Re: 2006 GTR - Super Regional
 

Please ignore everything I had previously written for this post up until now.

From our team's New Jersey "Event Added" email:


*FIRST Disclaimer - Registration is not final until FIRST Finance receives payment in full for the above event. Once acceptable form of payment is received by FIRST Finance you will be removed from "hold - pending payment" status and registered for the above event. All FIRST Payment Terms and Refund Policies apply. Positions will be filled on a first serve basis as we receive payments.


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I was a bit confused by what FIRST had told Kevin during his phone call, so I decided to call FIRST on my own for some clarification. What they told me matches up with the information we were given in our "Event Added" email. I explicitly asked them about the situation where the number of pending teams is greater than the number of open spots left.

The bottom line -

There is no "protection" for choosing early.

All pending teams for a particular event are treated the same regardless of when they actually signed up, whether it was before the registered + pending = total capacity threshold or not. The faster your team pays for a regional event, the sooner you will secure a spot at your next regional of choice.

Re: 2006 GTR - Super Regional
 

I've just signed up for the GTR on behalf of 296 - just waiting for the cheque to come through. Looking forward to seeing everyone there!

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I couldn't help but notice that 229 is now registered for Greater Toronto. That does not inhale audibly. :p

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Wow very quick and observant Travis. Yes 229 will be attending the Toronto regional, we figured we couldn't turn down an opportunity to show up and make fun of Karthik....and as if that wasn't enough we get to play with two of our other favorite teams Tkats, and Huskies should be a great weekend, we're already looking forward to it.


Chris Carnevale
Team 229

PS. Here's to hoping our favorite Canadian partners show up on this list real soon. 1114 still planning on going I hope?

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Don't worry. 1114 will sign up.

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Chris,

Don't worry about it. 1114 would not miss the GTR for anything. We're looking forward to playing with our old friends from Clarkson.

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im definately going to the GTR regional. i CANT wait!

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You always end up graduating just when things are really starting to ramp up for your team it seems =P. But I'm quite sure every alumnus feels that way. I should be there in every capacity at GTR, hopefully refeering just as in Wonderland, but if not, look for 188 to be there along with one or two college bums =P.

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i would love to come visit and volunteer at this grand event, but alas i am a poor college student in Florida....especially since ive never been to Canada....hopefully this thing will be webcasted?? plus teams i work with prolly would be interested in goin that far north, but me that's another story :)

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Ajax Rams (1397) has registered and we will be paying in a few days.

GTR FIRST gets better every year!
See everyone there!

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I would like to echo Chris' sentiments, I cannot wait to work with a few of our buddies down South in Toronto (sounds kinda funny doesn't it?) plus, who could miss a chance to work with Ken and Andy?!?!?! (The men, the myths, the legends.) And then there are the endless jokes that can be made about Karthik's kilt and Blue Jays jersey ;) , and Laura in general :p .

JT
229

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If only we could make it. Its expensive enough for me and my Dad to get to Toronto to visit relatives over Christmas, but twenty people, tools, etc. AHHHHH!!!!! The only reasonable method for us would be to drive, but the first and last time we drove to Canada it was ~13 hrs to the border. Then we switched back to good old Canada Air. Plus, we don't even have the money for a second regional (we do VCU and nats). Thinking about this made me think of how hard it must be for Canadian teams to make Atlanta. But, I guess, it all pales in comparison to teams from other continents.

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Huzzah! Our payment was confirmed by FIRST today, and fittingly, we were the 48th team to fully register for the GTR.

That list of pending teams is quite amazing by itself. 217 and our fellow Delphi teams 378 and 703 are among the most recent additions to the list. This is really going to be one of the best regionals of the year.

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Andy, Ken, Paul... I want to see 45, 65, and 217 as the next three teams to move off the pending list and onto the registered list! I totally agree with Hoffman, this is shaping up to be one of the best regionals of the year...

JT
229

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Wow its going to be a great regional.. Now i kinda can't wait to go. Just thinking about the teams that are going to be there. And then add non-stop action to that, this is going to be great!