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Originally Posted by ThaineP
I'm in the 10,000 Lakes regional in MN, and my team was thinking about doing a second regional, which is the best time (and distance, drivable preferably) friendly option?
Oh, and will FIRST compensate for extra travel expenses, like I've heard?
Or are we doing something against the rules?
(Confessions of a sophomore team captain)
Thaine
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As noted, Wisconsin or Midwest is your best bet for a second regional.
FIRST does not compensate teams for travel. Better find a few sponsors to help cover the bill. (Or a lot of sponsors...)
There are no rules on how many events a team can do. If you wanted to and had the money, you could do an event per week through the entire competition season. (Note that doing more than one event per week is physically impossible and doing one event per week all season will likely bring down parental or district wrath.)
Suggestion: Instead of going to a second regional, see if you can raise the funds for a trip down to St. Louis for the Championship. It's $5K entry, plus travel (plan on staying 4 nights), but you get exposed to a lot more teams and a higher level of play--and don't forget meeting all the folks from CD, if you want to. Then, if as a team you decide to go to a second regional instead of the Championship, you can use the extra for a) a practice robot, b) next year, c) lots of aluminum to build a frame later, d) tools, e) whatever else you can think of that you'd need money for.
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