<<ACF is not a corporation; it doesn't have officers, a stable of writers, and a bunch of precise guidelines. Basically it's four or five guys who are trying to do EVERYTHING themselves, not for glory (and certainly not for money), but because they want to put on a good tournament. I think the reason there are only a few people in charge is because they're the few people who care enough to do something to keep ACF going. The guys running ACF are students like everybody else. Given that they're going to classes, taking exams, writing papers, preparing lesson plans, grading and all the rest of it while simultaneously trying to edit packets into shape, I'm not terribly surprised that they don't have the time to ruminate on every last contingency. If people are genuinely concerned about the perceived insularity of the ACF direction, maybe they should offer to help: the more people involved, the more open ACF will be. But if nobody volunteers, then of course the core of contributors will remain small. >> I think that the fact that ACF is not a corporation should make it very attractive in principle to the QB population. Obviously, there are a lot of obstacles to those four or five guys who are trying to put this together every year and it is understandable that they will often be pressed for time. A thought that I had is that perhaps there could be a small group of people who serve as some sort of state coordinators for ACF, and help out in the various regional tournaments. After all, if four or five guys can get together to put on a national tournament, surely four of five in every region could help coordinate Regionals and lighten the load for those who coordinate Nationals. Jerry who got his ass kicked at ACF Regionals in California this year but who still enjoyed himself immensely
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