US Nationals 2014 - Jersey City, New Jersey - August 1-3, 2014

why does no one believe this is possible? i have a good venue idea that has held competitions before, and i know how to handle sponsorship. but most of all: I AM NOT LETTING NATIONALS GO. I know to lead. I have the passion, the motivation, and the drive. PLEASE let me do this.

IMSLOW1097 said:

why does no one believe this is possible? i have a good venue idea that has held competitions before, and i know how to handle sponsorship. but most of all: I AM NOT LETTING NATIONALS GO. I know to lead. I have the passion, the motivation, and the drive. PLEASE let me do this.

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I think you need a more coherent plan. It's possible for anyone to run nationals, but no one is going to listen to you until you actually talk to the people on your organization team who you volunteered without them knowing and give accurate evaluations of venue costs, capabilities etc.

IMSLOW1097 said:

why does no one believe this is possible? i have a good venue idea that has held competitions before, and i know how to handle sponsorship. but most of all: I AM NOT LETTING NATIONALS GO. I know to lead. I have the passion, the motivation, and the drive. PLEASE let me do this.

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It is a great idea to have an east coast nationals.
All you need to get together is a team of 5-10 people who are willing to co-organize. There are several organizers on the east coast that would be willing. Contact these people, have a strong team of people. The more people on your team the more appealing it is for them to want to take on the task. Share all your ideas publically, such as your venue idea, sponsorship, costs, ect. Your hardest part is going to be trying to prive to the community (and Tyson) that you and your team are able to organize this event

Sharing ideas is easy. People can talk about venue ideas all they want, but if nobody does anything about it, it's not going to happen. That's the hard part.

If only I was older >__>
If anyone holds a serious offer for the D.C./mideastern state area, I'd love to help out.

I actually have a few points to my plan:
1. I have a great connection with some delegates, such as Mike Hughey and Jim Mertens, who i can assume would love to help me organize this. I also know some other organizers and prominent cubers in the east coast/midwest area, including John Brechon, Anthony Brooks, Keaton Ellis, Albert You, and others. I could definitely create a decent group of organizers with this group of people.
2. I have a venue in mind: Liberty Science Center.
2a. I know the president of Liberty Science Center, Paul Hoffman, personally; we met while i was helping out with LSC's cubing demo at the Association of Science and Technology Centers convention (ASTC) in columbus last month. He is very into learning more about the cube and speed cubing.
2b. They have 2 large ballrooms at LSC and many other board rooms; the largest ballroom seats 800 people and is 11,000 square feet (by comparison, the Archie griffin ballroom at Ohio State held 1100 people at 17,000 square feet, and had lots of leftover space).
2c. LSC will be holding a rubik's cube exhibit starting in April of 2014. This would be great to coincide w/nationals!
3. i know the owner of E3cubestore personally (he sponsored the New albany 2012 comp), and i know a guy who knows Eric Zhao very well. We could very well have both of these guys sponsor.

IMSLOW1097 said:

I actually have a few points to my plan:
1. I have a great connection with some delegates, such as Mike Hughey and Jim Mertens, who i can assume would love to help me organize this. I also know some other organizers and prominent cubers in the east coast/midwest area, including John Brechon, Anthony Brooks, Keaton Ellis, Albert You, and others. I could definitely create a

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And what if they don't want to help out/ can't go?

I've toyed around with the idea of LSC, but there are definitely some logistical concerns.

AustinReed said:

And what if they don't want to help out/ can't go?

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I know at least 2 will, and i have a few more people who i know would be interested who have organized. And, come to think of it, what if they do?
Also, it would be greatly appreciated it you could please not type so condescendingly.Thank you.

IMSLOW1097 said:

I know at least 2 will, and i have a few more people who i know would be interested who have organized. And, come to think of it, what if they do?
Also, it would be greatly appreciated it you could please not type so condescendingly.Thank you.

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He's not being condescending, he's being realistic.

JasonK said:

He's not being condescending, he's being realistic.

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sorry, i got a bit carried away. but is it really his job to play devil's advocate?
Also, all i ask is to be taken seriously. please just do so.

IMSLOW1097 said:

sorry, i got a bit carried away. but is it really his job to play devil's advocate?
Also, all i ask is to be taken seriously. please just do so.

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I'm playing the Devil's advocate because you have to prepare for the worst case scenario. Last thing we want is 3 judges trying to judge 200 people.

IMSLOW1097 said:

sorry, i got a bit carried away. but is it really his job to play devil's advocate?
Also, all i ask is to be taken seriously. please just do so.

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We are taking you seriously. And we're asking that you seriously consider the questions presented to you. In stead of getting all defensive and calling people condescending and such, DO something about it.

IMSLOW1097 said:

Also, all i ask is to be taken seriously. please just do so.

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it's somewhat hard to take you seriously with the username of IMSLOW1097...

I think that unless you are either a delegate, or have experience similar to that of a delegate (I would say a few non-delegate organizers in the US qualify, but not many), you probably shouldn't be volunteering to run US Nationals.

Also, I think that if you are proposing plans here that involve other people without discussing it with them first, you're demonstrating a lack of sufficient maturity to be running US Nationals. Prior to responding to this thread, you should probably have already put together a team similar to the 8-person (or so) organizational team that has run previous US Nationals and have a good, realistic venue planned for which you have already verified suitability for the size and nature of the competition, possibility of availability, and reasonable cost.

Bro, I don't think you know quite what goes into organizing such a huge event.

Just an idea: Regional competitions in North America each year, with one big North America Open (or something) once every two years.

uniacto said:

it's somewhat hard to take you seriously with the username of IMSLOW1097...

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You haven't met Aaron.. until you have met Aaron.

bluecloe45 said:

You haven't met Aaron.. until you have met Aaron.

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Is that a good thing?

And sorry....I was pissed for other reasons last night. Sorry for being so defensive. I just wanted to help. If people want to talk, please count me in. I'm obviously not suited for the task.

Honestly, I would prefer it being not in Vegas partially because... Its Vegas.

Also, it would be for a third year in a row. To me, half the fun of big competitions like this is that they normally travel from place to place and you get to visit different places.
If it's in Vegas again, I might not come (my dad might not want to bring me because we've already been there twice for 2 large competitions).

PS: I almost volunteered to run it, but then realized I can't, since I'm in Canada.

IMSLOW1097 said:

And sorry....I was pissed for other reasons last night. Sorry for being so defensive. I just wanted to help. If people want to talk, please count me in. I'm obviously not suited for the task.

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Don't be mad. In contrast to most of the replies in this thread you tried to be productive and helpful. I actually disliked most of the reactions you got very much.

Mike has a very valid point though that you should read again and review for yourself. But besides keep up your attitude and your motivation and you will be able to organize some great competitions in the future!