[Jimmy Nichols]

Originally Posted by Kevin Leonard

With either NE or Ohio I suppose.
This is one of the reasons I would prefer a unified NY district. I wish I knew who to talk to to make things happen, NY could benefit from districts so much. So many teams would get 2x the playing time they currently do, teams without practice robots would be at less of a disadvantage, every team would have better functioning robots and an easier time reaching higher levels of play.

Why is this so hard to understand for everyone?

I don't think its hard to understand, I think its hard for the volunteer based planning committees who are already doing so much to take on even more. Switching to districts shifts a lot of the event planning responsibilities from FIRST to the local committees and now you have a lot more events to plan. Not all potential district areas are able to take that on yet. Not to mention the added burden of unifying the fund raising from multiple areas and managing the funds. Another element is having enough key volunteers (LRI,FTA, FTAA,CSA,HF,FS,etc.) in a given district to cover all of your events. Many ducks to get in a row before making the switch.

Also, I received official word to not include Western NY in our district discussions with Ohio, Western PA, and WV.