Re: 2015 CMP Representation by District/Region
 

We shared at Buckeye and QCR meetings for OhioFIRST that we are looking at two options:

1. Ohio, Western PA, WV
2. Ohio, Western PA, WV, Western NY

We are pulling information together to be able to present to FIRST within the next 6 months our proposal with the hopes of switching for the 2017 competition season.

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Very cool. Good luck.

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Thanks, good luck to you all as well!

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Thanks, it seems like it is happening no matter what now. Just gotta make the transition as smooth as we can for teams.

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Bingo, the colors are fairly arbitrary...

Just for you, Idaho now has it's own category on the spreadsheet. ;)

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Navid, last I checked Indiana is sending 14 teams, not 10. (3 are from wildcards, though). Also, 11 was theoretical, not 10, since we were given 10 spots from FIRST plus our legacy team (45) goes every year.

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Yes, that is correct (waitlist):

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Michigan is sending 90 teams.

A fair amount of teams got through on the wait-list.

Two world champs from last year and 3 Legacy teams.

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Hey, let's work on adding "Actual Attendance" on tonight. I'm pretty sure there's a clean way to do it with another query to a supporting sheet.

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Can we get a confirmation that DC was lumped in with VA?

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I'm assuming it is because he has 2 VA regionals listed.

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It was. The query that populates the event counts operates off of the Location of the event. DC regional is "Fairfax, VA USA" which means it snags VA USA as the state.

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Did the DC team count get lumped in with Virginia then?

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For MN, I can tell you that our key volunteer base is actively growing, and is also our biggest concern with switching to districts. Back in 2011, there was 1 PRO in the state, and 3 events. Let that sink in for a minute.

Since then, I became an LRI in 2012, and have identified (so far) 5 additional LRI's, two of which handled events this year, one was in training this year and will have an event next year, one is figuring out work stuff this year, an will hopefully be able to commit next year to training, and the last is getting ambushed at champs next week to be asked to step up.

Thats huge growth in the key volunteer base (from an inspection point of view), and it means that we're approaching feasibility (I see feasibility as requiring no volunteer to do more than 2 events, plus the championship). The remaining problem is... Which key volunteers (almost all of whom live in the cities) are going to be the ones to drive up to Fargo or Duluth (for example) to handle events? A vast majority of our events are staffed by volunteers from the team's at that event - if the teams from the cities don't travel, then we have a real staffing issue in those out-state events. I probably wouldn't have been volunteering in Duluth all these years without my team competing there. It will be painful the first few years we go to districts, but will hopefully then resolve itself.

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I would assume so, but I'd have to wait for Navid to comment on that one. I didn't help him with that chunk.