The Consultancy

This contract will be awarded to the proposal which best meets our minimal requirements while carrying us forward towards our vision.

Our minimal requirements are these:

All our archives content must be exported to text files.
Our maintenance programs must be revised so they keep our text files (.txt & .csv) current in real-time on a webserver.
We need a user interface so others can help in the maintenance of our digital archives.

For purposes of this RFP, the following terms are defined.

"Consultant" refers to whatever firm, individual, or consortium undertakes this work.
"Client" refers to the Chairman of the USMS History and Archives Committee, Carl House, who created the systems as they are today.
"User" refers to the Vice-Chairman of the USMS History and Archives Committee, Barbara Dunbar (dunbarlaw@aol.com), and to others who will be users of the system at a later time.
"Executive Committee" refers to the USMS Executive Committee, for whom Sally Dillon is our liason.
"USMS" means United States Masters Swimming, Inc.
"H&A" means the USMS History and Archives Committee.
"R&T" means the USMS Records and Tabulation Committee (Pieter Cath is Chairman, TopTen@usms.org).
"WebMaster" refers to the USMS WebMaster (Jim Matysek, matysekj@usms.org).