I have a good friend who works at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Apparently the foundation has a pot of money which is given out as grants to support education, and world health issues.
She told me on the QT that the regional would be held on the date originally stated at the Keyarena (wherever that is) and is expected to hold around 50-60 teams
. She also said that BG was very impessed with FIRST and was weighing in in a big way throught his foundation.
Apparently there are around a dozen or so High Schools in the Seattle Area and when you include the close suburbs, the number grows to around 35. BG was going to fund all of these schools for the first couple of years to get this started in the NW.
This was apparently the reason that so many slots are being held back in the NW. The reason for the possible date change was that, apparently there was a conflict in BG's schedule which would prevent him from attending
. It was resolved and he will be attending to support the grants to the MS teams.
There is supposed to be an announcement on the foundation web site sometime in the next few weeks.
Just remember... you heard it here FIRST.
