RE: Re: Private Waiting List

Judy Zachariasen (judyz@gps.caltech.edu)
Fri, 10 Oct 1997 12:43:14 +0600

>How about this. As part of the newly proposed allocation system, those
>individuals who have been on the waiting list the longest get first
>crack at cacellations. This system could be phone automated so that an
>individual could call in and determine if they are up for a cancellation
>by punching in their permit number and a PIN. If they want a
>cancellation, they can initiate the process automatically and follow up
>with a call to the Park Rangers office. Just a thought.
> ERW
>

I might go for something like that as a compromise system. How long does
NPS wait before they open the date to anyone? Seems that at some point, if
the date hasn't been taken by people high on the list, they'd need to make
it openly available in order to use the launch. And are those people who
are "up for a cancellation" ranked or just pooled? Would it just be
something like the top 100 permit numbers are in the cancellation pool;
they have two weeks to call in with a first come first served allocation of
the date among those 100; after that, if the date is still not taken, it's
a free for all and anyone on the list can call in?

OK, now I really am done.

J.

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