Thread: Correlation, Causation, and the Isolation of variables in FiM District Structure
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Re: Correlation, Causation, and the Isolation of variables in FiM District Structure
Aspects of the FiM model that were successful and could be implemented to FIRST in general include:

1) Two day events – lots of positive feedback from mentors taking less time off work.
2) Bagging of robots – no shipping.
3) Volunteer run events – huge cost savings.
4) Events at High Schools – more exposure to teachers and non FIRST students, lower cost for venue.
5) Events that run later on Friday so teams don’t have to try to figure out what to do Friday night, they are doing what they came to do.
6) More matches per event.
7) A point system to rank teams could be implemented eliminating the issue of crossing state lines to compete.
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