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I have been somewhat hesitant to bring this up, but there was a lot of discussion about it in the thread for new events this year, and I felt I should at least take a survey to get a feel for what people really think.
I would like to start by saying that I am not sure I will implement anything from this discussion by 2020. It is pretty likely that, unless the opinions expressed here are overwhelming and very large, I will merely take them as advisement for possible change in 2021. I already will have a lot to do for 2020 by having to add at least one new event (and probably two), and I'm not sure I want to commit to changes to the relays as well. But it makes sense to start a discussion about it.
One reason I am hesitant to make changes to the relays is that we have already had churn on this in the past, and I prefer continuity in the weekly competitions if possible. From 2010 through 2016, 2-6 and 2-7 relays were discontinued, and by popular demand, they were brought back in 2017. I wish we had simply left them in place during those years; I certainly don't want this sort of thing to happen again if possible. I feel it's better to move slowly on such changes, especially since the weekly competition doesn't really hurt anyone by being too many events. I prefer to be somewhat slow to add new events, and extremely slow to remove them.
PLEASE NOTE that the poll here is merely to gauge opinion and interest. It is not in any way binding. Again, I will likely not make any changes to the relays for 2020. But if I see a particularly significant consensus opinion desiring a specific change here, I might consider making the change in 2021. And I won't rule out the possibility of a 2020 change if the response is truly overwhelming and the reasoning makes sense to me.
Please discuss any opinions or ideas on this topic in this thread.
I would like to start by saying that I am not sure I will implement anything from this discussion by 2020. It is pretty likely that, unless the opinions expressed here are overwhelming and very large, I will merely take them as advisement for possible change in 2021. I already will have a lot to do for 2020 by having to add at least one new event (and probably two), and I'm not sure I want to commit to changes to the relays as well. But it makes sense to start a discussion about it.
One reason I am hesitant to make changes to the relays is that we have already had churn on this in the past, and I prefer continuity in the weekly competitions if possible. From 2010 through 2016, 2-6 and 2-7 relays were discontinued, and by popular demand, they were brought back in 2017. I wish we had simply left them in place during those years; I certainly don't want this sort of thing to happen again if possible. I feel it's better to move slowly on such changes, especially since the weekly competition doesn't really hurt anyone by being too many events. I prefer to be somewhat slow to add new events, and extremely slow to remove them.
PLEASE NOTE that the poll here is merely to gauge opinion and interest. It is not in any way binding. Again, I will likely not make any changes to the relays for 2020. But if I see a particularly significant consensus opinion desiring a specific change here, I might consider making the change in 2021. And I won't rule out the possibility of a 2020 change if the response is truly overwhelming and the reasoning makes sense to me.
Please discuss any opinions or ideas on this topic in this thread.