regualtion of nationals (team # limits)

[Carolyn Duncan]

O.k. here goes. As far as Dean buying an island, there are islands off the new england coast that are bought often (Dean already has one) there are also hawaiian islands and islands near canada and in the Florida keys. If he were to buy another island it would obviously have to be sizeable. He would have to have some sort os hotel arrangement, maybe buildings minus the room service, yes that means everyone would have to pick up after themselves. He could build the necessary buildings for housing competition and other needs. As far as transportation to the island, he currently has a helicopter to his island, this would not work for FIRST, but there are many things which would need to be looked at before deciding on one. For instance: the size of the island may be able to accomodate a runway if the island is far off shore, a ferry could transport to a nearby island, etc. you all see where I'm going with this. The registration fee would most likely go up but would it be worth it? The other thing which should be considered is how many people a team should be allowed to take to compettion with them. Smaller teams would allow for more teams. I don't know if any of you took the servey from disney but one of the questions sticks out in my mind, how likely would you be to attend nationals were it on 2 separate properties? That would be a tough one. How would they split between the properties?
C~ya,
Carolyn