Registration 2016

[Mark McLeod]

Has everyone got their Main & Alternate TIMS contacts registered and their Youth Protection Training completed (3 days in advance)?

It's time again to find out where teams are going to find spots to play.
- 53 Regionals
- Chesapeake Districts
- GA Districts
- IN Districts
- MAR Districts
- MI Districts
- NC Districts
- NE Districts
- PNW Districts

Rookie teams will start with numbers 5800, although there is a new veteran team number 5777.

Here is how FRC Growth has progressed over the years.

P.S.
I'd like to highlight this nice page that Aren Siekmeier kindly created and is hosting for us to see the totals by event: http://173.255.246.196/2016/

[Brian C]

And the excitement level begins to ramp up...........

[dag0620]

Still one of my favorite threads to watch each year! Looking forward to the start of the madness and finding out who is going to be where this season.

Thank you in advance Mark for your excellent analysis and postings with this thread. It is much appreciated each season.

[Hallry]

Originally Posted by dag0620

Still one of my favorite threads to watch each year!

Agreed. Thanks, Mark, for doing this each year.

[Mark McLeod]

Originally Posted by mipo0707

Whos going to ontario regionals?

Not what this thread is about.
You'll see.

[MrRoboSteve]

Looks like there's a nudge toward the new Iowa regional in initial slot availability in the upper Midwest. The Duluth and Minneapolis double regionals both have actual capacity of 60+.

Lake Superior - 33
Northern Lights - 30

Iowa - 50
Wisconsin - 50

10000 Lakes - 33
North Star - 30

[Insanity000]

Anyone know if there is a way to see the teams that are registerd for an event as they register or do we have to wait for that to come out on a later date

[Mark McLeod]

Originally Posted by Insanity000

Anyone know if there is a way to see the teams that are registerd for an event as they register or do we have to wait for that to come out on a later date

You can use: https://my.usfirst.org/myarea/index.lasso
- Select 2016/events/Show Results
- Click on the event you are interested in
- Click on Queries: What teams are registered for this event?

[Foster]

I want to say thanks to Mark, he quits his day job, moves away from his family into a secluded location with only a hotspot and his high powered laptop to give us the up to the second info on events and team stats....

.... well it seems that way. Thanks Mark!!!

[IndySam]

refresh, refresh, refresh, refresh, refresh, refresh, refresh, refresh, refresh, refresh, refresh, refresh, refresh, refresh, refresh, refresh, refresh, refresh,

love this time of year!

[Knufire]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9-Te-DPbSE

[sanddrag]

Holy smokes that went fast. The button appeared right at the hour down to the second. I registered in about 30 seconds flat, without reading anything whatsoever about what I was clicking on. Within 60 seconds, there were already 30 teams registered for Long Beach.

[M. Mellott]

12:02 - Added to waitlist at Greater Pittsburgh Regional

Really? Two minutes?

[Knufire]

Who knew the skills you learned during college class registration would come in handy.

[Mark McLeod]

Long after this thread was done I decided to look at the average cost per team under the different systems in place, and that's only possible after the fact.

This doesn't look at number of matches played or anything like that. It's only focused on how much it cost teams playing under different Regional and District systems. The question was driven by practical considerations that new teams have in planning for a starting budget.

This doesn't take into account sources of funding, e.g., NASA grants, FIRST Rookie or Hardship grants, state funding, schools, sponsors, etc. All of which changes the actual impact on individual teams.
The interesting part was for the most part the average cost per team in each area was comparable, but in some areas it was rather higher.

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So, for the past 2016 season:

Total registration fees amounted to: $24,644,988

Area/Type --------------------- Total Cost ----- Avg cost per team ------- Number of events

Regional Rookies -------------- $1,946,000 --- Avg/team = $7,371 ----- 241=1 event, 23=2 events, 54=CMP
Regional Vets ----------------- $12,753,000 --- Avg/team = $7,519 ----- 1035=1 event, 610=2 events, 51=3 events, 285=CMP
FIM-MAR Rookies ---------------- $585,500 --- Avg/team = $7,411 ----- 78=2 events, 1=3 events, 14=DCMP, 11=CMP
FIM-MAR Vets ------------------ $3,493,500 --- Avg/team = $7,712 ----- 1=1 district, 415=2 districts, 37=3 districts, 108=CMP, 148=DCMP, 18=Regionals, 6=Inter-District
PNW ----------------------------- $1,902,988 ---- Avg/team = $12,044 ---- 148=2 districts, 10=3 Districts, 2=1 Regional, 64=DCMP, 35=CMP
NC-PCH-NE-IN-CHS Rookies --- $374,000 ---- Avg/team = $8,698 ------ 43=2 districts, 19=DCMP, 8=CMP
NC-PCH-NE-IN-CHS Vets ----- $3,590,000 ---- Avg/team = $8,215 ------ 9=1 district,391=2 districts, 36=3 districts, 1=4 districts, 205=DCMP, 99=CMP, 13=Regionals, 2=Inter-District