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Permalink Reply by Brady on July 26, 2011 at 3:25pm

Interesting.

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Permalink Reply by Mike McGinness on July 26, 2011 at 10:25pm

Interesting? No, ridiculous. 7 months before the next USBC and drop the bomb on us now not even 6 months since the last NWRBC. Makes recoverying financially to send competitors again DAMN tough, let alone plan coffees and presentations.

 

Sure it's convenient for planners to schedule it concurrently with Coffee Fest in Seattle. But damn inconvenient for real life coffee businesses recovering from the expenses of competing less than 6 months ago.

 

Yeah, I'm pissed as an owner who had planned on sponsoring two competitors this time instead of one at a cost of over a Grand each. Less than two months away. What BS. I'm about fed up with this crap.

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Permalink Reply by Joshua Longsdorf on July 27, 2011 at 8:22pm

I think 8 weeks is plenty of time to prepare for regionals. I know plenty of people that have done it in less. Make a training schedule and stick to it and you'll do fine. Also it's a level playing field since everyone in the region get's the same notice. Besides if you win you'll have plenty of time to prepare for nationals.

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Permalink Reply by Jason Haeger on July 28, 2011 at 8:42am

I feel Mike's pain.  

 

Competing is expensive and time-consuming.  The only ROI most businesses will see is whatever staff value they get back from the baristas whose way they paid.  

 

Competitions, in my experience, never seem to be convenient or easy.  There is pretty much always some kind of a glitch that you have to look past if you want to have a positive experience.  I'm unable to look past a glitch so easily.  Either it's professional, or it isn't.  If it is, then do it right.  If it isn't, then what's the point?

Do it for fun, and nothing else.  

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