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Re: Registration 2014

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Originally Posted by Qbot2640 View Post
AMEN...This is not criticism - per se - because I do think that FIRST does an awesome job dealing with the volume of requests, but with the average team wishing to attend two regionals, and the fact that many were full before today, it becomes very difficult to create an economical logistic travel plan under the current constraints. Not sure what the answer is, but I'm sure the combined brainpower can come up with some improvements.
Agreed, I also don't want to criticize FIRST, where the people are doing a really great job.

I think it would be best if the online system accepted a round of bids with our top 3 or so choices. That would, of course, require a bunch of work to setup, and then somehow the bids would have to get translated into who actually gets into the events. That algorithm would get scrutinized and criticized, because some tough choices would need to be made about who gets the limited number of spots in crowded events. And it would require 2-3 rounds of bids. I can see why they aren't doing it that way given the work and the difficulties that would be involved. But it would be better if done well.