The Fantasy Tech Group is now up and running with goal of facilitating communication among the technofiles in the industry. Founded by Randy Burgess, Don Van Demark, and Kevin Goodfellow, the goal is to get the technology experts behind the scenes talking and collaborating, much the same way that guys running the fantasy sites have been doing for years.

After watching the companies take turns making the same mistakes year-after-year, I think this something that is long over due in the industry, and eventually lead to better products and innovations.

Below is the introductory email and invitation from the Fantasy Tech Group. If you are interested, head over to Fantasy Tech, and join.

At the recent FSTA Chicago Conference, a small group of “fantasy sports tech” folk had lunch and discussed forming a user group related to the “techies” of the industry. Thus, a few of us have started the Fantasy Tech Group to bring together the segment of developers that work in the industry on the tech side of things.

We don’t want to make this a complicated social network that tries to rival your Facebook friends list or flood your Twitter stream with statements like “I just ate a sandwich and fixed the waiver system code.” We do want to make this a site that allows for some talk across the wire regarding fantasy sports technology and the folks that work on it.

Here is what you DON’T need to do:

* Pay any fees
* Be a member of any association
* Consider yourself to be a tech guru

Here is what we HOPE you will do:

* Create a profile at http://www.fantasytech.org
* Introduce yourself on the forum
* Send us suggestions to make the group better or get involved
* Pass this email along to other fantasy tech developers you know

If there’s one thing we noticed at the conference, the fantasy sports business folks know each other pretty well, but the fantasy sports tech folks are a disconnected bunch. Hopefully, this group can create some better dialogue.

Randy Burgess, Don Van Demark, Kevin Goodfellow
info@fantasytech.org

http://www.fantasytech.org