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Originally Posted by rich2202
Regarding Venue:
A lot of Districts are held in High School Field Houses. Brookfield East, Brookfield, WI, has a nice new field house, that could possibly be used.
It seems like most Districts are Friday/Saturday. I'm not sure if WI schools are ready to give up their Field Houses on a Friday when school is in session. So, Sat/Sun events with setup Friday afternoon-evening?
Where would the WI Championship be played? If at the UWM Panther Arena, wouldn't that be the same cost as a regional? 2nd venue in the Milwaukee area? Or, same as the 1st venue?
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Idealy I'd like to do what New England does and run mostly Sat Sun events. This gets rid of students and teachers missing school and mentors having to use vacation time.
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Originally Posted by rich2202
Regarding Staffing:
To run 3 events, the Distrcit will need a major step-up in volunteers, especially in key positions. I could see 3 Head Refs, and 3 Lead Robot Inspectors rotating between the 3 District Events (they would be regular refs, and regular robot inspectors when they are not the head/lead).
Other positions (Announcers, FTA, CSA, Scorekeepers, etc.) are just as important, but don't need as many per event as you need Ref's and RI's.
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I had several talks with key individuals in several districts in St. Louis this year and they are more than willing to send people to help volunteer and train if necessary.
Also Michigan requires each team at each competition they attend to supply 2 volunteers, this is another fantastic way to build up the volunteer base. I can speak from experience that parents love to volunteer if your team isn't big enough to sacrifice 2 members.