Greetings Elves of Sector 5. I’m at the North Pole awaiting the start of the Elf Supervisor meetings.

When I arrived here there was a packet of information sitting on my desk in the little cubicle they give us here at North Pole Flight Command. In the packet is a report called “Sector Status”.

It is a report that give updated numbers related to our sector from last Christmas and it compares that information to what they know about the sector as of today.

It has statistics such as how many believers are in our sector, the average delivery time for Santa’s sleigh, etc. Some of it is very boring information.

But some of it is interesting as it relates to elves.

For example, after a winter of reviewing records and activity from last Christmas, they tell us that as of today, we have 31,485,231 tracker elves working in sector 5. At the time Santa delivered last year we had more than 50 million tracker elves tracking Santa for Santa.

Where did they all go?

Well, some were never active in the first place. Some people sign up to be elves then never show up to work.

Some just quit during the season.

Others leave because we ask them to because….of behavior issues.

Some we just lose track of. They move and we can reach them and we don’t hear from them again.

This is all interesting information.

It tells me what we need to work on in the months ahead.

Now, I have no idea what direction Elf Crash Murphy is going to give us this weekend. I don’t know yet what Santa wants of us as tracker elves and I don’t even know if we will hear from Santa himself.

But this report gives me some clues.

I can tell you right now I have a number in my head of how many elves I want reporting come November 1st.

Why do I want a new number of elves?

Because strength comes from numbers. As the biggest Sector on the map in terms of elves every year we know our information for Santa is going to be better. More elves reporting simply means better flying information for Santa.

And that’s important.

Because Sector 5 is not just the biggest sector for elves but it is also the sector that has the most believers.

Do you realize what that means?

It means Santa has to work harder and faster in our Sector than anywhere else in the world. It means he has to do more in our Sector than in any other sector.

And he gets to our Sector LAST.

So, having the number of elves be very high in Sector 5 is very important. It is the start of getting Santa all the information he needs to be successful.

So here’s my prediction: one focus will be on recruiting new elves in Sector 5 this year.

I’m excited by the new recruiting process put into place by Santa and Elf Moe here at SantaTrackers.net. An elf can come here, sign up as a Junior Tracker, and prove himself.

If he or she is good, I get to promote them to the Elf Community and make them a North Pole elf.

I don’t know yet how that works. I’m sure they’re going to tell us.

It’s a screening process for sure. But I like being a part of it. I can’t wait to hear more about it.

As usual, the quality of our reporting needs to be top notch. I think that’s one of the biggest parts of being an Elf Supervisor.

Right now, as we head into July, the process of building great reports – and thus great information for Santa – begins by assembling a team of elves that will work with me in the Regional Tracking Center. Then comes the announcement of the location of the Regional Tracking Center.

By the time the 1st of August rolls around we will be in that new tracking center, somewhere in Sector 5.

And we will start reporting things for Santa.

I hope you’re ready!

The Regional Tracking Center Committee has convened to begin the process of determining locations for this year’s regional tracking centers.

Each of the world’s five sectors needs a location for a regional tracking center. Months in advance of Christmas an Elf Supervisor and his or her team are dispatched to the regional locations to begin the work of scouting for Santa.

In this capacity they gather information to aid Santa and North Pole Flight Command in coming up with a good flight plan for Christmas.

Everything is taken into consideration for the particulars of every sector: the weather, the countries, the centers of population and the number of believers in each area. Months of information gathering and flight planning go into preparing for Santa’s Christmas Eve ride through each area of the world.

We are asking for suggestions, via the form below, from trackers who live in each sector. Here is the criteria we are using as a wish list for a good candidate of a regional tracking center:

1. We need a safe building large enough to house up to 500 elves who will work in the regional center.
2. Security is important. The building needs to be in a safe area. It needs not only to be large enough but able to be secured from the inside and the outside. All utilities used for the building (power, water, etc) but also be secured.
3. High speed internet access, preferably via ground cable, needs to be available. Satellite and/or Starlink, of course, is an option and will likely be installed as a backup if not already available.
4. Good 5g local cell service needs to be available.
5. A local good supply of fresh vegetables and fruits needs to be available.
6. Available land surrounding the center for the purposes of setting up sleigh landing zones is preferrable. While a good local airport is always an alternative for frequently arriving and departing sleigh flights is an option we do prefer to have enough real estate right next to the regional center for convenience in operations.
7. Access to local universities, museums, and historical repositories is preferrable for research purposes.
8. Nearby recreational facilities, national parks, nature preserves and other locations for elf off-time recreational purposes are a nice feature to have.
9. A good variety of restaurants where local cuisine is offered is preferrable.
10. A warehouse for receiving shipments, personnel transports, and supplies of water, provisions and equipment as part of the overall property is required.

While North Pole Flight Command is open to the idea of using locations that have previous served this purpose the goal in every sector is to find a new location each year. With so much time spent in these areas it helps the collection of knowledge and data about each sector expand by using new locations each year.

While it is nice to have a regional location with a Christmas-related name it is NOT required.

We will accept your nominations for the regional locations until May 31st, 2025. Regional tracking center location nominations will be researched, scouted and reported on by the Regional Tracking Center Committee through the end of June 2025.

Announcements of this year’s locations will happen during Christmas-in-July.

Thanks.

Your Elf Name *

Your Elf PIN *

Sector You Are Making This Recommendation For: *

• Sector 1
• Sector 2
• Sector 3
• Sector 4
• Sector 5

Name of the City, Town or Village You Recommend for a Regional Tracking Center *

Send it to North Pole Flight Command