[BenDSterling]

Originally Posted by kristinweiss

As a part of an Atlanta based team who will be driving over an hour to our closest district event this year, I decided to map out all of the Georgia FRC teams and the location of our four district events this year to see how far other teams will be having to travel too. The results are kind of shocking as it appears that none of the district events are in parts of the state where we have large clusters of teams. I figured others may be interested in seeing the map and I am interested to hear what others think of this. I know here in Georgia, hosting events at high schools tends to be frowned upon, but I think it is a bit much to go this far out of the way of teams just to find non-high school venues to host events. [/size]

I like then map! I agree the competitions are way too far away from the majority of the teams. I didn't really realize how bad it was until I saw the map. It also makes it hard for volunteers, as most of the volunteers are in the same areas as most of the teams.

That being said, there is a reason the completions are so far away, and it isn't on purpose. This is already being worked on for next year. High school are just too small to host FRC competitions. Anyone who was at the KSU event last year knows how tight that was, and high schools would most likely be smaller. Hopefully next year we will be able to secure sole venues in the Kennesaw/Marietta/Roswell/Alpharetta area.