[Lil' Lavery]

What was good:
Volunteers-They were great, especially the MCs and refs.
Range of Events- FRC, FTC, and FLL all at once is pretty cool.

What wasn't:
Seating- the bleachers were uncomfortable, especially for the members who sat there for prolonged periods of time (ie scouts)
Lunch on Saturday- the lunch break is an critical time for alliance's to begin preparation for the elimination rounds, and moving it was a HUGE MISTAKE. It made preparing strategy and robots for the elimination rounds very difficult. I understand that a delay had to be produced to allow the mayor to arrive, but I would have much rather seen the qualification rounds end and alliance selections happen first, then having the mayor speak at the end of lunch right before the eliminations began.
FTC Timing- The FTC event running so late caused our FTC to have to miss the awards because they had to leave with the FRC team (who had already been waiting for some time). It made dinner plans very difficult.


Side note: bigger doesn't equate to better. Even though the venue has room for plenty more teams, doesn't mean the event needs them. The mid-60s is as big as a regional should get. Once you go beyond that it starts to become very difficult to get enough matches, proper scouting, and it loses the sense of community conferred by the smaller, "friendlier" events.