Guys, always send a suggestion to an Advisor first. The DLs usually have their hands full with plenty of other issues and tend to say busy enough. That's why there are twice as many of us Advisors as there are DLs.
That said, when it comes to events, the EC team is allowed a lot of initiative in deciding what events we will have and when to schedule them. The DLs keep an eye on the divisional programs, but they don't maintain a day to day management roll in them. That's the job of us Advisors.
Anyway, I'm sure I'll talk to Scrappy some time in the next day or two. I'll be sure to mention this thread to him.