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Feel free to disregard this as absurd, but you can also look at facts. FIRST was unable to secure any west coast venue for 2018, and they finalised venues in 2015. Let's be generous and say they were only one year too late. That means finalised venues for 2021 are needed by 2017, which means negotiations in 2016. Is an entire plan necessary at the time of venue reservation? No. But it would certainly help, I would think. Therefore, roughly the next 12 months is the right/only time to give our input.

We certainly don't know where FRC will be by then. But FIRST HQ will too be flying blind when they make these plans. Why wait to give our input?

I'll jump in and give my suggestions in the next day or two.