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Permalink Reply by Mike McGinness on February 25, 2010 at 5:37pm

I'm not from the SW Region but that would SUCK! But I fully believe the reason given. Last year I looked into getting a ballpark what it would cost to Host a Regional and it'll easily be a few years 'til I can swing it. IIRC I'd have to shell out of pocket a bare minimum $10k, augmented by me (The HOST) finding offsetting sponsorship funding.

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Permalink Reply by Trevor on February 25, 2010 at 6:01pm

Yep, was canceled. Lack of sponsor.

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Permalink Reply by Jared Rutledge on February 25, 2010 at 6:34pm

i was in the chat room during the SERBC finals and ellie matuszak confirmed it was cancelled

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Permalink Reply by Alexis Kepford on February 25, 2010 at 7:29pm

This makes me have a huge sad.

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Permalink Reply by Mark Harrell on March 1, 2010 at 2:16pm

There needs to be contingencies for this type of problem.."lack of sponsorship". Maybe.. smaller low key competition that doesn't cost 10k. On a region like this with a small amount of participants that should definitely be the case. A blemish on the entire competition if you ask me..and a bit embarrasing for our region. Or if this is forseen merge it with the West to have somewhere for these talented Baristas to compete.

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Permalink Reply by rothko on March 1, 2010 at 3:31pm

two years ago we had the southwest compete in austin at the same time as the south central.

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Permalink Reply by Jesse Bladyka on March 1, 2010 at 10:15pm

Southwest Baristas are always welcome in the Mountain Region!

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Permalink Reply by Joe Marrocco on March 2, 2010 at 9:47pm

That's what I'm talking about!! Too bad Midwest is over this year, or I'd send out the same offer!

Jesse Bladyka said:

Southwest Baristas are always welcome in the Mountain Region!

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