Shalako said "division (state)" so I followed suit.
I have no issue with doing it by Department. Might be easier at first.
As for the usage of the terms Department, Division and State - no argument from me. The original idea was to organize the GAF by multi-state regions only and Bvt Brig Gen Scotsman decided to use Departments. I considered using Division as was used by the late 19th century Army organization, but after learning that several folks had flags made up - I didn't want to negate their efforts by renaming the Departments to Divisions. As we grew and grew it became necessary to find more organizational titles - thus what we have now. That said, if my War Council, of which you are a member, would like to recommend we redesignate the Departments as Divisions, the Districts as Departments, and the Divisions as Districts, in keeping with what it should be, I'm ready and willing to listen.
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I've noticed that the Department of the Missouri refers to States as Division's, and I know in the Atlantic we have three organizations of several states known as Districts (Northern, Central, & Southern). I know I had suggested this District organization to Col. Schmitt for adoption to maximize the efforts in the Atlantic, and we are still working on them, but I think they offer some better results seeing as that we might not have as many members in S.C. however when you combine S.C., Ga., & N.C. (and so on) you have more who are closer and able to attend a few more events together, and expand on it from there. It's the same theory used by the Confederate Government when they created the Department of Georgia, South Carolina, & Florida, which had within it the District of Georgia, the District of Florida (which was later split into three districts being Northern, Southern, Middle if memory serves me right), and in S.C. due to the various areas it was divided into 7 Military Districts. Anyways this sounds like a discussion for another subject though, and I just thought I'd chime in with my two cents on organization.
I know as far as Division (Districts here in Atlantic) competition I sort of like the idea, and hope that we can work out the details next year for a Department Muster where the three Districts could compete against each other, I think it would be well worth it to give it a try even on a trial basis, and watch with much curiosity to see how it works at the National Muster.