You would not believe the strange things that happen with numbers when you start manipulating them.
Each entry form is given a number as it comes in. The numbers for the draw are them pulled out of a bucket and matched to the numbers given to the entries. Every single stake in every single event is dealt with individually - the handlers just need to deal with it.
ALSO - ANYONE IS INVITED TO ATTEND A DRAW TO WITNESS, and I have always encouraged people to do so. You may ATTEND; not INTERFERE, as I have had happen in the past, with drunk people showing up at the school where the draw was being held. I have a letter from Gordon about that.
The draw is SO randomly done - I shuffle around the entry forms before they are numbered, etc. - that I really get tired of people complaining about their numbers.
No matter how I pick the numbers - by hand out of a bucket or with Research Randomizer - SOMEONE is not happy.
Maybe next time you can call me with your request . . . NOT.
Anyone who knows me knows that I will not change the running order to suit people.
Thanks,
Sondra Daisey
PS - Ask Nancy Sills if you don't believe me. :lol: