How do I help my area move to districts?

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As requested by both cadandcookies and JABot67, this has been moved to a new thread.

I've titled the thead as "How do I help my area move to districts?", as that seems what the general question/topic discussion was about in the Districts 2017 thread. I also believe it would be beneficial to the readers of ChiefDelphi to have a discussion on how you can help your area move to districts. Who do you contact in your area to join the RPC or train in Key Volunteers? How do you become involved at the planning level and what are some best practices to do this?

I've also included the original comments below.

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

Instead of helping to yell, help to get the work done. Join your regional planning committee. Recruit and train key volunteers. Approach other districts about the process involved in switching to the district system. Etc.

Sometimes trying to join the RPC or help train in key volunteers isn't as easy as it should be.

I was pm'd this document by recent alumni in the state of Minnesota. I am told that it is given to all of the recent FIRST alumni attending a specific University by the RPC. I was also told that these students have all but stopped volunteering at FRC events in the state because they feel that they are not wanted/liked. The document seems fairly professional but I could understand how if it was presented in the wrong way it would burn some bridges.