On Monday, July 21, 2014 7:44:41 PM UTC-7, SoaringXCellence wrote:
Noel,



You need to mention that Chris is the Chef for the dinner, the attendance would really go up!

Yes, but sadly we can't afford to ship Chris around the country to other people's XC mentorship events. ;-) ...Between the Ephrata clubhouse and a few of the cooks (like Chris and also Becky Newgard), we certainly have some advantages up in Region 8!

On a slightly-more-serious note: Even with Chris cooking both types of event, its worth noting that the mock-contest format draws about 1/2 the total entrants as the free-to-enter Mentorship events. So I really see the event format itself being a big attraction.

--Noel