[Philmont]: Changes in trek lottery coming?

I received an email from a friend here in Houston whose troop is trying for
Philmont in 2004 or 2005. I thought I'd post an excerpt from his email as I
wonder if anyone else is in the "know" about changes in the lottery system.
Here is what my friend wrote me:

<To add to Dan's comments: I talked to Philmont yesterday, and the
procedure for the 2005 treks will change. Basically, they are going to a
Web-based entry system with a lottery to select the Crews/Troops that will
go on the 2005 treks. They are still debating the procedures and rules
(e.g., they haven't decided whether to exclude units that have gone on
treks in the past year or past 2 years), but they promise to have things
"nailed down" in July.>

The issue of the call in and it's fairness has come up here before and my
interest is not to just rehash this issue. Can anyone contribute to the
validity of the above excerpt?

YOF
Chris in Houston

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Received on Tue May 6 13:25:06 2003