Re: FTC Leagues
 

The typical league events around here don't have time for workshops and other activities. The idea behind the league events is that they are a quick, get in and get out event along the lines of a track or swim meet. Often after school and 3hrs tops.

I certainly understand the idea behind the someone, everyone, anyone and no one philosophy. However the typical leagues that we run around here one of the long time, proven coaches volunteers or is voluntold that they are the league coordinator and they are responsible for making sure that someone steps up to host events and that those events are scheduled at the appropriate times and locations that minimizes the average impacts on teams. That person is also usually the one that is responsible for the field, storage, transport and making sure that there are the right number of people that show up a little early to have it ready to go when the rest of the teams get there and makes sure that someone will be there to take it down and either transport it to the next location or take it and store it until the next event.

Your FTC partner may have an idea of who the league coordinator will be based on last year and may be able to put you in contact with that person. However leagues do change from year to year due to team growth and lost teams. So they will likely adjust the boundaries to balance the number of teams yet keep those people who are worthy of being a league coordinator with a given league.

As soon as you can contact that league coordinator and start working on the details of the league events. You may find that there is a team that has a location they can get for free but doesn't want to handle all of the logistics of the event themselves so you can partner with them.

A lot of the league events around here were held on weekdays to avoid the janitorial fees. Many places have the janitor work until 10 pm or so and if you work with them they will clean the cafeteria last and hopefully they will find that the teams have already swept everything so they only have to take out one can of garbage. They have less work and it takes place in their normal hours so no janitorial fee and the teacher is responsible for school lock up ect. That way there is zero cost associated with the event, either out of pocket or transfer of budgets.