Current Districts Map. Who is next?

[Bryan Herbst]

Originally Posted by Chief Hedgehog

The next hurdle for MN is St Cloud State University. IF SCSU can come into the fold of MNFIRST - and provide MNFIRST the same ammenities that the UofM does, then Central MN can start to grow additional Volunteers. Until then, we will be relegated to bringing up Volunteer talent in the east - or from WI, IL, etc.

I'm not buying it.

While I fully agree that St. Cloud is a great opportunity for FIRST in MN, I don't believe that starting an event there (or switching to districts) will make more volunteers start showing up.

I understand it has worked in other regions of the US, but we haven't seen that success in MN. Despite the Duluth regionals having been around for a few years, we are still in an incredibly difficult uphill battle to get more volunteers from Duluth to volunteer for Duluth events.