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Sure PARC is a big loss for everyone including our wallet, but we will manage our funding one way or another.

Unfortunately PARC had to be ultimately canceled last year due to lack of attending teams and we decided this year not to continue PARC.

Will PARC return at some point? Perhaps.

The are multiple reasons why this decision was made.

PARC was always held the day before Mothers Day. As FIRST grew the date of Championships got pushed back making PARC be too soon after Championships. Changing the date also isn't just a simple as changing the date because of the dates of other off seasons and other events taking place such as proms and school testing.

Also there is only a partial handful of teams within one and a half hours from our event. This means that other teams that want to attend must travel between 2 and 4+ hours to get to us which some teams do not want to do because they can attend many other off season events within a short distance from their home base.

Also as it was mentioned that PARC was NOT the first off season event. However, PARC did set a high standard for other off season events and was running continuously from 1998 to 2010.

222 will still continue to support and attend other off seasons in our area.

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Do you have a date for this one? Website? Contact person?

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Not exactly Mid-Atlantic, but the Bomb Squad's "Ozark Mountain Brawl" is making a come-back in Arkansas. Co-hosted by Team 3612, GearHogs, Springdale High School, Springdale, Arkansas on June 15-16.

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You can get more information on the Ruckus Website here.
The 2012 date & competition information is not posted yet, but you can use the Contact Us page to get a hold of the committee. Its usually at the end of October, in keeping with the Halloween theme :)

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Hi Jim,
We are currently in the process of finalizing the venue for the event. Once we get the venue finalized we will have a date set. Right now the best I can give you is that we are looking at mid October as the time frame for Ruckus. Please contact me if you would like anymore information and feel free to check the Ruckus website after Championships for updates.

Thanks!

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New location? hmmm... Any hints as to where? Also, have you ever thought about using RIT's campus? It would sure save me a lot of travel time ;)

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Does anyone have a date and a website for The Bash @ the Beach competition??

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The 2012 Rah Cha Cha Ruckus will be held at the Dome Arena on the Monroe County Fairgrounds on October 27th.

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Awesome

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I believe this is their site when they post info:
http://www.batb.us/
Technoticks host it, so you can always contact them
http://www.team236.org/
Its usually early october.

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The video stream for the 2012 Connect A Million Minds FIRST Robotics Invitational (Saturday June 23, 2012) will be housed at: http://www.vid.etechohio.net/

It is our understanding that they will keep the link up for a while afterward. As usual, we will burn a DVD for each of the participating teams (and we are going with a different crew than last year, with one result being that the DVDs should be available much more quickly).

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I also believe the Big Apple off-season event is going to return for 2012, but I am not certain. It is hosted at Francis Lewis High School by team 3017 and it is usually held in mid October.

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I've heard from a reliable source that the Bash is going to be on September 29 this year.

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[quote=RoboMom;1156763]6th annual Battle O' Baltimore, Sept. 15, at a school near the Baltimore Beltway. Website will be up after we sign off on the paperwork.

http://battleobaltimore.com/

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It is not in the Mid Atlantic Region but the WMRI is in south west lower Michigan.
It is a one day Saturday event. We are limited to 24 teams but would love to have some teams from outside Michigan compete. We will be giving away 2 FRC batteries, A Multi Battery Charger and a Battery Beak as door prizes. We have reserved one of these for the team that travels the farthest. Check out the following link for further details and registration.
http://www.wmri.info/