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Originally Posted by Mr V
Having teams be able to opt in or out would create a logistical nightmare for FIRST and the organizations running the individual districts.
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Originally Posted by Zebra_Fact_Man
I really don't see how that would be the case. If nothing else, you could put it in TIMS as a checkoff box for the Main Contact to select at the beginning of the season: -Regional -NE -MAR -PNW etc.
Registration info is shared from FIRST to the individual regions (including Main/Alt. Contacts); I don't see why this data couldn't also be transferred.
In a database, it's just one more column of data.
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The nightmare is not the data. The nightmare is the logistics. For example, IndianaFIRST needed to know with a reasonable level of certainty how many teams to account for when planning the district events. That has to be done well in advance of when teams actually register. An extra dozen more, or a half dozen fewer than expected, would really hurt those plans.