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Originally Posted by ZehP
The new grants are exciting, and hopefully they help make rookie teams more sustainable and viable.
Is there a group actively working to switch Wisconsin to Districts? There doesn't seem to be an overarching "Wisconsin FIRST" organization like some states have, and the vacant spots on the Wisconsin Regional Planning Committee aren't very reassuring.
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Originally Posted by rich2202
I don't think WI has enough teams to move to districts. We barely fill one Regional. How many WI teams go to Duluth?
Maybe the Northern part of the state joins MN when they move to Districts, and the southern part joins an IL district.
Regarding the Robotics Grant: $250,000 with up to $5,000 per team. That is a max of 50 teams in order to receive the max. I wonder if High School FTC teams would get one amount, and High School FRC teams would get a higher amount?
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There are people working on trying to push Wisconsin to districts. Its just in the early stages. With the right people and drive I think Wisconsin can go to districts for the 2018 season.
Wisconsin does have enough teams to go to districts, we have 52 this year. See Indiana to remove your doubts. Wisconsin also doesn't have to necessarily go to districts as an individual state, though it would appear easier to go alone than recruit a neighboring state or 2.