First I would like to make it clear to everyone that I have no intention of making it just an umpire site. It never was and it never will be. The reason I had posted a message here is because there are a lot of non umpires in this Forum. Also it seems to me that this is now the Forum for softball people.
I have thought of trying to incorporate a lot of what you've suggested but more on the lines of links rather than duplicate what already exists. Perhaps I'm thinking of the site as being a sort of resource center.
The site is a .org and I have never received nor asked for any kind of compensation. I did once list some vendors because I was asked to by some softball people but I don't want to do that again. I don't object to advertising I just don't want to rely on it or make the .org part meaningless.
I am only interested in amateur fastpitch. Some will disagree with me on this but I don't consider NCAA or ISF or the Olympics (anymore) to be true amateur softball. BTW If I didn't mention it I am the only person working on this.
There are a few things you've suggested that I hadn't thought of and I will try to incorporate them.
If anyone wants to contact me directly you can visit the web site (
http://www.fastpitch.org) and use the feedback form to send me your thoughts and suggestions. You can also email me directly at clbuffalo - fastpitch - org.
I do remember the Fast Pitch Forum and wish it was still with us. I also remember the good old days of RSS and RSO. I'm not sure anybody can recreate them but this is a good Forum.
Thanks again for the suggestions.