Confirmed New Districts for 2015?

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Originally Posted by Brandon_L

Michigan's CMP is free for teams I hear, but it could be wrong.

Originally Posted by DampRobot

The story I heard is that the MSC people wanted to make it free, as it would be supported by sponsors, etc, but FIRST makes them charge the registration fee.

Originally Posted by Zebra_Fact_Man

Word on the street is that the MSC could have been free (and FiM wanted it to be free), but Headquarters in NH required the the additional event fee to participate at the State Championship. FiM also wanted outside teams to be able to participate in disctrict events, but again Headquarters said no.

There's some paper posted here on CD about how districts came into fruition and why they work the way they do, but I'm much too lazy to go looking for it.

Here's the whitepaper: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/papers/2804

You might be getting confused with the grant provided by the state government this year that started this year. More information about that can be read in this document.

Originally Posted by MI FRC Grant

4. State, National, and World Competition Grants
The MDE will provide funding for reasonable expenses for qualifying teams to
participate in State, National, or World FIRST Robotics Competitions.

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Originally Posted by bam-bam

I've heard rumblings that an Indiana-Illinois district system was confirmed, which was why so many Indiana teams flew out to distant regionals this year. I'm about 80% certain of this, but could someone with more knowledge confirm?

Originally Posted by orangemoore

I haven't heard anything about them but I'm ready for them.

As far as I know, this has been pushed back to 2016. I'd still wait for an announcement from IndianaFIRST to be sure though.