Thank you for pressing this issue. It is so refreshing that a few of the endless possibilities of doing things in a more efficient way are being explored.
To streamline the course listing process seems like a very important task to warrant our full attention. The collective minds within the RRTC can certainly come up with a workable solution to put in place. Simple directions and procedures could then be given to certifiers about e-mail constraints for submissions.
When I read Mike’s comments in MN about a “huge backlog of certificate maps” and broken down scanner sitting at the repair shop for a month, I have to ask, “isn’t there a better way?” Can some of the $3.00 per course listing fee be used to buy a new scanner?
Could regional certifiers be required to have a scanner and create certificate and course map files with certain size limitations? Could a network of certifiers with scanner collect and scan certificates and maps from those without scanners? Could our application to certify a road course be made available in a PDF document similar to our current Measurement Certificate, which we just have to file in the blanks?
We can do better.