Woody wrote:

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I e-mailed the person in charge ...

I am not sure who you mailed, but if it was the folks who purport to run the Region, then you are likely barking up the wrong tree.

Anyway, late night rant.. bottom line.. don't waste emails on the Regional leadership...and you should hope that AJV has the time and staff to make it happen once again.

No, I know better than to waste my time...I actually clicked on the link that said "for more information contact ****. The response was timely but has not panned out.

I also know that AJV has put this team together but here are two concerns.

1st--while it is not their responsibility to do so (although an argument may be made that they are giving back what they are gaining from the region as they pretty much rule the region financially, which is fine, free enterprise and all that, but it is nice to see some of it returned) anyhow, because they have done it for the past couple of years, if they are not going to be able to this year, some notice of that would be nice, either so someone else can try to pick up the slack, or so that plans may be made accordingly.

Which brings me to my second concern. If, as in the past, tryouts will be held the night before Regionals, which is also in keeping with the tentative information gleaned from the e-mail I received, then the information really needs to be released earlier than a week before tryouts. The 15's and 16's are playing Regionals in Austin, right? This means that tryouts will be in Austin for that age group. Because a number of very competitive teams from the Houston area in these age groups are already qualified, they will not be at Regionals. This means a decision needs to be made by families concerning whether or not they are going to drive to Austin for tryouts (yeah, more travel) which is also fine, however, it is unrealistic, and in my opinion unfair, to expect us to not even know that we need to make these arrangements until the last minute. Quite a few girls who have participated in LSHP in the past couple of years play for these teams (Tornados and AVA 15's just off the top of my head) that have already qualified. There was some discussion last year about the San Antonio players not being aware of tryouts and feeling excluded last year. I don't how late the info was posted then but if it is not put up until a week before, they are, for all practical purposes, excluding some of these Houston girls, or the BRVC girls for that matter.