New District Events for 2013?

[P.J.]

I think the Northwest (meaning Oregon/Washington) is a very likely candidate to go to a district system soon. I've seen a couple people from high profile teams out in that area snooping around MI this year, but that isn't necessarily an indication of anything.

I am also a fan of a combined Hawaii/California region, and have heard rumors of a combined Wisconsin/Minnesota region and a combined Indiana/Illinois region.

Nobody has mentioned it yet, but I figure I might as well throw out the idea of Israel going to a district system.

Now regarding Canada, I could see them going to their own region, but probably only under one condition, an option which I've been a supporter of since Day 1 (And I'm in MI so thats a long time ago ), and that is Cross-Region travel.

What is to stop a team from say, Michigan going to a MAR district and earning points that qualify towards the FiM state championship? As long as you still play the same 12 matches as everyone else, the points you earn should be the same, its just they count towards your own Regional Championship. I just think there shouldn't be a problem with crossover like this once (theoretically) all of FIRST goes to the district system.

[Bob Steele]

Originally Posted by P.J.

I think the Northwest (meaning Oregon/Washington) is a very likely candidate to go to a district system soon. I've seen a couple people from high profile teams out in that area snooping around MI this year, but that isn't necessarily an indication of anything.

I am also a fan of a combined Hawaii/California region, and have heard rumoTrs of a combined Wisconsin/Minnesota region and a combined Indiana/Illinois region.

Nobody has mentioned it yet, but I figure I might as well throw out the idea of Israel going to a district system.

Now regarding Canada, I could see them going to their own region, but probably only under one condition, an option which I've been a supporter of since Day 1 (And I'm in MI so thats a long time ago ), and that is Cross-Region travel.

What is to stop a team from say, Michigan going to a MAR district and earning points that qualify towards the FiM state championship? As long as you still play the same 12 matches as everyone else, the points you earn should be the same, its just they count towards your own Regional Championship. I just think there shouldn't be a problem with crossover like this once (theoretically) all of FIRST goes to the district system.

We weren't snooping. We were scouting. We had a great time in Michigan. You have intense teams and incredible volunteers!!

[Ravage457]

It would be nice to have a district type system here in Texas, but i believe for that to happen in a few years. Texas could probably be divided into 3 different regions like all the teams in the north, here in south central Texas, and the south texas and coast region teams, i dont know how they would do it, but it would be nice to have a district system here, but would they also keep the regionals to, or would they do away with them?

[P.J.]

Originally Posted by Bob Steele

We weren't snooping. We were scouting. We had a great time in Michigan. You have intense teams and incredible volunteers!!

I figured as much, I just thought it was funny considering what everyone else was saying in this thread.

And I'm glad you enjoyed your time here, we don't get many outside visitors anymore