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Originally Posted by Jon Stratis

Just a small point... Billfred said they weren't convinced, not that they weren't convinced of the benefits. A lot goes into making districts happen, and it's entirely possibly that they just aren't convinced they can pull it off yet.

I know for Minnesota, at least, a lot of people are working hard to get us to a point where we could feel comfortable switching to districts. But that doesn't happen overnight. Just a few years ago, we only had 1 LRI who actually lived in Minnesota - you can't run a dozen districts with only 1 LRI! We've since expanded and have 4 for this next year, with at least one more in training and another one or two identified as potential LRI's, once they get a little more experience under their belts.

We have similar issues in pretty much every other key volunteer role. We work hard to make sure that we get the right people in the right roles, and I know that we, as a state, won't go to districts until we feel confident we can deliver the same high quality experience at a dozen district events as we currently do at our 4 regionals. We are not currently convinced we can do that, I would suspect something similar for SC.

That is a fair point but right now it isn't clear (to me anyway) that the move to districts is being discussed seriously at a high level. If there are concerns about moving to districts, they aren't being readily shared with teams that could be part of that conversation. Perhaps the dialogue with teams and event organizers will take place this year since our neighbors have moved to districts. There are a lot of great teams in SC that would be very willing to help with that transition.

A SC district would be a small district. We only host one regional, though it is a VERY large event. I feel confident that we could handle three small district events and a championship. There are a lot of great, community driven teams in SC who could make it happen.