[FRC Blog] 2015 Events are Being Posted!

[MrTechCenter]

I'm a little worried that only two of California's regionals have been posted and the first regional registration date is quickly approaching.

[rick.oliver]

Originally Posted by M. Mellott

Any word on the Ohio area? We've heard about Greater Pittsburgh (week 4, which is also OGT week), but what about Buckeye, Queen City, or even down in Smokey Mountain. With Indiana now closed off to us, people are starting to get concerned over here.

The FIRST Site shows Greater Pittsburgh as Week 2, which happens to be OGT for our school.

[Wetzel]

Originally Posted by Qbot2640

Is this confirmed...I can't find anything.

A contract hasn't been signed yet and it is not offical, but I don't expect the date to change.

[Rick]

Originally Posted by cgmv123

...An event is official when the contract is signed with the venue.

Not exactly. With FIRST allowing registration for events 6-7 months in advance, sometimes contracts are not signed until weeks before the event takes place. This is not by choice, but some of the smaller/newer venues (i.e. districts) have to hash out details for a while before a contract is signed.

[Gary Dillard]

From the original FRC Blog Post (and the first post in this thread):

.... ‘Confirmed’ means either that FIRST HQ has a signed agreement with the venue, or that District organizers have passed along to us firm information on their events.....Events will be posted not later than a week or so after the information is confirmed.

So it sounds like for Regionals it means they have a signed contract, for Districts I guess the interpretation of "firm information" is up to the District organizers.

[Gary Dillard]

Originally Posted by Gary Dillard

Maybe we need to start a new thread with all of the rumored dates up front to be updated.

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...hreadid=130504

[M. Mellott]

Originally Posted by rick.oliver

The FIRST Site shows Greater Pittsburgh as Week 2, which happens to be OGT for our school.

Gary and Rick...Thank you both! My brain wasn't working yesterday...

[Kevin Pardus]

Yesterday, finally posted: IN District Championship - Week 6

It was great this season that dates for events began posting earlier than any season prior, especially for the District events. But it ended up worst for Regional events, with a very large number still not confirmed less than two weeks until registration. Only 32 Regional events have been posted as confirmed so far.

EDIT: See the link below to the CD Thread listing all possible Regional events awaiting confirmation:

Originally Posted by Gary Dillard

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...hreadid=130504

Currently shows 22 Regional events with no confirmed dates/venues.

[Kevin Pardus]

Yesterday, another Regional was finally posted: Hub City - Week 5

That posting brings to 33 the total number of Regional events officially confirmed (61%), so far; while at least 21 Regional events continue to remain in official limbo (39%).

Edit: added in percentages

[Link07]

A ton of regionals were added today, as we approach the first registration date:

Georgia Southern Classic - Week 1
Central Illinois - Week 4
Buckeye - Week 5
Peachtree - Week 5
Colorado - Week 5
Silicon Valley - Week 6
Lone Star - Week 6
Midwest - Week 6
Chesapeake - Week 6
Smoky Mountains - Week 6

[mwmac]

Still waiting with baited breath for official confirmation of dates for LVR, Colorado, Calgary and the remaining California events. Is it just me or are event dates being released more slowly this year than in the past?

[Link07]

Originally Posted by mwmac

Still waiting with baited breath for official confirmation of dates for LVR, Colorado, Calgary and the remaining California events. Is it just me or are event dates being released more slowly this year than in the past?

Sorry, I missed Colorado, which was also posted. It's week 5

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by mwmac

Still waiting with baited breath for official confirmation of dates for LVR, Colorado, Calgary and the remaining California events. Is it just me or are event dates being released more slowly this year than in the past?

http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprogr...-Event-Posting

Concerns addressed in new blog post.

[mwmac]

Originally Posted by Link07

Sorry, I missed Colorado, which was also posted. It's week 5

I missed it too. Was hoping it would be week 6.

[pwnageNick]

It doesn't seem very smart to have Wisconsin, Central Illinois, and St. Louis Regionals all in the same weekend. Outside of the Midwest regional, with Indiana going to districts now, the next closest event for any team in the Illinois/Iowa/Wisconsin area is the Minnesota Regionals. This is even more an issue as 2 of them (Duluth) are still pretty far as well as week 1 and tend to fill up quickly due to the large number of Minnesota teams. The other two Minnesota events (Minneapolis/St. Paul) tend to be later in the season which mean it will either land on the same week as one of the 4 Regionals listed previously or land at an undesirable time in week 5. Outside of Minnesota, the next closest for the region becomes Kansas City, Pittsburgh, and Ontario.

We all knew that Indiana going to districts was going to leave the Midwest with even less scheduling options, and now with all of these Regionals occurring either on the same weekend or in back-to-back weeks, this definitely does not improve the situation.

I know venue conflicts and such are hard to avoid, but this seems very undesirable. But I guess this is the way this district-transition period goes.

-Nick