[Eugenia Gabrielov]

Ladies and gentlemen, a venue is nothing without its managers. Those managers like event organizers that clean up the venue and keep it undamaged, and especially they enjoy it when there is media attention to be had. FIRST does those things - we, as participants, do them well.

Let's be optimistic rather than focusing on a weekend already past. We have to make FIRST Regionals events that everybody wants to host - we need to be a priority if we want good venue availibility. Maybe that's a distant dream, but it's still something important to shoot for.