Re: [BB] The List & A New Region 9-23-11
 

My guess is they could only get one ice rink for Hershey Center and had to find a new venue, or last years setup was to complicated?

Do you know which one 1114 and 2056 are going to yet?? And which one you're going to MC at?

When should we all know which ones are bag'n tag and which are shipping??

Re: [BB] The List & A New Region 9-23-11
 

What's stopping them from going to both?

Re: [BB] The List & A New Region 9-23-11
 

Don is right on the money.

As of the last meeting, MAR teams have to pay registration fees no matter what. With these fees they get two Regional Qualifiers, or One Regional Qualifier or the choice to opt out entirely - but they still have to pay normal reg.

From there, MAR teams are free to compete at any traditional regional.

Non-MAR teams will not be allowed to go to MAR Regional Qualifying events.

Re: [BB] The List & A New Region 9-23-11
 

So for the MAR system. Is the geography and team list fixed. What about a team say from north east Maryland or south east New York, could they buy in to the MAR plan?

Re: [BB] The List & A New Region 9-23-11
 

I've been told no.

Re: [BB] The List & A New Region 9-23-11
 

I haven't even thought of that... going to both? :rolleyes:

I kinda doubt my team would go to both though.

Re: [BB] The List & A New Region 9-23-11
 

As of right now, no.

In the future as the District Model expands, we might see the easing of borders for some teams who fall into geographical grey areas. (Closer to another regions events than the one their assigned to).

Re: [BB] The List & A New Region 9-23-11
 

Mid-Atlantic Robotics (MAR) will provide detailed information on registration options for our teams in New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania, and Delaware as soon as we receive final confirmation from FIRST HQ. Thanks for your patience!

Re: [BB] The List & A New Region 9-23-11
 

Where do the foreign teams fall in this model? Jersey was a big draw for those Johnson and Johnson Brazilian teams.

Re: [BB] The List & A New Region 9-23-11
 

I believe so, yes. If you are in the MAR region, you will being paying for MAR events, whether you go or not. Outside teams are not allowed in.

Cass

Re: [BB] The List & A New Region 9-23-11
 

KoKo, we would love to have you come down to Cincy and help train someone!!!!!!

Re: [BB] The List & A New Region 9-23-11
 

The event will be at Xavier University in the Cintas Center. There are lots of places to stay from downtown to Sharonville and West Chester, Lots of hotels.

We don't have any information on whether it will be a NASA regional, we are aiming for it to a bag-n-tag event.

Re: [BB] The List & A New Region 9-23-11
 

Splitting GTR East and West, and having the four Canadian regionals on different weeks is likely to boost attendance at the two GTRs, since they're no longer a one-or-the-other choice.

I would expect to see Karthik MCing the 3 in Ontario for sure, and probably even the one in Montreal, and 1114/2056, among others, attending all three in Ontario. Its theoretically possible now, for the Canadian powerhouses with big sponsorship dollars, to attend 4 regionals, plus championship, though it would mean competing on 4 consecutive weeks (Wk2 GTREast/Wk3 Montreal/Wk4 Waterloo/Wk5 GTRWest).

I suspect that having Pittsburgh, and Finger Lakes on the same week as a Canadian event, the addition of a Montreal regional, and moving GTR East to UOIT in Oshawa (my alma mater and hometown!) is a step towards region-ing Canada in the next year or two. In 2012, there will be 4 Canadian Regionals, within a minimum 1 maximum 7 hour drive of each other. Waterloo is likely to have a capacity of about 30 as in past years. GTRWest will likely have a 50-60 team capacity. GTREast will likely have a 40-60 team capacity, and knowing nothing about the Montreal venue, its hard for me to predict, but somewhere from 30-50 is probably reasonable.

Re: [BB] The List & A New Region 9-23-11
 

Alamo would be glad to have you and we in fact are looking for a lot of veteran FIRST volunteers to help with our second year of hosting FRC.:D We are working on improving upon last year's event which included a FTC championship and add a brand new FLL Championship:] so it will be a mini-version of Worlds with all three programs and an Jr.FLL expo all under one roof. :cool:
It is great to see growth in FIRST events as New York is the trend setter for our model of all FIRST in one weekend and then several other cities are doing double FRC regional events this year as well.

Jess Jank. is our FRC volunteer coordinator and then for FTC, FLL, Jr.FLL you can contact myself or FIRST Senior Mentor Mike Henry.

Re: [BB] The List & A New Region 9-23-11
 

To add to Andrew's post:

You would enjoy the Alamo Regional experience, Ed. And... if you think Austin is awesome, wait until you see San Antonio! Come on down! :)

Jane