PARC on steroids

[Dave_222]

It has come to our attention that PARC has become way to big to run in one day, numbering in at about 40 teams this year we crunched numbers untill we found a way for 5 rounds each. I am simply posting to see how many teams would be interested in attending a 2 day PARC.

Thanks for your imput,
Dave

[Rich Kressly]

Hmmmmm .... can we stay at Fred's house? Breakfast for 35?

[Wayne C.]

One day is long enough- the distance to travel is quite a haul

WC

[Pat Roche]

Originally Posted by Wayne C.

One day is long enough- the distance to travel is quite a haul

WC

Yup. Six hours in a van one way. Die hard FIRST at its best.

-Pat

[Dave_222]

Originally Posted by Rich Kressly

Hmmmmm .... can we stay at Fred's house? Breakfast for 35?

I should have been more specific, I meant in the future, with parc being this weekend it would be impossible to change to 2 days now, heh, thanks for the imput.

[Yan Wang]

Distance isn't our problem. It'd cost money for the hotel and it's right between AP examination weeks!!!

[MOEmaniac]

2 days would be nice but it would also be to long.

[Ashley Weed]

I'd thourougly enjoy the two day event living in Lehman (Dallas), however, as I too travel many places for competitions I understand the difficulty of an extra day.

[George A.]

The prospect of a 2 day PARC sounds cool, but it does raise some concerns. Would teams be able to leave the robots at the school? Or would they have to take them with them to the hotel? There are other concerns with school/ distance/ hotel, but those would easily be ironed out in the planning stages. Personally who wouldn't want to spend two days in the PARC?

[Corey Balint]

2 days would definitely be a lot of fun. But price wise i dont see many teams doing it. Like for us we would just drive there and back both days which doesnt make much sense, yet staying at a hotel doesnt make much sense either. And a lot of other teams are probably in that same boat. IRI on the other hand u can do that because so many teams travel from a far distance away, and the hotel stays make sense.

[Brandon Holley]

everyone <3's PARC..this is a given. but sometimes 2 days, is just 2 much. the hotels, travelling etc, would raise concerns for a lot of teams. In my eyes possibly dropping the number of teams attending....

[henryBsick]

We understand there are some logistics problems, BUT.....
If we were able to hammer out storage of bots
room and board
low$$ for the trip esentials,
then....
would you be interested in a 2 day PARC.
The purpose of this thread would be just to gain an uderstanding of interest levels. It is not meant to be analyzed.
Thanks for all of the input so far. Keep it rollin.
See you at the PARC!!!!!

[Ashley Weed]

Where would lodging occur for teams? Would they have to travel from Scranton/W-B? Or would you be able to host 35-40 teams at the Shadowbrook?

[Dave_222]

Originally Posted by Ashley Weed

Where would lodging occur for teams? Would they have to travel from Scranton/W-B? Or would you be able to host 35-40 teams at the Shadowbrook?

Again the purpose of this thread is not to figure out all of the logistics, but to see if the interest in a 2 day parc is there, if the interest is there then all of the logistics will be figured out, i appreciate the feed back.

[team222badbrad]

If the interest was there for a 2 day event at PARC we would probably move to an arena in the area. However that would take some planning