Registration 2013

[Jimmy Nichols]

Originally Posted by Mark McLeod

The date you're probably looking for is on the Season Calendar: http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc/calendar/


Initial capacity usually leaves at least 10 slots, sometimes more if big area growth is anticipated, for rookies who haven't registered yet.
If the rookies don't show, then waitlisted teams can get them. Sometimes not enough slots are reservered for rookies and the Regional asks for veteran team volunteers to transfer elsewhere.

We were holding back 10 spots and then today I noticed it was upped to 12, I noticed this on a couple other events as well.

[Mark McLeod]

A few more events are approaching Initial Capacity.

• (1) WPI Regional
• (1) SBPLI Regional
• (1) Silicon Valley Regional
• (6) Waterloo Regional
• (7) St. Louis Regional
• (7) Oregon Regional
• (8) Seattle Regional

[Travis Hoffman]

Originally Posted by Alpha Beta

November 1st

I expect we'll see something rather special happen on that day.

[DarrinMunter]

Originally Posted by Taylor

Gah! 4 minutes too late!

We're staying waitlisted. Even if it means FIRST doesn't recognize us as a team yet. We want in BMR!

We were about 15 minutes late too.
Last year it was at least 2-3 days before it reached capacity.

[Gregor]

Originally Posted by Munter2081

We were about 15 minutes late too.
Last year it was at least 2-3 days before it reached capacity.

5.88 days.

[Mark McLeod]

SBPLI (39), WPI(32) & Silicon Valley(42) Regionals are at Initial Capacity now as well.
Oregon Regional (54) filled by 10:30pm

The Bosnian team has returned from some time off.
The Netherlands, Germany, Chile, Israel, Canada, US, Australia, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Turkey - all heard from.
69 rookie teams are eager to begin.
More than half the teams from last year re-registered during the first day.

Here's how the first day of Registration looked in comparison to last year.
Pretty healthy growth resulting in a record number (7) of sold out events on the first day.

[Jmulderig]

1-Is there any way to see what number on the waitlist you are?

2-When do they typically start to pull from the list?

[Jimmy Nichols]

Originally Posted by Jmulderig

1-Is there any way to see what number on the waitlist you are?

2-When do they typically start to pull from the list?

The only ones who know where you are on the waitlist, other than FIRST HQ, are the Regional Directors, and maybe the Planning Committee chairs. I know we don't know on our committee.

It varies depending on rookie team registration. It can be as early as Nov. and as late as Jan or Feb. The Regional Directors are the ones who begin authorizing the clearing of the waitlist because they are in the know of late registering rookies.

[Mark McLeod]

Originally Posted by Jmulderig

1-Is there any way to see what number on the waitlist you are?

2-When do they typically start to pull from the list?

You won't have any problem Jake.
Registering when you did put you pretty high on the waitlist, if not at the top, and we only get a couple of rookies each year.
You can drop Ginny a note if you want reassurance.

[Mark McLeod]

Seattle has gone to a waitlist.

Others running short are now:

• (3) St. Louis
• (4) Waterloo
• (7) Midwest
• (9) Boston
• (9) Hatboro-Horsham District

[JohnBoucher]

Where do the rookie team numbers start?

[Mark McLeod]

Originally Posted by JohnBoucher

Where do the rookie team numbers start?

First 2013 rookie is team 4450 from Olympia, WA

[PayneTrain]

According to the director blog, numbers 4450 and up are 2013 rookies.

[MARS_James]

Originally Posted by PayneTrain

According to the director blog, numbers 4450 and up are 2013 rookies.

I find this hilarious cause the highest rookie number to my knowledge was 4410 the Cyborg Senators. I get them wanting it to be easy to know who is a rookie and who isn't but they skipped 40 numbers

[George1902]

Originally Posted by MARS_James

I find this hilarious cause the highest rookie number to my knowledge was 4410 the Cyborg Senators. I get them wanting it to be easy to know who is a rookie and who isn't but they skipped 40 numbers

FIRST usually reserves a few numbers every year for new teams that don't meet the rookie team criteria. Any new team with an approximate age of last year's rookies will be assigned one of those 40 numbers.