multiple kick off is the way to go
As the number of teams keep growing, Holiday Inn won't be able to host beyond a certain amount of people, although there are still a lot of space... Especially at Dean's house.
The way to do it is to set up different regional is to have the multiple fields set up at different region of the country, and have a big video conference between the different places. Which mean they will need someone like NASA to help with the video conferencing, and they will need to have different fields built and kits shipped along with those fields to all over the country. Well, they need multiple fields built for different regional anyway...
The advantage of this is that different teams from all over the country will have the chance to see the field in front of them at kick off, and get the feel of objects on the field. Students will be able to attend these regional kick-offs too. You have no idea how helpful it was to move the tower and bridge around at kickoff. The video conference will allow people to listen to Dean and Woodie speak, and listen to the questions from other regions.
As for the works shops, they can always ask teams to do some of the work shops at different regions. Last year, I remember Dr. Joe and Milke Martus were the speakers of some of the workshops...
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