Post by schlager7 on Mar 23, 2010 17:47:57 GMT -6
This is reference to material already mentioned in the thread, "Lost in Translation?"
After a couple of emails and a telephone meeting with a functionary of the Harris County-Houston Sports Authority on Monday, here is what I have pieced together.
A sports umbrella organization in Mexico is sponsoring a series of athletic competitions here in the United States. Houston is one site. Los Angeles is another. For the Houston events, they are contracting the Harris County-Houston Sports Authority. There will be a number of athletic competitions. Fencing is only one of them.
The competitors are to be either Mexican nationals or no more than one generation removed (at least one parent being from Mexico), who would be willing to fence under the aegis of Mexico. I am thinking a Mexican Junior Olympics type event.
They are on a limited budget. (Yes, I know, as their website states, "The Harris County - Houston Sports Authority oversees the debt service for three magnificent stadiums: Minute Maid Park, Reliant Stadium, and Toyota Center. All three state-of-the-art facilities were built on time and within budget. Houston's venues are amongst the best in the United States.") This specific project would seem to command a budget well below operating 30 minutes of any of those three venues.
Then, too, we are fencing. We are used to this.
The material/personnel requirements of the Mexican organization are:
3 pistas de malla de bronce o acero
3 mesas de doble cara
3 aparatos de registro de toque
6 carretes conductores
6 líneas de interconexión
1 equipo de sonido
Árbitros - 10
2 Directores Técnicos
2 Armeros
(Leaving it in the original Spanish works better for fencing than the English translation... unless that last item really does mean they want 2 gunsmiths.)
I am asking for some other outlooks at the above. The HC-HSA still indicates that their best understanding of the information from the Mexican group is that this is for an event with 30 fencers. Personally, I look at the list and see a request for equipment that matches 3 fully equipped grounded strips, 10 referees, 2 on the tournament committe/Directoire Technique and 2 armorers.
They could not tell me if this would be all three weapons or whether it was gender segregated (although I am presuming both). Ten referees seems large, but the HC-HSA had no clear information on how many people were fencing what events.
As stated, this project has a small budget and covered the cost of purchasing three grounded strips with scoring equipment and it seemed to me this was above their planned expenses. I have advised them to contact the Houston Athletic Fencing Center regarding a site with all their material need in one place. I truly think renting from Louise will be a softer budget-blow than buying all the required gear outright.
The date of this event (and I confess to being interested in seeing it) is still in flux. As of yesterday, the Mexican group was intent on June 2, 2010... which is a Wednesday, making the personnel requirement s harder to come by.
I will happily post more news as I learn of it. If anyone else out here has any input, thoughts or more information, please post it here. I would also be interested from folks outside Houston with any input regarding any similar projects in the past.
After a couple of emails and a telephone meeting with a functionary of the Harris County-Houston Sports Authority on Monday, here is what I have pieced together.
A sports umbrella organization in Mexico is sponsoring a series of athletic competitions here in the United States. Houston is one site. Los Angeles is another. For the Houston events, they are contracting the Harris County-Houston Sports Authority. There will be a number of athletic competitions. Fencing is only one of them.
The competitors are to be either Mexican nationals or no more than one generation removed (at least one parent being from Mexico), who would be willing to fence under the aegis of Mexico. I am thinking a Mexican Junior Olympics type event.
They are on a limited budget. (Yes, I know, as their website states, "The Harris County - Houston Sports Authority oversees the debt service for three magnificent stadiums: Minute Maid Park, Reliant Stadium, and Toyota Center. All three state-of-the-art facilities were built on time and within budget. Houston's venues are amongst the best in the United States.") This specific project would seem to command a budget well below operating 30 minutes of any of those three venues.
Then, too, we are fencing. We are used to this.
The material/personnel requirements of the Mexican organization are:
3 pistas de malla de bronce o acero
3 mesas de doble cara
3 aparatos de registro de toque
6 carretes conductores
6 líneas de interconexión
1 equipo de sonido
Árbitros - 10
2 Directores Técnicos
2 Armeros
(Leaving it in the original Spanish works better for fencing than the English translation... unless that last item really does mean they want 2 gunsmiths.)
I am asking for some other outlooks at the above. The HC-HSA still indicates that their best understanding of the information from the Mexican group is that this is for an event with 30 fencers. Personally, I look at the list and see a request for equipment that matches 3 fully equipped grounded strips, 10 referees, 2 on the tournament committe/Directoire Technique and 2 armorers.
They could not tell me if this would be all three weapons or whether it was gender segregated (although I am presuming both). Ten referees seems large, but the HC-HSA had no clear information on how many people were fencing what events.
As stated, this project has a small budget and covered the cost of purchasing three grounded strips with scoring equipment and it seemed to me this was above their planned expenses. I have advised them to contact the Houston Athletic Fencing Center regarding a site with all their material need in one place. I truly think renting from Louise will be a softer budget-blow than buying all the required gear outright.
The date of this event (and I confess to being interested in seeing it) is still in flux. As of yesterday, the Mexican group was intent on June 2, 2010... which is a Wednesday, making the personnel requirement s harder to come by.
I will happily post more news as I learn of it. If anyone else out here has any input, thoughts or more information, please post it here. I would also be interested from folks outside Houston with any input regarding any similar projects in the past.