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Re: 2016 regional dates?

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Originally Posted by lynca View Post
Do week 1 events still begin on the last week of February ?
Nope, everything gets pushed back a week. Week 1 this year will be the first weekend in March. I doubt we'll ever see kickoff held before Jan 3, unless there is a big redesign in the way FRC works (like a big change in how everything is scheduled)

Part of the problem with having kickoff too early is shipping the KoP. With there being so many holidays in there where nothing moves and shipping organizations being overwhelmed by the holiday rush, it's difficult to get stuff to the kick off locations on time as it is. And just shipping everything earlier isn't that great of an option, because then you need to arrange for storage at all those different kickoff sites, with the possibility of having to store off-site and then use a rental truck and volunteers to move it to the kick off site... The logistics are just messy all around.
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