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Originally Posted by Isonine
Yep, no problem. As I said before, I'm all for California districts, and was saddened when I heard that they FIRST decided that they weren't coming anytime soon.
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That is unfortunate. I have not heard that FIRST HQ made any decisions regarding District model adoption in CA, but thank you for relaying that information.
As far as I knew, going to Districts in a region involved the region and FIRST coming to a mutual agreement regarding pricing, contracts, fiscal liability, staffing, etc. I did not know that FIRST was barring certain regions from making the switch. That could complicate this whole effort
Overall, FRC is moving towards Districts, which means FRC is moving to a similar organization model that FTC, FLL and Jr. FLL currently operate under. From FIRST's perspective, there are definitely fiscal pros and cons for a region moving from Regionals to Districts. Lots of liability and expenses change hands, so it can be a bit tricky to keep it all straight and determine whether it ends up being a net positive or negative for FIRST HQ.
Best,
-Mike