Registration 2013

[Doug G]

Originally Posted by DonRotolo

Some schools would not permit school travel when school is not in session. But I could imagine mid-May as being a viable option.

No school travel when not in session? About every school in our area does athletic camps and summer camps and leadership camps during the summer. Many of them are overnight and out of town. I think it is very doable.

[Mark McLeod]

Registration is at 2555 2556 and still changing now that FIRST staff are back from the holiday break. One Western Canada Regional rookie team dropped out this morning, and Peachtree added one.

The peak was 2571 registered teams, before it fell back.
A rough estimate of 400 event slots are open and unassigned. The districts haven't filled their double rosters yet though.

The smallest Regionals are Waterloo and Western Canada at 30 teams each.

Here are some registration charts to play with.

[Mark McLeod]

I neglected to mention that FiM has rounded out their District team rosters.

[Racer26]

Interesting that the 2013 season holds the record for retention rate at present, as well as one of the highest year-over-year drops in Lost teams. I wonder what changed. Did JCP pull the plug for the 2012 season killing a disproportionately high number of teams or something?

[Jon Stratis]

Part of that could be the teacher strike issues in Canada... I just looked, and there are 42 Rookie teams, out of 128 total this year (The number I just pulled off FIRST's site is a little different from Mark's, not sure why), while Canada had 113 teams last year. That's 27 teams that dropped from last year (almost 25%!), but impressive growth in new teams at the same time! I would hope that, without the issues Canada has been going through this year, we would have had a lot more of those teams returning.

[Gregor]

Originally Posted by Jon Stratis

Part of that could be the teacher strike issues in Canada... I just looked, and there are 42 Rookie teams, out of 128 total this year (The number I just pulled off FIRST's site is a little different from Mark's, not sure why), while Canada had 113 teams last year. That's 27 teams that dropped from last year (almost 25%!), but impressive growth in new teams at the same time! I would hope that, without the issues Canada has been going through this year, we would have had a lot more of those teams returning.

I'm afraid it isn't over yet. I still know of quite a few teams that are registered for regionals that wont be competing this year. Wonder when they will get pulled off.

[Racer26]

Originally Posted by Gregor

...wont be competing this year...

Not sure if its fair to call this or not yet. Back a group of dedicated teenagers far enough into a corner, and they're gonna find a way out.

[Nick Lawrence]

I've heard rumors of teams able to get waivers from the union to run this year, but I can't confirm the accuracy of that statement.

-Nick

[Racer26]

Originally Posted by Nick Lawrence

I've heard rumors of teams able to get waivers from the union to run this year, but I can't confirm the accuracy of that statement.

-Nick

If true, that would constitute a remarkable breakthrough.

[Mark McLeod]

NYC has cleared teams from it's waitlist.
Who out there is still hoping on a waitlist?

MAR has

• 3 teams that are still signed up for only a single District event
• 1 team signed up for three District events

FiM has

• 2 teams signed up for only a single District event
• No three District teams yet

[Wetzel]

Originally Posted by Mark McLeod

NYC has cleared teams from it's waitlist.
Who out there is still hoping on a waitlist?

MAR has

• 3 teams that are still signed up for only a single District event
• 1 team signed up for three District events

FiM has

• 2 teams signed up for only a single District event
• No three District teams yet

NYC has moved all teams off the waitlist and into the event, or they have closed out the waitlist? I know of several DC teams that are still hoping to get into Baltimore as a second event, but were buried 10+ deep on the waitlist there as of a month ago.

Am I correct in that there is no way to see the size of waitlist at a regional or a way to search for regionals with open spots, other than clicking through to each regional in What Events are in my Area? I have several teams with the funding for a second regional for the first time, but are just sitting on a waitlist now, they (and I) don't know if they can/should blindly waitlist everywhere remotely possible or stay the course and hope for the more reasonable option an hour away.

Wetzel

[Hallry]

Originally Posted by Mark McLeod

NYC has cleared teams from it's waitlist.
Who out there is still hoping on a waitlist?[/list]

We are! ...on NYC's =/. They still do have room though for up to 3 more teams (based on what the Regional Director told me, they have room for 66 in total, and there are 63 signed up currently).

Originally Posted by Wetzel

NYC has moved all teams off the waitlist and into the event, or they have closed out the waitlist?

I'm hoping they're just pausing before moving more teams off, since there is still room available (hopefully).

[Travis Hoffman]

Originally Posted by Hallry

We are! ...on NYC's =/. They still do have room though for up to 3 more teams (based on what the Regional Director told me, they have room for 66 in total, and there are 63 signed up currently).

You have more patience than we do. That is why we're at FLR now. Good luck getting one of the final spots!

[Hallry]

Originally Posted by Travis Hoffman

You have more patience than we do. That is why we're at FLR now. Good luck getting one of the final spots!

Well, we really don't have any other choice. Since we're in MAR, we are signed up for two districts, both of which we aren't staying over for. That's why we loved NYC last year and wanted to go there again this year; it's only 45 minutes away, so there's no need to get a hotel. We can save our money to get a hotel for the MAR Championships and World Championships (hopefully). But besides for NYC, there isn't any other regional around us that we would be able to come home each night for.

But thanks for the good luck .

[Mark McLeod]

Yea, there's no publicly perusable waitpool, since it's not a single ordered list anyway.
Only the Regional Director can say for sure if more space is available, but last year's capacity is usually a reasonably dependable guide.

Baltimore just moved in a couple of more teams off the waitlist this afternoon.

The Regionals still showing open slots that teams can get in right away are:

# slots - Regional
1-BAE Systems Granite State Regional
1-Northern Lights Regional
1-Festival de Robotique FRC a Montreal Regional
1-Bayou Regional
1-Boston Regional
1-Utah Regional
1-Wisconsin Regional
1-Razorback Regional
1-Hawaii Regional
2-Greater Toronto East Regional
3-Pine Tree Regional
3-Las Vegas Regional
4-Waterloo Regional
4-Buckeye Regional
5-South Florida Regional
5-Spokane Regional
12-Western Canadian FRC Regional
14-Greater Toronto West Regional