New England Teams To-Be-Registered

[Nathan Streeter]

Originally Posted by Rosiebotboss

You missed 2, there are actually 13. (2104 and 3609.)

Yep, I see where my method of identifying 'missing' teams gave a false negative for 3609. 2104 is an interesting case in that they didn't end up actually competing in 2014... they registered for WPI and Hartford, but didn't attend either (I only included teams that competed in 2014, not ones that only registered... a subtle distinction). Of note is the fact that it looks like 2104 also didn't register or compete in 2012.

Originally Posted by Rosiebotboss

The RDs, VISTAs and FIRST Senior Mentors are actively tracking them down and moving them along....there will be a couple that fade away.

I'm sure they are/will... I just wanted to raise the issue to the New England FIRST community as a whole and learn if there was a larger cause or if this is 'typical' at this point in registration.

I would think that this is about typical for registration of rookie teams, but the number of non-rookie teams that competed in 2014 but haven't returned surprised me... The bulk of the teams that left (11 of 13) had competed in FRC for 4+ years... fortunately that means we only lost one rookie and one 2nd year team, but it raises the concern for why these generally successful veteran teams seem to have left (or have just been slow to register).