pic: Districts in Minnesota Flyer

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by jessss

This flyer was not meant to sell people it was meant to educate teams.

Then I believe it does a very poor job. To me, education implies acquisition of knowledge, not indoctrination with propaganda. This flyer, which presents everything as benefits and fails to mention either costs or roadblocks, qualifies as propaganda. It is a great piece of salesmanship, but it is not what I would call educational.

I can accept that you think you are informing teams. However, from the point of view of the organizers, and as seen by someone who knows how the sausage is made, you are selling people on the idea of Districts in a way that misrepresents the situation and makes it sound like a simple choice is all that is necessary in order to proceed with the change.

Originally Posted by jessss

We were trying to educate teams about what districts would do for teams.

If that's the goal, then the flyer should start by saying "How do districts benefit teams?" instead of "What are districts?" It is not "A simple district system guide". It completely glosses over what I consider the biggest fact of implementing districts: a greatly increased number of competition events. It ignores the need for a larger base of volunteers. It barely mentions the idea of qualifying for the District Championship, and completely misses one of the best benefits that I can think of: the criteria make it likely that a consistently good team will qualify to attend the World Championship, even if it is consistently outmatched by a few outstandingly good teams.