[FRC Blog] New Districts, Frank Answers Fridays, and More!

[Hallry]

Posted on the FRC Blog, 8/19/15: http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprogr...idays-And-More

New Districts, Frank Answers Fridays, and More!

Blog Date: Wednesday, August 19, 2015 - 15:35

New Districts!

Many of you have probably already heard, but I’m pleased to formally (and finally) announce that we have three new Districts for the 2016 season!

The Chesapeake District - Maryland, Virginia, & Washington D.C.

North Carolina

The Peachtree District - Georgia

All teams within these states and Washington D.C. will automatically become part of their given District.

These three Districts, along with Indiana, Michigan, the Mid Atlantic, the New England, and the Pacific Northwest will comprise the eight Districts for the 2016 season.

With their wonderful volunteer base and their great experience, they are sure to be successful. Welcome, Chesapeake, Peachtree and North Carolina to the District system!

Frank Answers Fridays

Also, we’re waking the Frank Answers Fridays blog feature from its many months of slumber.

Video: http://www.usfirst.org/sites/default...27%20Scene.mp4

Send your good questions to goodfrcquestion@usfirst.org and I’ll occasionally pick one to answer on a Friday. Don’t shy away from the hard questions, I’m completely fine with them. For more thoughts and guidelines on this, check out the original blog on this feature from a few years ago. Let’s see those good questions!

BTW, I heartily recommend watching the original Frankenstein (1931) movie, from which the above clip is taken. Or, possibly even better, Bride of Frankenstein (1935), often identified as one of the greatest horror movies ever made. Not in small part because of the topics it was dealing with and the way they had to slip things by the censors. Is anyone still reading at this point?

Help FIRST win $500,000 from Microsoft

FIRST could use your help in winning $500,000 from Microsoft. Microsoft has already identified nine non-profits to each receive $500,000, and is using community voting to select the tenth. We’d like to be that tenth! You can vote on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter*, once per day on each.

You can find details here. Enter @FIRSTweets in the voting box in Section 2 to cast your vote. Or, you can use posts like this:

• On Twitter: I #Vote for @FIRSTweets to #UpgradeYourWorld
• On Instagram: Post your favorite FIRST photo with the text: I #Vote for @first_official_ to #UpgradeYourWorld
• On Facebook: I #Vote for @FIRST - For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology to #UpgradeYourWorld

I think this would be a great win for FIRST and the FIRST Community!

Frank

*Sorry, voting on InstaSnap, MeTime, ClipSnip and FacePlant is not available.

[Taylor]

yes, Frank, I'm still reading.

[Anthony Galea]

BTW, I heartily recommend watching the original Frankenstein (1931) movie, from which the above clip is taken. Or, possibly even better, Bride of Frankenstein (1935), often identified as one of the greatest horror movies ever made. Not in small part because of the topics it was dealing with and the way they had to slip things by the censors. Is anyone still reading at this point?

Cue the over-analyzing of this section as though as it is a game hint, even though it is just Frank talking about an interesting piece of information.

[cadandcookies]

Originally Posted by 3175student17

Cue the over-analyzing of this section as though as it is a game hint, even though it is just Frank talking about an interesting piece of information.

You really don't need to encourage this behavior...

[Richard Wallace]

Originally Posted by cadandcookies

You really don't need to encourage this behavior...

I think Frank has long since dropped any effort to keep the monster of game hint speculation restrained to its slab in the lab. He can bring the monster to life effortlessly, even when trying not to do so.

[GaryVoshol]

Or, possibly even better, Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

Frank got married in 1935?

(If this was the caption contest, Billfred would give me a negative infinity.)

[EricH]

If that is a game hint, I've got bad news.

Cue the "past games" montage from the 2015 hint, and hope that we all get a good one (as in: NOT a combination of '01 and '03).

[Tom Line]

Originally Posted by GaryVoshol

Frank got married in 1935?

(If this was the caption contest, Billfred would give me a negative infinity.)

When he was 4 years old, apparently (Frankenstein 1931).

[Calvin Hartley]

I've noticed recently that if I am not careful, I can easily misread 'Chesapeake' as 'Cheesecake.'

Good or bad? I don't know. Perhaps a happy omen?

[Anupam Goli]

Peachtree district. That's an interesting name. Hopefully if we merge SC into our system, we can change that name.

[Ginger Bread]

Originally Posted by Anupam Goli

Peachtree district. That's an interesting name. Hopefully if we merge SC into our system, we can change that name.

I think they could have come up with something better than peachtree, i don't know what, but I'm sure they could have been more creative than that when naming it.

[JohnFogarty]

Originally Posted by Anupam Goli

Peachtree district. That's an interesting name. Hopefully if we merge SC into our system, we can change that name.

Is there actually discussion of that???

[Anupam Goli]

I think they could have come up with something better than peachtree, i don't know what, but I'm sure they could have been more creative than that when naming it.

Since we started with the Peachtree Regional, I suppose it makes sense. However, most districts are named after their region or state. For example, FiM, MAR, PNW, Indiana all describe the region and/or state.

Originally Posted by JohnFogarty

Is there actually discussion of that???

None that I know of, but I'm definitely vocal about it. Sometimes if you shout loud enough, things can happen...

[Taylor]

Peachmetto?

[Monochron]

Originally Posted by JohnFogarty

Is there actually discussion of that???

There was originally discussion of a NC + SC + GA district, but SC was against that early on. Single state districts always seemed a little odd to me.