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Part 1:

Good Afternoon Teams,

On the 17th I asked for your input about what to call the events that evolve from the Michigan District Pilot and you were good enough to share your opinions. The term still hasn’t been finalized (I’ll let you know when it is.), but whenever it is discussed around here I can say “the teams tell me they prefer districts”.

Now I have another question for you. (Two actually, but to keep the discussions separate I’m going to post them in separate blogs.)

Which comes first, FRC or FTC? No, this isn’t a question of value. It’s more of a chicken and the egg type question. Which happens more often? A FRC team is formed in an area and eventually FTC teams pop up, or a FTC team is formed and eventually one or more FRC teams develop in the area? Other than building an interactive map showing FRC & FTC team growth over time and space, (which we don’t have the time or manpower to do) we don’t have any easily accessible data to answer that question. So, what is your experience?

I’ll tally your answers Tuesday afternoon and get back to the group working on the long range plan.
Thank you.

131 days until Kickoff
See you then!

Part 2:

Good Afternoon Teams,

Next question. How should we geographically define overlap of as it relates to accessibility of FIRST programs? The group working on the long range plan want to define a measurement of distance between FRC and FTC programs that makes it possible for students to have access to both programs (to participate on both teams at some point). How far apart can teams be and still have students participate in both? How far is too far?

Again, I’ll tally your answers Tuesday afternoon and get back to the group working on the long range plan.

131 days until Kickoff
See you then!