Hey NHRA! Communication is important

KRatcliff · 10-11-2023, 11:04 AM

Proper communication can alleviate a lot of problems in all aspects of our lives from business to relationships. Poor communication is most often an unforced error.

We see that played out by the powers that be in the NHRA especially in the Tech area. I am not sure if it is from not caring, arrogance, ability, or someone simply has not shown them how to communicate effectively. Not all their decisions are bad, but they have effectively turned a good decision into a bad taste in many mouths due to poorly communicating their reasoning in way to many instances.

Another example that drives me to distraction are the emails that we get from the NHRA about national event registration and divisional registration. Can someone send them back to email school? It is a major faux pas to use multiple colors, fonts, and poor flow when drafting these emails. They are an alphabet soup.

I have been writing business emails that are financially critical for many years and not once have I used any of those methods to get the information across. Have mercy!

While I am on this rant. Can someone remove whoever is in charge of IT at the NHRA? There is no indication that anyone proofs the end product. Live Timing rarely starts on time. Detailed results are hit and miss whether they include all the runs. The entire engagement between the racer and the NHRA via any of their tech portals are archaic. These are just a couple of examples.

Rant over.

10-11-2023, 11:04 AM	#1
KRatcliff Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 763 Likes: 75 Liked 524 Times in 141 Posts	Hey NHRA! Communication is important Proper communication can alleviate a lot of problems in all aspects of our lives from business to relationships. Poor communication is most often an unforced error. We see that played out by the powers that be in the NHRA especially in the Tech area. I am not sure if it is from not caring, arrogance, ability, or someone simply has not shown them how to communicate effectively. Not all their decisions are bad, but they have effectively turned a good decision into a bad taste in many mouths due to poorly communicating their reasoning in way to many instances. Another example that drives me to distraction are the emails that we get from the NHRA about national event registration and divisional registration. Can someone send them back to email school? It is a major faux pas to use multiple colors, fonts, and poor flow when drafting these emails. They are an alphabet soup. I have been writing business emails that are financially critical for many years and not once have I used any of those methods to get the information across. Have mercy! While I am on this rant. Can someone remove whoever is in charge of IT at the NHRA? There is no indication that anyone proofs the end product. Live Timing rarely starts on time. Detailed results are hit and miss whether they include all the runs. The entire engagement between the racer and the NHRA via any of their tech portals are archaic. These are just a couple of examples. Rant over. Last edited by KRatcliff; 10-11-2023 at 11:07 AM.