Regional Space Shortage

[Mark Sheridan]

Would more people volunteer if the event were shifted to be friday,saturday and sunday? Its hard for me to volunteer when I have responsibilities to my own team at regionals and no spare vacation time to go help another regional.

I feel there is abundant volunteer activities after church on a sunday. If I were inclined to volunteer more and had to choose volunteering at a FRC event thursday, friday, saturday once a year versus volunteering at a soup kitchen on a sunday afternoon; I would pick the soup kitchen. I don't volunteer there any more but I have put in way more time at soup kitchen than volunteering for an FRC event. I don't have plans to change that fact.

[PayneTrain]

Originally Posted by Mark Sheridan

Would more people volunteer if the event were shifted to be friday,saturday and sunday? Its hard for me to volunteer when I have responsibilities to my own team at regionals and no spare vacation time to go help another regional.

I feel there is abundant volunteer activities after church on a sunday. If I were inclined to volunteer more and had to choose volunteering at a FRC event thursday, friday, saturday once a year versus volunteering at a soup kitchen on a sunday afternoon; I would pick the soup kitchen. I don't volunteer there any more but I have put in way more time at soup kitchen than volunteering for an FRC event. I don't have plans to change that fact.

In the case of an argument against switching to district systems, people cite unavailable volunteers. If I could volunteer Fri/Sat or Sat/Sun and not a cumbersome Thu/Fri/Sat schedule in my area, I would probably be volunteering at at least 3 events. I know this is a bit anecdotal, but I don't think it's that far off-base.

[Gregor]

A Friday-Saturday would be my favourite event. Only one day missed of work/school, yet you still get Sunday as a sleep recovery/homework/travel home day.

I'm not looking forward to GTR W being Fri-Sunday. That Monday morning is going to be brutal, and there's no time to catch up on missed work.