Experience promoting districts in Minnesota

[Lil' Lavery]

Originally Posted by Aren Siekmeier

To echo another thread, the teams should be the focus.

Should the teams be the focus? Or should achieving culture change be the focus?

Granted, those two are typically going to go hand in hand. But if underlying circumstances create an environment in which greater cultural change in the surrounding region can be achieved by fewer higher profile events, I don't think it's the wrong call to go that route (presuming the organizers have good reason to believe that's the case).

I'm not saying that's what's happening in Minnesota or anywhere else. In fact, I'd probably wager that, in general, the district format probably does a better job at changing the culture of the surrounding area than the regional format does. However, I am challenging the assertion that the team's experience is the only factor that should matter, which has been implied here and elsewhere. While it's certainly a massive factor, giving a service to the teams is not the ultimate goal. The ultimate goal is culture change.