part in various flame wars 😄,
what would the WR committe demand in terms of time commitments? Is
there a "term" of service, and will there be a "window of opportunity"
in which to join?

As for myself, I'm going to be tied up for a few months, but would like
to become more active in the unicycling community. I have a few
technical (in the scientific and computing sense of the term) talents
that I'd be happy to contribute, but I'd need to come "up to speed" with
the group as I've never been involved in any "official" unicycling
business...

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Well, after deep thought and consideration, I am throwing my hat into
the ring as well. It's not likely that I will be setting any world
records myself, but I can help with others efforts. So in some way I
will be putting my fingerprint on the future world records. Kind of
cool if you think about it. How often can you be involved in something
that will have an influence on a world wide basis. Looking forward to
working with Jeffrey and everyone else that volunteers for this. Chad

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Thanks for all those that volunteered for the committee. It looks like
we have enough people to now get the committee officially approved by
the IUF Board and start making progress.

As I'm sure you are dying to know who is on the committee, I'll post a
message with the names of the committee members after it gets officially
approved (hopefully soon but I would advise against holding your
breath).

There are still spots open for advisors to the committee. An advisor is
someone who has knowledge in the area of world records, unicycling world
records, or some technical aspect that would benefit the committee.

-Andy

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For what reason is there so suddenly interrest from the "I"UF for
getting their hands on world-records?

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leo said:

*For what reason is there so suddenly interrest from the "I"UF for
getting their hands on world-records? *

Are the Dutch in a particularily anti-international mood this week?

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leo said:

*For what reason is there so suddenly interrest from the "I"UF for
getting their hands on world-records? *

We should have done it a long time ago. We have always tracked results
from our own competitions, but it has become more and more obvious that
the IUF should be a resource where people can go to find out what
records are. Guinness would rather get their information and standards
from us (or some other organization) than have to make them up every
time someone wants to break a record.

So basically, this has not been sudden. It's way overdue!

BTW, I will be a participant in the committee as an advisor, or IUF
Board member, or whatever.

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Thanks for your input, Leo.

John Foss's comments on history provide more insight than I could
offer.

I would like to stress an important aspect of the original post, namely
the high level of IUF interest in international representation on this
effort.

munipsycho said:

*The IUF and Rulebook Committee have a number of goals for this
committee. One very important goal is that it is representative of the
IUF. Thus, the IUF and Rulebook Committee have a strong interest in
international representation on the World Records Committee in both
committee membership and advisory capacities.*

I posted the same post on the German language uni forum. (I'm limited in
my facility with languages to English and German, or I'd have posted it
elsewhere.)

I hope Leo's comment can be interpreted as a willingness to engage.
Thanks again for offering your thoughts.

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