We value the experience that alumni of Destination ImagiNation bring to appraiser teams.  That is reflected in California Creativity's long-standing policy to allow appropriate exceptions to Destination ImagiNation's requirement that Appraisers be 18 or over and no longer in high school.

What changed last season is that we will no longer automatically accept youth appraisers for the team-supplied appraiser for state finals.

It worked up through 2008 to allow them, but in 2008 we learned the hard answer to, "What if lots of teams supplied youth appraisers?".  That's why state finals team-supplied Appraisers must be over 18 and no longer in high school.  Trained and experienced youth Appraisers not affiliated with a team may register for state fnals as an Appraiser — make sure not to specify a team number.  Contact the Affiliate Challenge Master for the challenge in which you served at regionals about what your responsibilities would be at State Finals, so there are no surprises.