Thanks to Engage and Websong for their support. It provided current news, games, and other information in a timely manner. A new area for beginners has recently been implemented. As of the deadline for this report plans are to hire Jaderiver Designs to maintain and develop the site. The remaining problems, including timely updates of ratings, TLAs, news, and other information, should no longer be a problem.
Alternative measures are also in place in the event of further delays.
The web is now truly a mass media publication and the issues involved with the web site are becoming more editorial than technical. One idea was to hold a competition among volunteer programmers to develop DOS, Windows, and Mac versions acceptable to the office, the CIC, and Tournament Directors. Calls for volunteers were made and several people have volunteered for this project. The other idea was for USCF to get out of the software production business and simply certify third party software for use in submitting rating reports. Certification would be based on output submitted to the office.