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StuH Nov 2021 11:20am, 22 Nov 2021 4,286 posts	Quote Pin StuH Hallelujah
Spideog Nov 2021 11:27am, 22 Nov 2021 1,257 posts	Quote Pin Spideog looks like news on phone barcodes....... Other than the mention on FWT on Friday that they would have someone from HQ on this week and the briefest mention of the word "barcodes", has there been any other sources yet? Not seen anything leaked myself so far.
shyfire Nov 2021 11:36am, 22 Nov 2021 373 posts	Quote Pin shyfire looks like news on phone barcodes....... Other than the mention on FWT on Friday that they would have someone from HQ on this week and the briefest mention of the word "barcodes", has there been any other sources yet? Not seen anything leaked myself so far. I'd take that as a leak from 'sources' even if it's more of a teaser
DeeGee Nov 2021 11:41am, 22 Nov 2021 21,502 posts	Quote Pin DeeGee I can't say I've read anything. (That doesn't mean I haven't read anything, just that I can't say whether or not I have.) I believe there's a regional daily freesheet that gets the exclusives on this sort of information, isn't there?
PenW Nov 2021 11:41am, 22 Nov 2021 2,361 posts	Quote Pin PenW Email has been sent to event teams.
Spideog Nov 2021 11:44am, 22 Nov 2021 1,258 posts	Quote Pin Spideog Email has been sent to event teams. Was thinking leaving an announcement until a podcast release on Friday was cutting it a bit fine, and just likely to cause more ructions.
larkim Nov 2021 11:48am, 22 Nov 2021 16,108 posts	Quote Pin larkim Bet the barcode band company is upset about a reduction in demand for their products!
larkim Nov 2021 11:50am, 22 Nov 2021 16,109 posts	Quote Pin larkim As an aside, been using my phone barcode with my local running league race where they are using the Virtual Volunteer app to scan in the same way that parkrun do, and that's all been working fine. Though they also made the point this last week that they prefer runners to carry their barcodes in printed format with them for safety reasons! (Ignoring the fact that for years runners in that league have had no numbers or anything to identify themselves as they don't even use bib numbers).
sallykate Nov 2021 11:57am, 22 Nov 2021 8,469 posts	Quote Pin sallykate "We will continue to ask that parkrunners bring a scannable barcode with them in order to record a time, and ideally carry it on their person whilst participating so that their ICE details are easily accessible if needed. From Saturday 27 November, however, in instances where an individual presents a digital version this should be accepted." - extract from the email. I'd maybe use a phone barcode as an emergency backup but will continue to take my old paper one.
Dvorak Nov 2021 12:22pm, 22 Nov 2021 23,762 posts	Quote Pin Dvorak Digital version - doesn't that mean a barcode tattooed on a finger?