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Re: New England District Events 2016

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Originally Posted by Brandon Holley View Post
Definitely understand the sentiment. The scheduling constraints this year were very tough (as I sort of outlined above). Late kickoff, Easter on Week 4, and trying to avoid Week 6 to give teams time to plan for DCMP - something had to give, and that lead to more Sat/Sun events.

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Originally Posted by Jessica Boucher View Post
There's two reasons: one is religious-based (faith-based events on Sundays), and some people prefer to take Sunday to unwind after an event. We do our best to get a nice mix of events, but for all the reasons above, it's a tough year in general for scheduling.

The good news is it's not a permanent problem every year.
It's good to know that it's not the intention to make Friday-Saturday events rare (or 'phase them out')...

It seems like it'd be ideal for everyone if there was a nice split of Friday-Saturday and Saturday-Sunday events so that teams could pretty much pick their preference (or if they don't care, they can pick events based solely off week, location, or some other factor). I understand that even if absolutely everyone thought that setup was ideal, working it out in reality would still be a different story!

This year though, it's unfortunate that there are fewer Friday-Saturday events (4), they're located further towards the edges of the region, and only one of them isn't on weeks 3 or 4... it's kind of the 'perfect storm' for us.

Anyway, I'm not trying to sound annoying about all the scheduling, just making sure there's a voice advocating for the Friday-Saturday events... :-) I really appreciate the great efforts that dozens of people put into coordinating when and where the events are held!
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