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Re: Missouri and Kansas rankings

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Originally Posted by holygrail (Post 1260860)

Columbia or Lawrence would probably be a better bet than Jefferson City. That way you have MU and KU to offer up space and volunteers. Plus, college towns are fun.

Or Springfield might be kinder to the teams in the southern part of the state. Also a college town...

Re: Missouri and Kansas rankings

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Originally Posted by vhcook (Post 1260888)

Or Springfield might be kinder to the teams in the southern part of the state. Also a college town...

Or even Rolla, which has the Missouri University of Science & Technology. Hopefully between students & an Army base they could come up with enough volunteers. :D

What do we do with the Illinois teams that traditionally come to STL? We'd also miss the periodic visits of the Iowa, Arkansas, and Oklahoma teams that come to GKC. Something else to address.

Re: Missouri and Kansas rankings

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Originally Posted by Jaxom (Post 1260936)

What do we do with the Illinois teams that traditionally come to STL?

We'd also miss the periodic visits of the Iowa, Arkansas, and Oklahoma teams that come to GKC. Something else to address.

Add southern Illinois to the KSMO district system! Say all the teams from Springfield IL on down.

Also include Iowa and Arkansas. Not sure about OK, they might want to join a Southwestern district system (i.e., Texas, Louisiana, etc.) instead.

All this speculation highlights your main point -- the teams are spread thin geographically. A strong district system should have at least five events, but more would be better. One event per twenty teams fits the FiM model, which is working well up here and in MAR right now.

All this speculation makes me miss my old team, and my old planning committee, back in St. Louis. Fun times ahead for you folks, I wish I could be there. :(