[Gdeaver]

It might make more sense to think of First INC. not as a non-profit corp but as a franchise. We have bought into the franchise. Each team and regional-district are responsible for our own business finances. Think of registration fees as franchise costs. For MAR the biggest driving factor to go to a district model was the cost of the Philadelphia and old Trenton-NJ. regional. The money just wasn't there. Now, based on several problems over the past couple years, First needs to take some of that big wad of cash they have accumulated and invest in the franchise product that we bought into. FTC is one area they really need to work on the franchise product. This whole thing is based on sponsorship and volunteerism. What really pi---- me off this year was the product they sold us could not be administered by volunteers. I'm taking about the refs and field reset. They could not handle it. Many of the volunteers we all rely on are on the verge of walking away from First or all ready have made that decision. First caused us to to burn some volunteer capital this year. Not quite on topic but, I felt like venting a little.