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Re: Five weeks instead of six??
I believe that the confusion here is a result of a change in the regional weekends. From what I have gleaned from CD... there will only be 5 regional weekends in the coming season NOT 6 as we have had for a few years.
This is where the 5 weeks thing is generated I believe.
Mark McCleod from team 358 stated:
"I heard through official channels that kickoff is January 9, and the first week regionals are planned for March 4-6.
SBPLI will be a 4th week Regional in 2010.
6 weeks of build would probably put ship date at February 23 if FIRST decides to follow the normal pattern.
Seems like it'll be a typical season."
and in another McLeod post:
"I've heard officially that there will be 5 weeks of regionals/districts/other events in 2010, so with the first week March 4-6, the last week will be the weekend of April 3. So Minnesota will probably tie everything up.
Of course until venue contracts are all signed FIRST cannot make Regional date announcements, and reserve to themselves the right to make necessary adjustments....
This, along with a quick check of the GWCC bookings showing::
04/14/10 - 04/17/10 FIRST (the Championships)
would indicate that the competition season will be 5 weeks, Kickoff on January 9th... Robot Ship...February 23rd.
How the regionals will shake out is anyone's guess.
so 6 week build.... 5 week competitive season...
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