Subject: I have a suggestion for the scheduling of local pageants so as to open as many pageants as possible to all contestants. Divide all authorized locals into 2 groups---east and west. Equal number in each group. No more than one pageant in the east and one pageant in the west would be allowed to be scheduled on the same night. New pageants authorized after the division of locals into groups would be assigned to the appropriate group, and would have choice of remaining dates equally with all other unscheduled pageants in their group. Dates would beapproved by the state pageant on a first-come first served basis, but again, no more than one eastern and one western pageant on the same night. Thoughts?
