**FIRST EMAIL**/2010 Championship Wait List Information

[Sean Schuff]

Originally Posted by GaryVoshol

The Championship payment is due Jan 15. On Jan 18 they should start waitlisting teams that have not paid, and start inviting teams from the current waitlist.

I think Gary has found the balance between giving everyone a fair shot at registering (and paying later without being bumped) and not making the waitlisted teams wait until mid-March to finally be notified they can attend champs.

To be honest I'm not at all happy about waiting until the last minute to make airline/hotel reservations and I have the same concerns that many other mentors have: how do I make sure I can effectively manage all the students at the event? We, too, need to have our students grouped together in the hotel and do not have the ability to fly on more than just a couple flights due to school district policy.

I don't mean to cast stones but is FIRST aware of the many school district policies and procedures that are in place regarding travel? I know they can't satisfy everyone but I'm fairly confident there are some common themes among all of them that should be considered.

Sean