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If Indiana can make it work with 52 teams and less than 2% of the FRC populus, then anywhere can make it work. Israel is the same size, Florida isn't much bigger.

I thought we'd see California, Ontario, Minnesota or Texas go before a small state, but I'm eager to see how districts work in smaller regions.

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I agree. Seeing Indiana move forward with this does give great help in setting the tone for similar size and team density states. I still see Florida waiting for the extra 40 teams to get to 150 before we go to districts.

I too thought we would see the other "FIRST Power States" go to districts before some of us smaller ones.

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Isn't it easier to work districts with less teams? Less teams means less events means less volunteers needed.

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I hope so. We'll find out ;)

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There were actually only 62 teams in Florida this year so that extra 40 would only get us to around a 100.

Based on conversations I've had with people in the know districts in Florida is nowhere close to happening, even though I think it could work within a year or two.

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My understanding is that FIRST wants a minimum of 100 teams for a district. At 1 district event for every 20 teams, that makes a minimum of 5 district events (and realistically 6, since 101 teams would force that). With Indiana at a little over half that number, this would be a unique kind of district model for areas with lower team density/smaller populations.

That being said, it seems that after 4 pages of discussion, there aren't any confirmed new districts for 2015 yet.

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Just for people reading the thread, California is confirmed regionals for 2015.

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At this point in 2011, MAR wasn't confirmed as going to districts in 2012 yet. Things can happen much more quickly than many anticipate. On the other hand, in some regions it only takes a couple well positioned opponents of districts to prevent them from happening.

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We don't have any set details on what the district would be when it happens. I think you might have read the post wrong, we are confirmed that we are staying on the regional model for 2015, not districts.

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You've got me trigger happy :(

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I just hope NY doesn't get any more districts surrounding it before it goes district. Since MAR and NE went district, our event choices have become very limited.

I hope FIRST creates a federal system where they define the districts within a given timeframe, so everyone is on the same page, and no areas get left out.

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With 147 teams in NY, you have more than Ontario and Texas. You are bigger than MAR and just about on par with the PNW as far as team count. Density might be a little iffy, but it can't be worse than some of area's everyone keeps pointing to.

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The FIRST website has Florida listed at 112 teams; that's why I said 40 or so more to get us around 150. I dont see Florida ever going districts till we get around that number of teams. And Florida couldnt be a part of a region like MAR and PNW because of the distance that teams would have to travel.

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On another note, I wonder when teams will have the option to "join" a district not in their area?
We are running out of places to go and fast.

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As cool as new districts are, I'm personally looking forward to how the interdistrict play works out. I wonder how many teams will actually venture outside the region to go play in other districts. For example, I don't think it's really worth the investment for teams to travel far just to play in a high school gym.