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Re: California District Proposal, Rev 2
I'll throw in my $0.02.
I don't think the ball is completely out of your hands (the community).
The people that want to make this happen needs to get involved, join a local regional committee, help recruit volunteers, do what you can to make the regionals successful and easier on the volunteers that have been working tirelessly to put these regionals together (note that it is a small group that puts these things together year after year). Understand what it takes and look for efficient way to adapt to the district model in the long run.
For example, one of the challenges to district model is the # of volunteers. I can tell you if there is a reliable group that jumps in and helps with planning and execution of the events and ease the work load for the existing small crew of organizers, maybe over the next couple of years, volunteers won't be seen as such a critical issue. But the fact that even simple events like FLL and FTC qualifiers have difficulty filling positions with frequent last minute emails out to the community to ask for volunteers (and often times still fall short), that makes the thought of staffing 15 district events becomes a impossible objective.
One thing to keep in mind is that as more teams join FRC in California, the more difficult it will be to convert to a district model (more fields, more volunteers, more events). but until the major concerns can be addressed, districts are not likely to happen.
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W.R.R.F. Board member, 2007-??
Mentor, 2007-??, NDSJ Robotics FRC Team 1967
Mentor, 2013-15 Evasive Robotics FTC Team 6223
Supporter, 2006-11, Bulldogs Robotics FRC Team 581
Supporter, 2007-??, Pioneer HS Robotics FRC Team 668
Supporter, 2011-??, Dark Matter FRC Team 2643
Student, 1999- GRT FRC Team 192
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