No Board or Riot Support for Community-Driven Local Events?
On Riot's new Board system, whether the event is competitive or Social in nature, there doesn't seem to be a place to advertise or spread awareness of efforts and events to bring localized LoL communities closer together. I organize monthly socially oriented LAN parties in NYC and have turnouts in excess of 40 each time (I imagine they could go well beyond 100 - we have the capacity). There's no prize - so we don't qualify for prized event sponsorship.
We all have a good time, try out new champions and tactics - many will even buy new champions. At the end (those over 21) go out for drinks. The best part is that these events have attracted players under level 30 as well as challengers - many keep coming back. Based on my experience, these in-person events have done well in bringing attention to the toxicity faced online and has turned many of the attendees away from escalating online / in-game arguments.
If there was some way I could market this on the LoL website - or if Riot provided sponsorship of some kind for non-Prized events, I think it would do a lot for the community and help even more with attendance.