[Lil' Lavery]

Naturally, I'm quite bummed we won't get to see many of the new Californian and PNW buddies we made while attending Championship this year. A lot of our pit neighbors are falling on the other side of the split, and that's a real downer. Getting to be in an aisle with so many top notch teams from the west was really awesome.

Selfishly, I'm pleased we have the later dates of Championship (and we get to hopefully return to STL next year).

On the other hand, knowing how much our students were impressed (and hopefully inspired) by the Championship experience, I'm hoping that FIRST's desired change comes to fruition. I'm hoping more teams will be able to experience Championship at a reasonable cost, and that both events will maintain the same level of inspiration at the singular event has achieved.