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That still remains up in the air, with the heartbreak that Columbia lost the regional to Clemson.
After taking a weeklong break after Okra Strut, we will be starting our regular meetings again on Monday evening.
There have been a few discussions already but nothing decided yet.
Some have expressed interest in Chesapeake, Florida and staying with Palmetto but there are a lot of factors involved before deciding.
Good time to start a poll for the team.

D5, post which regional you would like to see us attend this year and why you would like to compete there.

Please leave all the disagreement postings out of this poll and express your opinions during the upcoming meetings to discuss them in person.

This is only for where you want to go & why.

I suppose I can make a passable case for Chesapeake.  I attended Chesapeake last year as a volunteer, which left me with some impressions about the event by comparison with Palmetto:

The venue: Chesapeake is held at the Halsey Field House on the campus of the US Naval Academy.  It's old, and it sprang a couple of leaks over the event, but I thought it was a good venue overall.  I haven't been to Littlejohn Coliseum, so I can't comment there--but I have been on Clemson's campus, and as a traveler I know which one I'd rather visit.  As a further bonus, Chesapeake allows food from outside to be brought into the pits.  Advantage: Chesapeake

The teams: Honestly, I thought the two were pretty well-matched.  You've got some elite teams, a decent-sized midrange, and the smattering of BLTs that don't do much beyond move.  The teams at Palmetto might know the team better, but name recognition alone doesn't do much for teams.  Advantage: Draw

The drive: Columbia to Clemson is 138 miles on Google Maps; Columbia to Annapolis is 513.  In my 27-MPG car at $2.60 a gallon, that fuel cost is $26.58 compared with $98.80--but remember that you're splitting that several ways across the occupants of a particular vehicle.  I've done the drive to Annapolis in one day, though it would require extra hotel nights on either end unless you have some dedicated drivers. Advantage: Palmetto

Hotels: Priceline shows hotels in Clemson for $66 a night, $50 a night if you're willing to go 20 miles out.  Annapolis is showing $84 a night. Advantage: Palmetto

Dates: Palmetto is Week 5, which is District Five's spring break.  The last time 1293 attended a spring break regional, a good portion of the team was gone on trips here or there.  As a mentor of 1618's squad last year, I wholeheartedly encourage getting as many hands on deck as possible.  Chesapeake on Week 3 allows for that, while still giving FIRST enough time to sort out the field's early-season bugs. Advantage: Chesapeake

In my mind, Chesapeake stands to be more of a sure thing this year in comparison to Palmetto.  The main advantages Palmetto has over Chesapeake are financial ones, and many of them can be offset or reduced through fundraising and planning.  It might mean washing more cars, doing more demonstrations, or just generally hitting the bricks, but it can be done.  (Or, at least for the sake of the Capitals, I hope it can be done.)

Spring Break... though sounds great in theory (won't have to miss school) It wouldn't be the best idea going then b/c of all the missing people

But also going to Atlanta or where ever does cost gas money, then again we planned on going to a second regional.

Thus stated, if our fundraising does as well as we hope, we can easily make it to Chesapeake Bay which should be fun (i. e. bush gardens!!!!!!!)

Let me start by replying that fundraising is at my house on Friday at 11am! Also, could this topic be moved to the regional section of the forums?

I also wrote there that we are for sure going to Palmetto, as it is still the closest Regional. Anything else WILL be raised by us.

Thanks, Emily.

I talked wiht Mr.Orr today about whether our registration fee could be given directly to Chesapeake rather than Palmetto. (In the event that we are unable to do both, which would still be preferable, yes?)
The only thing that would make the difference is the cost of travel. I need to research, call bus companies and hotels, etc., to find out the exact difference between going to palmetto and chesapeake. Once that is done, we will go from there; it is up to the district as to whether they would also be willing to pay that difference. I should have an answer by next week (it would be sooner, but b/c of 3 day weekend, Mr. Orr won't have a chance to contact the district until at least Monday). Just wanted to let you all know that I am looking into this, even though there probably won't be much more to say until I get the estimates.

I was already thinking of that. As nice as it would be to attend on fundraising alone, it's near impossible with the high cost of regional registration, in addition to travel expenses. Hopefully, the leftover costs will be small, but there will most likely be something that we will have to pay ourselves. Just trying to make that as little as possible.

also we could do something similar to the way the band does it, individuals fundraise say like patron sales and the profit goes to the individual cost until their cost is covered, then the rest goes to the band, and the sponsors go to the team as a whole and that is divided among the team members and other costs.

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