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The ones that should be shame walking them out ARE the chaperones

I know Safesport was much discussed during the member-mistreatment discussions in the past. That said, can you (or someone else who is knowledgeable) remind me how long this training takes, and what it costs to get someone properly trained? Is it a box that contract-drivers could complete in an hour or two, or is it more involved, with background checks and such?

If you decide to do this, please coordinate with the Corps food staff first.

Life is a sexually transmitted condition with 100% chance of mortality.

If you’re giving cookies, especially homemade, give enough for the entire bus (or guard).

Is that what I’ve been smelling in the background?

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My comment was in reply to another comment suggesting that $150k is a rounding error for organizations w/ $10m budgets.

And handling it artfully is easier when you have a $100k soundboard and professional audio engineers who tour with the Corps.

But every $150,000 you can save adds up. How many Corps right now would like $150k to put towards fuel costs for 2026? When they developed their budget for the 2026 tour, fuel was only 2/3 of current costs.

Boston may have figured it out; how many other Corps have local performance groups that bring in $ to fund the DCI Corps?

Opaqueness and deflections in communications from corporate DCI? That never happens. /s.

Grandson plays travel baseball. They have local fundraisers and have a sponsorship deal with a local restaurant. It’s an easy sell because all of the players are local (within a 15-20 mile radius). The parents kick in a lot as well. The problem with Drum Corps following this model is that very few members of any Corps are from the local area - How many BAC members are from within 50 miles from Boston? How many Phantom members are from Illinois (let alone Rockford)? Hard to sell to local businesses if none of the members are local.

This was the first-ever DCI Chief Judge I was referring to

I’m a scientist; I want to see numbers.