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We were encouraged to have a Week 6 CMP. Additionally, it gives our teams who qualify for St. Louis more time to plan. Also Week 7 is Easter. We had an event on Easter weekend last year and are happy we can avoid that this year.

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Please... let 1114 and 2056 come to this event. All the Michigan events will be too full for them to get in. IN is the next best option and they'll be forced to come to IN for inter-district play. :D

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Given the economics of inter-district play, it makes perfect sense for IndianaFIRST to make those slots available if they can manage it. And I certainly see a northern event getting more of those plays since they're closer to FiM/Ontario. (A southern event wouldn't have nearly the same effect on North Carolina, since the western district event there had exactly 24 teams and that's before considering the Tennessee-and-Kentucky-sized distance in between. Georgia? Even worse. MAR/Chesapeake/NE? It's basically a wash at that point.)

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This was really helpful! Now I can kinda better understand how our team comes up with its budget for this year. Lol thanks Logan!

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Oh man! That is a huge bummer. Unfortunately, it's difficult to coordinate this with other district areas, especially FiM, due to how large FiM is. I'm sure that they're restricted by some of the similar things that we are: venue availability dates being the first.

I really hope that we are able to still get some teams playing back and forth. INF teams can play in FiM week 2, without getting points for it. And FiM teams can do the same in INF. So it's a good practice opportunity.

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No worries, we'll get it right next time, Carolyn. In the mean time I agree having the INF event at Penn HS is good for many teams that want to cross the border. Someday, mine will be one.

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Yea this one is a little goofy. For those wondering it's called that because it's in St. Joseph County. Wouldn't be as confusing if they weren't the same weekend, but at least that means no one is going to both.

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Thanks for reaching out Richard! Brett has done so as well. We would love deeper coordination between the teams in our area. Lets chat about how we can do this. Tim D. has been a great connection point; we all can do more to connect our teams. grant@michianafirst.co -- get with me there and we can coordinate : )

A third play for MI teams is certainly able to be played in Indiana!! We'd love to have MI teams in, we usually have a hand full each year. I am happy to connect you with Renee Becker-Blau about wanting to jump into an IN district event.

Looking forward to meeting more of your team this year! Volunteers, Mentors, and Outreach Events; lots of resources to connect on!

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Looking forward to deeper connections between teams in the Michiana area! : ) Great communities all over southwest, MI have various teams sprinkled into them and their families/sponsors are connected with the northern Indiana area; same vice-versa. This will be a great chance for teams beyond our area to learn more about the strengths these communities bring to the table.

Good clarification Mike; indeed the IN district is named for the county while the MI event is named for the venue. More interestingly, Mishawaka has a high school named St. Joseph (where the event is not), and MI has a county - just north of the IN district event - named St. Joseph. haha : ) good synergy around here! Lots of connections and similar influences in our area!

Be well. Onward.

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Ditto. Love it.

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Looking to make more of that happen. Creating the connection point for us to practically make that happen is what we see starting here. Incremental steps forward : )