NY Districts - POA

[Jessi Kaestle]

Originally Posted by EmileH

Is it a possibility to continue to host one regional in the NY area alongside a district or possibly in NE/MAR alongside districts (since they are a bit more experienced) to allow for teams that want to travel into the US or from other US cities to compete near NY? Or is there a rule that disallows regional events in district-sanctioned regions?

As far as I am aware there is no hard-set rule against it but I don't think it is feasible. By having both a district model and a regional in the same area that means that you are relying on the same group of sponsors for two very expensive enterprises. If you then take into account that Teams in Districts have last dibs on Regionals then you have an event that has little to no "local" Teams.

If we start asking for sponsorship for a event that caters mostly to international and "visiting" teams, then I think we will lose out on a lot of sponsors for the Regional to the District. One of the selling points that is used to gain sponsors is that these students will be looking for work in 4-8 years and they would be good assets to invest in. If those "assets" are no longer local then is the desire to invest in them still alluring?