Michigan, be honest, how is the district model?

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Originally Posted by Ryan Dognaux

Some things to take into consideration with the district model in the Mid-Atlantic Region:

- If the district model does get implemented for this upcoming season, everyone in the region needs to know exactly what they are getting for their registration fee. This includes number of events with entry fee, time frame of those events, and whether the format of the events will be changing or not. People want to know what they are getting for their money and providing this information in advance will be appreciated by all teams.

- I believe there has been discussion of running these events on a Saturday, Sunday schedule instead of a Friday, Saturday schedule as Michigan does. While I understand the difficulty of securing venues to host events (especially within High Schools, as securing a gym on a Thursday evening and Friday during the school year is incredibly difficult), I do not think a Saturday & Sunday structure would work well. You'd have people attending religious activities in the morning, thus attendance would drop significantly, and some teams might even have a hard time fielding a drive team Sunday morning.

One question I have to Michigan teams - are any district events hosted in high schools, and if so, how did you go about reserving an entire gym & pit area on a Friday school day?

Ultimately, I think a district event model would benefit this region with the proximity of teams in the area. However, it needs to be properly thought out and many aspects need to be planned and communicated before being implemented.

I am, to be honest, surprised that all of FRC competitions don't do Saturday & Sunday for 2 Days, and Friday, Saturday, Sunday like NYC did this year for 3 days.