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Re: Indiana going to Districts for 2015

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Originally Posted by AGPapa View Post
Ontario had 5 regionals last year, and they are adding a new one this year. The district system would not change the number of events, and the swich to two-day events would decrease the number of volunteer hours needed.

Apparently you missed the part about having people (in charge) willing to make the jump. It is not just about the event volunteers but also about the hours needed for all the logistics and preparations needed for District events vs the traditional Regional. It is also about the equipment needed for District events.

I guarantee that if the people who run the events in the Ontario area had approached FIRST and said that they wanted to join the District System, and had a viable plan to make it happen FIRST would have approved it. The fact that they approved the IN mini-district model shows FIRST's commitment to the transition to the District System.

FIRST actually approached the PNW with the desire for us to move to the District System for the 2013 season but we didn't think we could make it happen, in a high quality manner, in the time that we had after they suggested it. So we stuck with the traditional Regional events for 2013 and started gearing up to move to the District System for the 2014 season. The number of people working behind the scenes, and the number of hours involved was quite significant.

To expand on what others have said when an area switches to the District System they are responsible for many things that FIRST handles for Regional events. Negotiating contracts with the event, procuring the field, transporting the field, negotiating a contract with the AV provider or obtaining the equipment and providing the staff for the AV production. There also needs to be a plan for storing the equipment between events and during the off season. As I told a number of people from FIRST who came to our events, at CMP and the Global Community Conference the switch to districts gave me a whole new appreciation for the things that FIRST headquarters does for the Regional events that WFR was now responsible for. That was just during the transition season where FIRST actually supplied a number of items and support that they will not be doing for our second season.
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