[NSRCA-discussion] redistricting

[George Kennie]

You mean to tell me they don't have a ferry?(BG)

Bob Kane wrote:

> Don't ignore the presence of Lake Michigan. While it
> seems logical to include Wisconsin and Minnisota with
> Michigan (ala AMA district 7), in fact they are quite
> a drive.  Also, all but one pattern flyer are located
> within an hour of Detroit.
>
> --- George Kennie <geobet at gis.net> wrote:
>
> > Happy New Year everybody!
> >
> > A little bit ago I got a post from Cathy Reuther and
> > it dealt with
> > the districts as currently arranged.
> > I got scratchin' my head over this and felt that
> > there were some
> > extreme geographical inequities placed on some
> > districts. I got out
> > my atlas and got looking at the U.S.and marvelled at
> > the distance
> > one would have to travel in some districts to attend
> > a contest in
> > "your own" district.
> > In some districts the states seem to be smaller
> > while other
> > districts are composed of states that are voluminus
> > in their
> > geographical area.
> > One area that caught my attention is district #2. In
> > my estimation,
> > district #2 seems to have a lower frequency of
> > scheduled events
> > which appears, to me, to be a function of the fact
> > that the area is
> > too limited geographically. With a slight expansion
> > of their
> > geographical area this shortfall could be corrected.
> > Anyhow................. I got studying the U.S. map
> > and came up with
> > the following reconfiguration:
> >
> > District #1,
> > Me., N.H., Vt., Ma., Ct., R.I., N.Y., Pa., N.J.,
> > Md., De. (no
> > change).
> >
> > District #2,
> > D.C., Va., W.Va., Oh., Ky., Tn., N.C.
> >
> > District #3,
> > S.C., Ga., Fla., Al., Ms., La., Ar.
> >
> > District #4,
> > Mich., In., Il., Mis., Ia., Wi., Mn.
> >
> > District #5,
> > N.D., S.D., Wy., Neb.
> >
> > District #6,
> > Kan., Co., Ok., N.M., Tx.
> >
> > District #7,
> > Ut., Az., Nev., Ca., Ha.
> >
> > District #8,
> > Wa., Or., Id., Mt., Ak.
> >
> > Now before you get yourselves all in a tither and
> > rip me up and down
> > for not being all that sufficiently wound, get out
> > your atlases and
> > take a look at how the size of all of these
> > districts compare
> > against each other and you will find that in almost
> > all of these
> > areas the distances required for one to travel to
> > it's remotest
> > parts appears to be quite similar and much more
> > equitable than the
> > current arrangement. Additionally, it's possible
> > that the proximity
> > effects may even generate greater contest
> > origination within
> > district confines as now one is free of the extended
> > travel
> > requirement.
> >
> > Hey, it's a quiet New Years day around here and I
> > had not much else
> > to do so I decided to stir the pot a
> > little,...........and besides
> > maybe someone can come up with something better.
> > Better is always
> > good.............
> > Georgie
> >
> >
> >
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>
> Bob Kane
> getterflash at yahoo.com
>
>
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