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FRC Blog - Are You More Than Ready?

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Initial registration opens in just a few days, this Thursday, 9/24, at Noon EST! Are you ready? Are you MORE THAN ready? Are the folks on the other teams you know also ready? How about dropping them a friendly note to ask? Friends don’t let friends be unprepared for registration. Remember, if the main and alternate contacts for a team haven’t both been through the YPP process when initial registration opens, that team won’t be able to register, and the YPP process takes a few days. See the details on getting ready in last week’s blog post about this here.

2017 Championships Task Force

In May, I blogged that we would be forming committees, including representatives from the community outside FIRST HQ, to make recommendations to FIRST leadership in addressing these two challenges related to moving to two Championships in 2017:

Identifying what geographic regions will be assigned to which FIRST Championship as their ‘home’ Championship, including the way in which teams outside the United States would be handled
Identifying a potential way in which teams may volunteer and be selected to attend their non-home Championship
I apologize for the delay in moving forward with this. We are making progress now. Rather than having two separate committees, though, we will be combining these into one. Along with representatives from the key community groups you would expect (for example, Woodie Flowers Award Winners and Hall of Fame Teams) we will have one slot available to which any community member may apply. More details will follow later this week, but essentially you’ll be asked to put together a resume of your FIRST experience, along with the reasons why you think you would be a good participant on the team, then send it in to us. More details soon!

New Regionals

Interested in signing up for a brand new regional this year? Here’s the list:

Rocket City Regional in Alabama, dates March 23 – 26, 2016
Iowa Regional, dates March 23 – 26, 2016
Idaho Regional, dates March 30 – April 2, 2016
We’re very happy to be having Regionals in these states this season!

Frank

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I think AZ North in Flagstaff deserves a mention as a new regional.:)

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Originally Posted by mwmac (Post 1496770)

I think AZ North in Flagstaff deserves a mention as a new regional.:)

And Orange County for California.

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Originally Posted by Rachel Lim (Post 1496771)

And Orange County for California.

Yup...

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Seems to be some confusion between Iowa and Idaho...:confused:
Iowa Regional is March 23-26. Idaho Regional is March 30-April 2...

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Googling for "More Than Ready" returns this as the first result: http://www.bloodhorse.com/stallion-r...ore-than-ready

I am unsure of how the 2016 game is related to racehorse breeding, but I am sure that it can't be coincidence.

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Originally Posted by mwmac (Post 1496774)

Seems to be some confusion between Iowa and Idaho...:confused:
Iowa Regional is March 23-26. Idaho Regional is March 30-April 2...

Dates now corrected on Blog....

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Along with representatives from the key community groups you would expect (for example, Woodie Flowers Award Winners and Hall of Fame Teams) we will have one slot available to which any community member may apply

I'm curious how that person will be chosen.

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Originally Posted by Jared Russell (Post 1496775)

I am unsure of how the 2016 game is related to racehorse breeding, but I am sure that it can't be coincidence.

They're going to try and spawn more HoF teams and WFA mentors... :D

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Originally Posted by mwmac (Post 1496770)

I think AZ North in Flagstaff deserves a mention as a new regional.:)

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Originally Posted by Rachel Lim (Post 1496771)

And Orange County for California.

I think the ones mentioned in the blog are the first events to be scheduled in those states, while California already had a bunch, and AZ has one already as well.

I would imagine the impact on growth from a new regional in an area without easy access to one (ie a new state) would be huge. Of course, the impact for any new event can be huge, even if it's not the first event in the state!

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we will have one slot available to which any community member may apply.

I would like to nominate Mike Corsetto.

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Originally Posted by Hallry (Post 1496793)

I would like to nominate Mike Corsetto.

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Originally Posted by Hallry (Post 1496793)

I would like to nominate Mike Corsetto.

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Originally Posted by Kevin Leonard (Post 1496795)

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Originally Posted by Jared Russell (Post 1496775)

Pretty certain I have nailed it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEMSC3oLO8I

It is afterall a ball year...

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Originally Posted by marshall (Post 1496786)

I'm curious how that person will be chosen.

This way

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Originally Posted by PayneTrain (Post 1496816)

This way

As we were fond of saying on my old team, there are no (interpersonal) problems that cannot be solved by either a cage match or hugging it out.

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Originally Posted by Boe (Post 1496810)

#corsetto2016

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I also nominate Town Hall Mike!

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Originally Posted by Knufire (Post 1496849)

#corsetto2016

This is terrifying.

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Originally Posted by Knufire (Post 1496849)

#corsetto2016

No one needed to see this

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Originally Posted by Jon Stratis (Post 1496789)

I think the ones mentioned in the blog are the first events to be scheduled in those states, while California already had a bunch, and AZ has one already as well.

Actually... The OC and AZ North regionals are "replacement" regionals. Orange County replaces Inland Empire; Arizona North replaces Arizona East.

Trust me, taking spots away from the CA/AZ/NV area--or threatening to--is a really great way to get a horde of annoyed CA/AZ/NV teams writing emails and taking other necessary action until they get a replacement event (or keep the threatened event). About like if someone were to suggest that, oh, I don't know, the Duluth Regional (but not the Lake Superior Regional--I'm not THAT mean!) were to disappear from your great state of Minnesota, perhaps.

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Originally Posted by PayneTrain (Post 1496855)

No one needed to see this

Nah. It needs to be seen so much he gets my vote too.

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Originally Posted by EricH (Post 1496859)

About like if someone were to suggest that, oh, I don't know, the Duluth Regional (but not the Lake Superior Regional--I'm not THAT mean!) were to disappear from your great state of Minnesota, perhaps.

But where would I go to watch week 1 action in person where there's only one team from my district?

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Originally Posted by Christopher149 (Post 1496867)

But where would I go to watch week 1 action in person where there's only one team from my district?

Read the rest: I only "suggested removing" one of the two regionals (Northern Lights, I messed up the name) in that location. I'll let y'all figure out how in-demand the other will be...

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Originally Posted by EricH (Post 1496859)

Ahh, I didn't realize they were replacements for previously existing regionals... that's definitely good to know!

And yes, closing any one of our regionals here would be a significant issue, even if we had a replacement, I'm guessing!