[Jon Stratis]

For MN, I can tell you that our key volunteer base is actively growing, and is also our biggest concern with switching to districts. Back in 2011, there was 1 PRO in the state, and 3 events. Let that sink in for a minute.

Since then, I became an LRI in 2012, and have identified (so far) 5 additional LRI's, two of which handled events this year, one was in training this year and will have an event next year, one is figuring out work stuff this year, an will hopefully be able to commit next year to training, and the last is getting ambushed at champs next week to be asked to step up.

Thats huge growth in the key volunteer base (from an inspection point of view), and it means that we're approaching feasibility (I see feasibility as requiring no volunteer to do more than 2 events, plus the championship). The remaining problem is... Which key volunteers (almost all of whom live in the cities) are going to be the ones to drive up to Fargo or Duluth (for example) to handle events? A vast majority of our events are staffed by volunteers from the team's at that event - if the teams from the cities don't travel, then we have a real staffing issue in those out-state events. I probably wouldn't have been volunteering in Duluth all these years without my team competing there. It will be painful the first few years we go to districts, but will hopefully then resolve itself.