Blog post:Frank Answers Fridays: August 29, 2014

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Originally Posted by sanddrag

The even registration process was an issue before, and seems like it may be an even bigger one now. This is especially true in California. Some veteran teams who attend two events have to make the decision of which to register for first, at the risk of missing out on available spots at the other. It's not an easy decision to make, and as far as I know, there is no great method to predict one's likelihood of getting into any particular even when capacity is raised for second-round registrations.

So the bottom line is, I can't be sure where to register first because I'm not sure what will be full or open during the second registration window. How do we fix this?

This is one of the biggest problems we face as a "middle-resourced" team. We now have enough sustained funds to attend two events, but are not able to travel extensively...so when the viable choices fill up, where do we go? To compound this, many of those nearby choices end up in back to back weeks...something we would really rather not do (and I'm sure our schools would rather us not do as well.)

I'm not sure a bigger reserve is the answer to this problem...seems to me it's going to make it worse. The only answer I can see is either bigger events, or more events.