[EricH]

Originally Posted by GeeTwo

The biggest improvement that could be made to the FIRST experience is to have MORE of the experience.[...] The things that most inspired our team members at CMP were the maker fair, the sponsor booths, and Karthik's strategy seminar (OBTW, in reverse order). Finding a way to bring a slice of these experiences to regional (and district) events would be a big improvement to a great number of teams

Agreed. After doing decent at a couple of events last year, the students started talking a third regional, or Champs waitlist. The mentors put their heads together and figured out that Champs wasn't happening, and a third regional wasn't going to happen last year.

Guess what the plans were this year? Yep, 3 regionals. And we punched our CMP ticket at the second one.


I wouldn't mind having some workshops and other similar Championship elements at regionals. If they could be fit into the schedule, and there was space for them, that could be a great addition to the regional experience.