Which Regionals/Districts?

[IndySam]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

Let me ask one question. With bag and tag now, is there any real problem in doing two regionals in consecutive weeks? I'm thinking not. Opinions?

There is no time to make changes or improvements. It's also hard on everyone involved.

[jblay]

Looking like NYC week 2 and Hartford week 5 for 694 again, hopefully not our last year playing in the Hartford area #districts.

[Jimmy Nichols]

Originally Posted by MattC9

We kiddos get burned out, 2 regigonals is enough already. Plus our teachers wouldn't like that...

You kiddos, imagine the toll it plays on us old mentors. Among the missing school thing, back to back weeks is a very tiresome thing for the whole team, students and mentors. Plus if you need to make in spares or replacement parts, there isn't much turn around to do it.

[Jimmy Nichols]

Looks like we are registering for:

Week 4 - QCR

Week 6 - Crossroads


Crossroads depends on funding

[Brandon Holley]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

Let me ask one question. With bag and tag now, is there any real problem in doing two regionals in consecutive weeks? I'm thinking not. Opinions?

In 2012, we did NYC in week 3 (Fri, Sat, Sun) followed by Boston in week 4 (Thurs, Fri, Sat). Most of the issues have been brought up, but we did experience all of them.

The week 3 in NYC was nice because the students only had to miss 1 day of school for that event, but missing 3 days total over a 6 day span was difficult for many of them. Doing NYC put us back in the Boston area around 10pm Sunday night, which meant a rough start to the week. Fitting in time to make the modifications/tweaks along the way also ate up more time and pushed us physically/mentally.

By the end of the Boston regional we were all quite exhausted. We're avoiding a back-to-back at all costs unless we have no other options.

-Brando

[sanddrag]

If we did two regionals, our students and teachers are off school on spring break for the first one, and both regionals are local. Only two days of school missed total. With those factors, I'm thinking it could work.

[TKM.368]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

WEEK 6: I want to go back to Midwest but Hawaii and Las Vegas are available too. Hawaii is most likely out because Southwest does not fly there and last time I tried to apply to Las Vegas no one called me back and I switched out foe Queen City.

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[Cory]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

If we did two regionals, our students and teachers are off school on spring break for the first one, and both regionals are local. Only two days of school missed total. With those factors, I'm thinking it could work.

It totally sucks, but there's no reason that it won't work.

We did SVR and Madera back to back last year. It's incredibly stressful, very difficult to make changes or get more practice in, and completely draining to be going nonstop for 2 weeks.

[JB987]

KOKO ED:

"WEEK 6: I want to go back to Midwest but Hawaii and Las Vegas are available too. Hawaii is most likely out because Southwest does not fly there and last time I tried to apply to Las Vegas no one called me back and I switched out foe Queen City. I know Dee will call me back for Midwest!"

Ed, did you apply personally as a volunteer or are you talking about trying to register your team to compete in Vegas...and when did you apply? I am on the planning committee for the regional and want to make sure you and anyone or any team who contacts us has their contact returned. If you are still interested in joining us this year please let me know and I will be sure to look into hooking you (or your team) up. Just IM me and I guarantee I will get back to you

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by JB987

KOKO ED:

"WEEK 6: I want to go back to Midwest but Hawaii and Las Vegas are available too. Hawaii is most likely out because Southwest does not fly there and last time I tried to apply to Las Vegas no one called me back and I switched out foe Queen City. I know Dee will call me back for Midwest!"

Ed, did you apply personally as a volunteer or are you talking about trying to register your team to compete in Vegas...and when did you apply? I am on the planning committee for the regional and want to make sure you and anyone or any team who contacts us has their contact returned. If you are still interested in joining us this year please let me know and I will be sure to look into hooking you (or your team) up. Just IM me and I guarantee I will get back to you

I applied as a volunteer and was waiting for weeks for a response. Jimmy Nichols was pressing hard for me to serve as lead que at Queen City so I switched out.

[JB987]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

I applied as a volunteer and was waiting for weeks for a response. Jimmy Nichols was pressing hard for me to serve as lead que at Queen City so I switched out.

So sorry to hear about the communication problem. I will follow up with a talk to our Volunteer Coordinator and try to see what may have happened...he has always been very good about processing requests. Was your request only through VIMS or was it direct through our website? If you or anyone else finds it easier to communicate with me I will happily play the middle man. I am going to be the main team liaison for all potential or registered teams to LVR this year.

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by JB987

So sorry to hear about the communication problem. I will follow up with a talk to our Volunteer Coordinator and try to see what may have happened...he has always been very good about processing requests. Was your request only through VIMS or was it direct through our website? If you or anyone else finds it easier to communicate with me I will happily play the middle man. I am going to be the main team liaison for all potential or registered teams to LVR this year.

I applied through VIMS.

[akoscielski3]

So when Registering for competitions this year do you think that the Wild Card will affect which regional's fill up first? Will a week 3 or 4 event fill up quicker than a week 1 or 2 event? Any thought may be helpful for teams registering for events.

[Gregor]

Originally Posted by akoscielski3

So when Registering for competitions this year do you think that the Wild Card will affect which regional's fill up first? Will a week 3 or 4 event fill up quicker than a week 1 or 2 event? Any thought may be helpful for teams registering for events.

Most definitely. If teams are planning on attending say, a week 1 regional and a week 4 regional with traditional fill up times being the same, the week 4 regional will fill up faster this year for sure. If it is a tossup between these 2 regionals, and one has a potential additional qualifying spot, I know which event I would select first.

[Justin Ridley]

The Robonauts are going to be very excited to play with some west coast teams during week 6 at Silicon Valley.

If registration works out, we're also planning on Lone Star during week 2 and Bayou during week 4.