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Originally Posted by Vikesrock
Minnesota probably has close to enough teams, or will very shortly, but the problem I would see with using this system here is key volunteers.
Most of the key volunteers for the two regionals we have now are still imported from what I know. I believe only the LRI at 10k Lakes was from Minnesota out of the 2 LRI's, 2 Head Refs and 2 FTAs.
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For LRI Jeff (10K regional) is from MN, Chris (North Star) is from WI, and Al (not LRI at either regional, but a great aid is from IL). For Head Refs, Dick (10K) is from MN and Chris (North Star) is from IL. For FTAs, I don't know who it was at 10K, and Chris (North Star) is from IN. (Yes, the LRI, Head Ref, and FTA at North Star all had first names of Chris.)
In fact, going further, at North Star, the majority of inspectors and refs were from out of state. At 10K, most of the refs were from MN and I do not know about inspectors (Jeff can probably mention if he sees this thread).
In addition, in asking Mark Lawrence about this during the weekend, he said it was a ways off in MN because creating a 501 c3 is not something that is on the radar.