What does a slate mean verses a region? My DS BGO said that only about 10 appointments from our region (region 4) have been given out ( mostly recruited athletes/ principal noms and LOA) and typically they have 40+/- appointments from this region. He said he would put my DS in the top 10-15 of the candidates remaining. Of course this sounds like good news but that was about 2 weeks ago. Can anyone explain what a slate is ( is it MOC) and what region is? Do they review candidates in the national pool by region? Also how many regions are there? Confused