[Al Skierkiewicz]

Re:Tanis see above...
Bryan,
I looked at your list and thought immediately as to what MN actually needs. So if we think about needing to satisfy 208 teams with at least two events plus a district championship, and figuring on 30 teams/district event...
That would require 14 events. Over a six week season, that would be more than 2 events each weekend plus the Champs at the end of the season. Thinking about growth and including Dakota teams, let's bump that to 16 events. So that means MN First has to find a lot of venues/high schools and cover maybe 300 volunteer positions each week. The numbers start to get staggering don't they?
I am not on the MN RCP, I am just brainstorming what it will take because Brian's post started me down this exercise. So going into something I am more familiar with, we would need 15 inspectors on average per week including three LRIs. We certainly cannot ask people to work every week but say they can commit to two events, that makes a need for about 45 inspectors including 9 LRIs. Then there is the need to provide meals. 300 people needing just four meals per weekend (It is actually more than that) adds up to 7600 meals including the Champs. Throw a number at that ($10/plate but likely more) and you get $76,000 just for meals. Add to that venue costs, cleanup, fields, scales, and a need for 900 volunteers, etc. I think people can see this is something that can't be accomplished overnight.