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[nuclearnerd]

Originally Posted by waialua359

I am not sure submitting a ranked list is what I would want either.... If we sign up for an East Coast event Week 1, our next event choice priority would be to find something else as close as possible.

Forgive me, but I don't understand the objection. Wouldn't ranking "East Coast Event" first, "close events" second through whatever capture your intent? You could adjust your priority list for the second draw after learning the results of the first.

[waialua359]

Originally Posted by nuclearnerd

Forgive me, but I don't understand the objection. Wouldn't ranking "East Coast Event" first, "close events" second through whatever capture your intent? You could adjust your priority list for the second draw after learning the results of the first.

It would work, if you didnt factor in not wanting the 1st event anymore because you couldnt get your 1st choice.
Based on the current system in the past, it has allowed me to pick and choose what I want, cancel when I want, and then repick somewhere else. The suggested system puts everyone on the same time block for preferences vs. on the fly in trying to secure a spot at an event.
Having the ability to choose, based on the number of remaining slots available is a strategy to try and ensure you get all of the package of events you want to participate in.

[mathking]

I would like to see a system where each team submitted a first and a second choice or just a first choice. Try to give as many teams as possible their first choices, using a lottery or auction model, whatever seems appropriate. This would allow regional directors to use some of the slots that are held back to place teams earlier. (Ex: If there are 10 slots held for late registering rookies and nearby teams, and four nearby teams were unlucky and didn't get one of the open slots, they could get one of the reserved slots.) Give teams their second choice if possible and they selected a second choice. This would allow teams to submit a ballot by the given date, and the system could spit out the results. A little work by the people at HQ and the regional directors and they publish a list of who got their slots where.

Then a few days later let all of the teams that have not yet registered for a competition resubmit a request for one of the still available slots.