Registration 2015

[Steven Donow]

Originally Posted by MechEng83

Is this a thing?

In Michigan it is. There's some system involving home districts.

[BrendanB]

Originally Posted by Chirag

4761 is signed up and pumped for our first home competition at the week 2 Reading District Event! Can't wait to see some of you guys there!

Looking forward to playing with you guys!

Originally Posted by Underdog_19

4909 got into Northeastern. Shooting for Reading with our next pick!

That would be awesome if you guys can make it in for second registration!

[orangemoore]

Looks like Midwest will be a host to more international teams. Currently there are two teams not from the U.S. one from Israel And another from The United Arab Emirates. This doesn't include the 3 teams from Turkey that have been there in the past.

[Basel A]

Originally Posted by 3175student17

For district teams, is it even necessary to be on early for the first district, as you have to sign up for your home event anyway?

Doesn't much matter today because "home" slots are reserved for some time (Gail mentioned this specifically in an email), but timing probably will be important come Oct 9.

[Bmarshall645]

Originally Posted by Ken Streeter

Welcome back! We're planning to sign up for Nashua as our 2nd event.

We are registered for Granite State for our first competition.

[Jscout11]

Mt. Olive District has reached initial capacity at 31 teams

[MrTechCenter]

2073 is registered for Sacramento as always!

[Tungrus]

Michigan teams can opt out of home venue, if the choose to. This season due to State grant, not many teams have registered today. Come Oct. 9th, most of the venues in SouthEast Michigan and few up-north will be filled out in few minutes!

[Chirag]

Originally Posted by Underdog_19

4909 got into Northeastern. Shooting for Reading with our next pick!

Hope to see you guys at Reading!

[Caleb Sykes]

Originally Posted by Mark McLeod

At initial capacity (which is 5 less than last year) I see:

• MN 10K Lakes
• MN North Star
• NC
• Pittsburgh
• Greater Toronto Central
• Los Angeles

Yep, both 10K and North Star are filled up. It really is a shame, but there are always a handful of Twin City area teams that can't get in to the Minneapolis events, and then have to travel to Duluth, Milwaukee, or Chicago instead.

[ehochstein]

Originally Posted by inkling16

Yep, both 10K and North Star are filled up. It really is a shame, but there are always a handful of Twin City area teams that can't get in to the Minneapolis events, and then have to travel to Duluth, Milwaukee, or Chicago instead.

Keep in mind that the events are filled to their initial capacities. I'm sure there are some reserved spots and we'll see teams moved to take up those spots in the coming days (provided there are teams on the waitlist).

[cadandcookies]

Originally Posted by inkling16

Yep, both 10K and North Star are filled up. It really is a shame, but there are always a handful of Twin City area teams that can't get in to the Minneapolis events, and then have to travel to Duluth, Milwaukee, or Chicago instead.

Remember that right now registration is capped at around 30 teams for each. Last year there were 60 teams at each (well, 63 at 10K Lakes). If a Twin Cities team wants to be at North Star/10K Lakes, they still have a pretty good shot at being there.

Edit: Well, Evan beat me to it

[Tyler Olds]

Originally Posted by Wiifi

Actually, one of them is a second year team, the other is a rookie though! We can probably thank 525 for them coming up here.

I'm surprised that they didn't register for 10k lakes since 525 is there. Happy to have them at North Star!

[The_ShamWOW88]

Originally Posted by Karthik

All you web ninjas out there, does anyone want to whip up a quick reference page that pulls in the following data in a pretty table:

1. Regional Name {And link to registered teams}
2. Regional Location
3. Regional Dates
4. Number of Registered Teams
5. Number of Spots Available

FIRST used to have a page like this that made for a great quick reference for those of us who like to follow registration season. It hasn't been around for a while, but it seems like this would be easy enough to create by someone who has a little bit of time.

I've created a Google Docs with this information. I'll edit it as teams register but if someone knows how to set up a spreadsheet that pulls the data automatically, go for it because I'm unsure how to do it. Remember, I'm updating this manually so before you register for an event, check USFIRST.org to make sure you have the most updated slot count. This is meant to just be a reference page.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...it?usp=sharing

[Caleb Sykes]

Originally Posted by Wiifi

Keep in mind that the events are filled to their initial capacities. I'm sure there are some reserved spots and we'll see teams moved to take up those spots in the coming days (provided there are teams on the waitlist).

Originally Posted by cadandcookies

Remember that right now registration is capped at around 30 teams for each. Last year there were 60 teams at each (well, 63 at 10K Lakes). If a Twin Cities team wants to be at North Star/10K Lakes, they still have a pretty good shot at being there.

Edit: Well, Evan beat me to it

I am aware of this, but some teams still manage to slip through the cracks. I trust the Planning Committee to do their best to accommodate as many teams as they can, but the fact is that there are just more teams that want to get in than slots available.