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Originally Posted by madmmac
I have been involved with Destination Imagination(DI) as a parent, Team Manager and the last 4 years as an Appraiser at both the Regional and State competitions.
The Team Leaders as you call them are doing a great disservice to the spirit and intention of the DI program. The team itself needs to make all the decisions as directed by DI rules, not the Team Leaders.
Team Managers facilitate, not decide.
My kids made it to the World Finals 3 times. It is truly an event to not be missed.
If you have the time, start another team. You will not regret it, no matter where the team places. It is the journey, not the destination.
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Ahh, so you know what a great program it is.
My problem is I don't really know if it was her teammates that came to the decision or the Team Leaders. I have my suspicions.
If it was the team then when was the discussion had? Obviously my daughter was not part of the discussion or part of the decision.
Unless they are getting around the rules, spirit, by basically starting two new, smaller, teams so the original one just went away.
There is a prior team leader that is considering doing it again this year but they have not made a final decision. If she returns my daughter will have a team.
Told my wife last night that if she does not return I would step up.
My wife helped run a team a few years ago and she thinks more dads need to be involved as leaders but also did warn me that it is a huge time commitment that may be difficult considering my schedule.
Probably why at least in my neck of the woods it's the stay at home moms who are the team leaders.
We'll see, where there's a will......