I understand, I know I dont have much experience. I have done my research, I will contact a delegate as Julian said, however the venue is like this: I know for sure at CCBC Catonsville campus, we are just trying to secure a room there; We don't know which one we can have yet. Really, I just know there is quite the demand for competitions in maryland so, I'd like to organize. As far as problems, the biggest problem is the lack of timers. So, thats what I really need help with.
I will save you the trouble of reaching out to a delegate--you have one reaching out to you! I regret, however, that I will probably not be telling you what you want to hear.
As far as problems, the biggest problem is NOT the lack of timers. The biggest problem is that you have no experience. Your WCA profile indicates that you have been to one competition. Your speedsolving profile (2 posts) indicates that you have even less experience than I initially thought. If I were to delegate a competition in Maryland (as I have before), I would provide the timers, displays, stopwatches, cube covers, etc. However, unfortunately for you, I have no desire to delegate a competition with no experience. I wasn't at River Hill Spring 2011, so I don't know, but did you judge or scramble? Did you help plan the competition? Did you help the competition progress in any way? It takes a lot of work and planning to run a competition and I am unwilling to drive 4 hours there and 4 hours back to delegate a competition for an inexperienced organizer. Even the experienced ones are lucky that I travel that far.
You may have better luck with Tim, but I doubt it. There was supposed to be a River Hill Fall, but due to the timing of the planning, it wasn't able to happen. I am fairly confident, however, that there will be a River Hill Spring.
Feel free to host an unofficial competition, but until you can gain some experience, I don't anticipate you hosting a WCA event.
On a side note, Julian and Collin, +1 to you both.
