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Originally Posted by Frank
I recognize this will be perceived as a partial measure by some, and I agree with that assessment.
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Count me in this "some". It is certainly a positive measure, but just as certainly an incomplete measure. Teams which are geographically in a district can come to "my" regional and earn a trip to CMP, but my team is systematically denied a chance to attend a district event as a "practice event". If I were in an area which could realistically go districts, and this was an incentive (e.g. TX, CA, MN), I would at least get the point. Much of the U.S.A, and most of the world outside the U.S.A, is in a place without the depth of development infrastructure (mentors and sponsors, not to mention volunteers) required to support a district model.
Edit: On the other hand, our team has been positively influenced by teams visiting from both "potential" district areas, as well as "actual" district areas. No matter how things are played, there will be a border between the two models until/unless everywhere that people live (both on and off earth) is in a district. Even then, things will not be even.