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Re: and another thing...

Posted by Fran .

Other on team #166, Team Merrimack, from Merrimack High School and Unitrode/R.S. Machines.

Posted on 5/31/99 1:16 AM MST


In Reply to: and another thing... posted by Joe Johnson on 5/28/99 7:54 PM MST:



I'm not sure which route is best but I expect FIRST will grow big enough to follow the route that Odessey of the Mind(OM) follows.Every state sends a team for each problem to 'worlds' but they get to States by qualifying through regionals(NH has about 15 regionals). As every school will someday have a team then you could have local qualifying regionals that teams could attend several without major travel expenses(hopefully competition fees won't be so steep). Even State winners would be on several levels, if all these local competitions are being put together after nationals then obviously FIRST can train state groups to run things. OM is similar but simpler..they select
world reps in April with World competition in May so those teams don't have much fundraising time either but they are only sending 7 people per team.
Many Students like the smaller regional competitions better because the smaller scale allows you to really see the competition and not get lost in the huge shuffle of nationals....how many watched nationals on the pit screen and not on the stage..it's different seeing only what the camera allows. At regionals and the small local meets far more people are focused on the match in the arena. Nationals is great to meet everyone but you don't see as much....it is certainly needed to be experienced but surely there is a way to satisfy the need to compete more than once, or twice, or thrice...I can keep going. I guess I'm just rambling but it's food for thought



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Some more comments about the multiple weekend proposal (can you tell which one I like best ;-):

: More winners.

: FIRST really needs to improve the prizes to teams ratio. Especially in the Chairman's Award area. There are simply too many teams doing too much good work for FIRST not to increase the number of teams that they recognize for this Award. The same goes for many of their other awards.

: Also, many more teams get to go home a 'winner' from Disney because N teams all can brag about making it to the FINALS. They can all go home and get on the local news. They can all get on the local news as they head off again to compete the National Finals. Only one (or actually three if they keep the current format) will eventually be able to claim the title of National Champs, but, for a few weeks, they are all winners.

: Finally, it is cheaper for Disney and hopefully that will translate into a cheaper Disney package for all teams. It took between 1 and 2 MILLION for Disney to build the complex that we used for the Nationals. It would have cost them very little (relatively speaking) to keep it up for another week. This would allow Disney to spread the costs out a little better and again, hopefully be reflected in a cheaper package for the teams that attend the Nationals Weekends.

: Joe J.


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