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How about this(the organizers may choke!)
Have 2 contests one after the other.
Region 9 Sports with emphasis on newbies first and whoever else wants
to come second.
Include in this a Rookie School for the new guys.
6 Day contest Sunday to Friday
Region 9 Super Regional
FAI classes - only have a Sports Class if FAI won't fill.
6 days Sunday to Friday
You can't enter both unless they don't fill.
2 50 glider contests provide 100 entry slots- should be no whining
about
getting in.
Try to get a couple entrants from each contest to help the other with
organization
and grunt work.
The benefit of this is that much of the infrastructure comes and gets
better utilized.
You just can't wear out one or 2 people doing this.
Karl and Iris did this a few years ago and it was a huge success. BUT
you gotta spread
the work out.
UH

Clearly the best approach for the short term. But it does ruin a
perfectly good RAS winter rantathon.