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     If this has already been brought up in the past then disregard. I have been out of the loop for a few years. I had a thought about being able to apply for Redemption Tournaments online. I believe that the paper application could be made into an electronic fillable form (drop down windows and such) and payment could be made directly to Cactus through whatever means Cactus is currently using for payments. I believe this would alleviate the current 6 weeks application period and, quite possibly, shorten it to 2 weeks. This seems to still allow ample time for Cactus to receive, approve, ship and for the tournament Host to receive supplies for the tournament. I believe this also addresses the shorter notice Tournament pinch also.
    Hosts could be issued a Username and Password for this area as a precautionary authentication step. This doesn't necessarily need to replace the paper Tournament Application, but would provide a, possibly, more streamlined ability apply.
     I may be over simplifying what is actually necessary to make this happen. What say you?

Godspeed,
Mike

     I am thinking there is a lot more to this than I imagine, else it would have been done a long time ago in this age of technowonders. I can google like a son of a gun, but not much more. The reason the idea came to me was because I use fillable forms a lot at work and just finished writing out a Tourney Application when the idea hit... "There should be a way to combine the two and possibly streamline the application process." I just threw out the 2 week idea fishing, it can actually be whatever Rob believes will be best for the Redemption Community.
     Like I said earlier, if this idea has already been floated, discussed and laid to rest then disregard all I have said. No feeler will be hurt on my end.

Godspeed,
Mike

If nothing else, you could convert the tournament application to a fillable PDF and email it.  This is actually fairly easy to do.  It would save a few days over being mailed, plus the cost of a stamp and envelope.

People mail their tournament applications 

     If this has already been brought up in the past then disregard. I have been out of the loop for a few years. I had a thought about being able to apply for Redemption Tournaments online. I believe that the paper application could be made into an electronic fillable form (drop down windows and such) and payment could be made directly to Cactus through whatever means Cactus is currently using for payments.

I think this is an excellent idea. It is an realistic project and could be a real service to the community.

I believe this would alleviate the current 6 weeks application period and, quite possibly, shorten it to 2 weeks. This seems to still allow ample time for Cactus to receive, approve, ship and for the tournament Host to receive supplies for the tournament. I believe this also addresses the shorter notice Tournament pinch also.

I do not think this is a reasonable expectation. The bulk of the application period has nothing to do with the delivery time for the application form (which is what you are minimizing).

As a next step, you should probably contact Rob and ask him what features he would like to see in the application that would make things easier on the Cactus side.

Once you have a concrete plan in place let me know. I am willing (and able) to help on a project like this if help would be appreciated.

I just sent off my application for a Winter Seasonal promo tournament for my playgroup. Filling out the PDF form the old fashioned way reminded me of this topic. I directed Rob here in hopes that after the holidays it's something he can mention to his web team.