USPA, Try One Step at a Time

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I get a comment every now and then from someone from or connected to the USPA office asking why I don’t ever say anything positive about the Association, and the answer is usually because I see very few positive actions that they take. Sure, they got rid of the tap tap rule and are dealing with the “lame pony” rule that high-goalers have abused, but they just don’t seem to have the ability to learn. Our membership continues to flag, we have no international competition, we continue to believe that “the future of polo is in our youth” and that the intercollegiate ranks are going to somehow resupply our ranks and pour money (that’s on you Danny and Gene) into a polo camp in suburban Fort Worth, Texas that has no effect on the growth of the game or any increase in membership. Not much difference between it and Space Camp. How many of those kids are actually going to become astronauts? Nothing more than a novelty summer camp.
However, I came across the website of the Pacific coast Circuit of the USPA (pccpolo.com) the other day and felt impelled to share my observations with you.
I found a well-organized website that actually seemed to disburse information. It had a Circuit map that listed all of the clubs and even denoted those with arenas and the collegiate clubs as well. Links to the clubs were available that would supply contact information.
A clear and understandable menu offers site visitors an opportunity to either gather information or find the proper link that will take them someplace that will answer their questions.
The website was designed by Polobarn, so there’s no secret who created it, and I have to give my compliments to Pat Nesbitt, Victoria, Lynn at Polobarn and the Pacific Coast Circuit for giving the rest of the USPA a blueprint of how to organize their circuits.
My question, however, is WHY HAVEN’T THE OTHER GOVERNORS DECIDED THAT THIS IS A GOOD IDEA AND TRIED TO CLONE IT?
The USPA is mired in world of misinformation or no information at all, and yet when offered an organizational plan that will assist both the administrator and the member; they turn a blind eye and a deaf ear.
HELLO, you’re going to have to make an effort if you want things to get better. Because you don’t seem to have a clue as to how to go about it, you might start by having all circuits create (or have Lynn create) a uniform website that is ‘exactly” the same as the next in design and information availability. It may not solve all of your problems, but it will be a giant step toward forwarding the communication problems with which we seem to be plagued.

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Tags: Danny Scherage, Gene Burk, Pacific Coast Circuit, Pat Nesbitt, Polobarn, USPA