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Originally Posted by KathieK
I wish everyone could meet with the head of the logistics company (whose name I cannot recall at the moment) and hear what these poor people have to go through to get 32 regionals coordinated with 32 venues, trucking to move the fields, etc. etc. It was enlightening to me. So many things I never thought about (having never been on a regional planning committee)....
Considering they are expanding the number of regionals but are constrained to only so many weeks so that the Championship can occur before many teams start final exams in May, it is amazing they can pull it off at all! How many other organizations do you know that pull off 32 major events, all on weekends, in a five week span of time? I give FIRST credit for publishing the dates so early in advance so that teams can meet and make choices based on their goals, budgets and desires.
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I totally agree!! My first thought at seeing this announcement, and then looking through all the info is that I was totally amazed that FIRST had managed to get all this info out to us so early... I can remember waiting for it last year, and trying to explain to my rookie team why we might have to choose regionals etc etc.. but now its easy, they released ALL of the info... even awards submissions dates!!!
BRAVO FIRST 
It makes it so much easier for teams to plan and put their calendars together when they have all the dates ahead of time.
Sure some of the scheduling seems a bit odd, but Im sure they either have reasons or just do the best that they can! Im just so excited that we have all the info!! yeah!!