Re: FIRST Chesapeake Districts
 

The "DC Area District" or DCAD? :P

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I don't think the area should be renamed (I actually kind of like the name). I just think we need a convenient shorthand when writing it so it doesn't seem out of place in lists with the other districts. Something like "FC" or "CSPK". I don't know what's best. Were there any abbreviations used for the Chesapeake regional?

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I think you just end up going with FC, although I think FOC would have been better for "FIRST on the Chesapeake"

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I mean for what it's worth FIRST violates their branding standards and flaunts those violations at Champs. Haven't seen any official logo.

EDIT: never mind, I saw it. It's nothing I didn't expect.

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If we're posting things, here's something that wasn't considered or ever received.

The FIRST Colonial Region celebrates the heritage of the United States while looking to the future.



The eight stars represent the 8 original events the region will begin with. 7 districts, and one championship. The cannonade in the center represents one of the major technical achievements used in the Revolutionary War. The gear on the outside is... self explanatory. I picked faded shades of traditional FIRST colors because well, the crayola colors looked gross.

In addition, each of the 8 events received a variant of the logo. Here is the first one I found, the Capital District.



One thing that has always annoyed me about the district system is how names are so easily dropped and added because a district moved 5 miles east or west. The area has a very rich history and very distinguishable parts that make up the region, so these distinct districts get distinct names. As long as the district stayed in the general area, the name wouldn't change. The Old Line District (western MD) and the Harbor District (eastern MD) are in Maryland, The Capital District is in DC, and Virginia has the Metro (NoVA), Shenandoah (Western VA), Commonwealth (Central VA), and Dominion (eastern VA) Districts.

For the championship, the logo is gold because... well, because.

Re: FIRST Chesapeake Districts
 

Cannon and gear are OK but you need more smokestack and anchor. :)

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I feel the need to clarify something. "Districts" are not individual events, but rather the entire area that is districted together into the competition structure. Michigan is a district. The Pacific Northwest is a district. DC, Maryland, and Virginia comprise the FIRST Chesapeake District.

Individual competitions are simply events. Look at the nomenclature used here. PNW has posted their schedule, with events named using this format:
"PNW District - Auburn Mountainview Event"
I can guarantee you this is consistent with at least last year's naming system as well.

Re: FIRST Chesapeake Districts
 

That's not necessarily true. Formatting for these events has never been uniform. For what it's worth though, I don't really care.

Re: FIRST Chesapeake Districts
 

We just simply call it (if Brandon doesn't mind ) CD.

You could have Ches D or CBD (Chesapeake Bay District)

One idea i told Kyle Johnson was....
You take the outline of a Chesapeake Bay Skipjack (look it up if you
don't know what that is.) put that to the left. The Skipjack is well known
to this area if you were born and raised near the water. Then have the
First logo to the right and Chesapeake just below the First logo.

Or do like MD. First did and have a robotic crab.

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http://www.cambridgemainstreet.com/u..._2354_4web.jpg

http://www.jammadesigns.com/beach.me...l.boat.art.jpg

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My business card, those of the Washington FIRST Robotics staff, the building known as the Fieldhouse and all the equipment in that building disagree with the fact that WFR does not use that name any more.

Washington FIRST Robotics is the official, legal, registered name of the non profit organization that is responsible for all 4 FIRST programs in the state of Washington and for running the PNW District of WA, OR and AK.

While we are the PNW District we are not using PNW FIRST any longer. It caused some confusion with donors and sponsors.

My thought is that the official FIRST TLA for the new Chesapeake district will be CPK.

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Sorry, I didn't mean any disrespect :)
That's VERY interesting to me, as VirginiaFIRST seems to be following the exact same process. Two things are striking:

1. The VirginiaFIRST administration has explained that FIRST has mandated the "FIRST + <local flavor>" naming scheme for all newly-forming districts. If you "are not using PNW FIRST any longer", then maybe you guys aren't being held to this same standard? Or you decided to reject the standard? Or maybe the naming scheme isn't really mandatory in the first place?
2. It seems to me that when an organization is attempting to represent the needs of 2 or more uniquely-named places, then the organization shouldn't be named for only 1 of those places. I don't think I would be comfortable with the arrangement, if (say) I were a MD or OR team. How does your organization make sure the Oregonians and Alaskans are appropriately represented in the decision-making processes?

I recently asked the FIRST Chesapeake admin team this question:


Is it the same story for WFR? The WFR board just didn't make a determination that an overarching PNW organization was necessary?

Re: FIRST Chesapeake Districts
 

The change in name of the non-profit can be as easy as changing the "also doing business as:" portion of there tax documentation.

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It is best explained by this excerpt from PWNFIRST.org.



Essentially WFR is caught in the political middle in respect to the name of the organization and at it is best to make the donor community happy and not confuse them since they provide the funds to make the PNW district happen.

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The formatting for these events on the FIRST webpage was 100% uniform last season. I can guarantee that.