Posted by F Shariff at 04/19/2001 7:43 PM EST
Student on team #610, Coyotes, from Crescent School.
In Reply to: Good for NY and MI teams too
Posted by Ken Patton on 04/18/2001 5:10 PM EST:
I can tell you right now that we're working on that part too.
We've contacted Bob Hammond and asked him to visit us in Toronto soon to talk about that.
F Shariff
Team Co-Leader, Team 610 (Crescent FIRST robotics)
: Ian-
: That sounds like a great idea - it should draw some of the upstate New York teams and some of the Michigan teams, since it is similar driving distance to the West Michigan Regional for the Detroit teams.
: It would be a tough decision for a team like ours. We go to regionals that we can drive to (i.e., ones that don't cost us a fortune in time and effort). We went to Ypsi and Chicago until WMR came along - now our default is Ypsi and Grand Rapids. So, we would have to decide whether or not to go to 3 regionals, or to go to Canada instead of Grand Rapids. We would strongly consider it, though.
: Make sure you inform Bob Hammond of FIRST what you are trying to do, because they will need to approve it. I know they plan the regionals far in advance, because we actually had them turn down a proposal to have a 2001 regional in Rochester, MI (at Oakland University) in June of last year. Bob told me they already had a 2nd MI regional lined up. Hopefully when Michigan is ready for regional #3 we can get one in Oakland County (arguably the c.g. of FIRST in the country
)).
: Ken