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Re: 2009 Regional Registration Progress
Registration is at 1500 this morning, almost a month ahead of last year.
Every team from here on (less 1) is pure growth.
Still missing a little more than 17% of last year's veterans though.
So far, more new teams(250) than in 2006 (234), but not yet as many as in 2007 (264) or 2008 (320).
(For new teams I'm counting 248 FIRST defined rookies, including the reconstituted team 38, plus two new non-rookies--216 & 2828 )
Projecting the registration trend outward it seems we'll have ~170 more teams this year, so I conservatively predict 1670 total teams for the 2009 season.
An 11-12% growth over last year represents a small decline from the roughly 14-15+% growth experienced during the past three years. 2005 growth was only half this year's though. Some economic impact, but not as much as feared so far.
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Last edited by Mark McLeod : 07-11-2008 at 10:20.
Reason: Prediction
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