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I removed my post because it looked like it was starting to cause some negativity and that wasn't my intent at all. Yes I know that in part it is still there due to quotes. MI is unique and I wish other states were able to join us. My team went from being able to play 7 rounds to 25. I see nothing but positive in that for the kids. I wish other kids could have that. I think that MI is trying to make FIRST better.

As for signing up rookies, isn't that what FIRST wants? A team in every school.

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I also share everyone's concern for sustainability, but that discussion is not what this thread is about. I will be more than happy to discuss it in a different thread. Can we stay on topic?

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Just popping back in on this thread and I hadn't been on it since before it took a turn down the sustainability road.

I came to post that in Texas, as of 9:45 AM CST on 10/8/10, we have 51 teams registered for events in the State and if a plan had not been put in place to add the Dallas event two years ago and now the San Antonio (Alamo) event this year, teams would not have a place to play. Of those 51 teams, five are from our neighbors from south of the border as GM in Mexico and other partners are building on the success of FLL in Mexico which has over 200 teams. Now Mexico has at least 5 new FRC teams. It also appears that besides a team or two from the OK state, we even have a visitor from Washington State. I wonder how apples go with Salsa:D I know we have salsa recipes with mango, anybody have an Apple Salsa recipe:p

Still working on the 150 plus rookie FTC teams in Texas and that boot to hit the floor:yikes:

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I did this analysis last year but I don't think I ever published it. It's a little early to do now, it's only been a week after all, but sometime in December I'll run the numbers.

Things really took a turn after I went to bed...
Unfortunately, I've been fighting fires at work this week and I have an intermediate LabVIEW workshop tomorrow I should probably prepare for. Otherwise, I'd enjoy joining Jane's sustainability discussion thread.

SBPLI-LI FIRST has always been a separate organization from FIRST that uses the FIRST programs in its' mission. We do our own Regional fundraising, team development, sustainability, but other than having a bit more freedom we're probably very similar to most FIRST Regional organizations.
Many years back, for a short period SBPLI offered a financial incentive to vets for bringing in and sponsoring one rookie team. That was at a time we were trying to rebuild a critical mass after a die-off of teams due to the loss of a major island-wide team sponsor. I wouldn't say it was a game changer at the time.
After that SBPLI took a step back and recruits a managable influx, averaging 3 rookies each year for the past 9 years or so.

Our vet retention rate is pretty high since the die-off. Our average dropout rate has been at most one team a year, and they usually come right back after a year off.
Our team losses have been due to the loss of district interest/political support, retirement of sole team leaders, and a few really due to school budget cuts rather than sponsor losses. Schools pay at least one team advisor for legal purposes and when that's cut (or that advisor retires) the team is defacto defunct. The solution to an advisor leaving is a succession plan.

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Back to our regularly scheduled updates.

1200 teams this morning.
96 rookies (8%)

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Thank you Mark. Your threads are the best part of preseason.

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Not much happened over the weekend. Pretty much after the first week registration goes flat on the weekends, especially the long holidays like Thanksgiving. People must be raking leaves or somethin'.

Registration is 5% above this same time last year.
That's half the growth rate, by this date, for the previous couple of seasons, but it is growth.

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TIMS was down over the weekend. Perhaps we'll see a spike today.

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We did get 30 add-ins today, so maybe that was due to the TIMS outage.

So far I see 8 past vets that had dropped out, returning:

• 496 Port Jefferson, NY in my own Long Island backyard
• 549 Leominster, MA
• 1006 Port Perry Ontario
• 1076 Ann Arbor, MI
• 1237 New York, NY
• 1604 Harmony, FL
• 2332 Fairview, OK
• 3474 Hampton Bays, NY - also on Long Island

There are also these rookie teams with "vet" status:

• Team 244, Grandville, MI looks like another sibling of teams 216 & 288
• Teams 2055 & 2059, Cary, NC look like spinoffs of team 2108

Unknowns with rookie "vet" status are:

• Team 156, Fairview, PA
• Team 2087, Canby, OR
• Team 2451, Memphis, TN

I'm sure there are probably other returning vets hidden amongst the rookie team numbers.

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It looks like 1318 from Washington got pulled out of the Alamo Regional to be put back in one of the Seattle Regionals instead as a first pick.

3 more teams and we'll match the 2007 number of teams.
P.S. We're now past the 2007 numbers.
Silicon Valley Regional is now at initial capacity along with BAE, LI, Pittsburgh, & Boilermaker.

1298 teams showing as registered
8 teams are back from the dead...
126 new team numbers have been assigned.
5% growth over last year, still very low compared to past years. It's the lowest since 1993.

The top places with the most registered teams so far:

CA ---- 130
MI ---- 110
NY ----- 86
TX ----- 57
MN ---- 56
OK ---- 52
VA ---- 50

The bottom places missing the most teams (disregarding Washington since all but one are not visible to us):

TX ---- 54
MN --- 51
MI ---- 44 (may not be visible to us)
Israel -- 43 (perpetually late registers)
CA ---- 39
NY ---- 37
Canada -- 26

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Now Mark, is that teams from those states that have registered or teams registered for regionals within those states?

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Teams from that state or country who have registered, regardless of where they will be playing.

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Mark, are teams able to be registered to 2 regionals at this time? WPI is to capacity and Boston has 1 opening left, but, 3280 shows up on both regional team list??

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2nd Regional event registration doesn't open until Oct. 28, but I know of a couple of instances where teams were able to registered for more than one event.
One team leader I know is registered for one event and told me they are also already on a wait list for a second. They can't be seen on the wait list so it's harder to confirm, but 3280's case is pretty obvious to all.

I don't have that option in TIMS for my own team, and it seems unlikely that there's an error in the system that some were perhaps unwittingly able to take advantage of. Probably there are extenuating circumstances and FIRST HQ registered them by hand for the second Regional.

Don't know what's up with that...

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Washington State is finally heard from.
They popped 47 teams off their wait list.