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Re: Current Districts Map. Who is next?

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Originally Posted by cadandcookies View Post
To be clear, I'm not claiming that it's easy (it's pretty obvious that it's harder than I can fathom or try to solve through writing words on the internet). I just think that it might be the case that Minnesota isn't organized in a way that makes it easy to train volunteers quickly (both inside and outside regionals). Add that to the exterior perception that there's a lot of robot politics going on that make it difficult to volunteer in a meaningful way, and at least from the outside looking in, the path seems unclear at best for how we'll actually get to districts, regardless of all the fantastic people currently involved with volunteering at FRC events here.
You know, if I was in your shoes, I might consider volunteering at a position that might allow you to move up towards one of those key positions in a few years.

Getting someone fully trained and ready isn't really easy anywhere. According to FIRST's own guidelines, I could apply for a head ref position at a regional; I've got the two years (at two events/year in my case) and most if not all of the rest of the requirements. According to me, I ain't anywhere near ready for that yet! (And I'd bet the other refs I've worked with--including the head refs--would say the same thing.) I figure maybe a couple more years before I even try to put in for that, if I ever do.

But, the primary reason I started reffing was because I figure that once districts arrive out here, a lot of refs are going to be needed. I haven't been wrong, though that's been because the first year was AA, and last year was a new event. (I added a second event late in both years.)
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