FIRST Chesapeake Districts

[Qbot2640]

Should have called it "FIRST District in Chesapeake", then you could all put:

"Member FDIC" after your team number.

[notmattlythgoe]

Originally Posted by Qbot2640

Should have called it "FIRST District in Chesapeake", then you could all put:

"Member FDIC" after your team number.

Gold. Hire this guy to choose names from now on.

[TDav540]

Originally Posted by Qbot2640

Should have called it "FIRST District in Chesapeake", then you could all put:

"Member FDIC" after your team number.

Stan where are you! We need this name!

[Kevin Leonard]

Originally Posted by TDav540

Stan where are you! We need this name!

Personally, I liked "FIRST on the Chesapeake", but thats just me.

[notmattlythgoe]

Originally Posted by Kevin Leonard

Personally, I liked "FIRST on the Chesapeake", but thats just me.

Right? FIRST Chesapeake sounds like a company name and not a description of a region. I get what they were going for, I just think they missed the mark a bit.

[wilsonmw04]

My favorite was FIRST DMV

[ParkerMak]

I still think FAMED (FIRST Atlantic Mid-East District) was the way to go.

[Nate Laverdure]

Washington FIRST Robotics isn't really using its name anymore, right? We could use that.

Originally Posted by AGPapa

We have FIM, MAR, NE, PNW and IN as our current districts with GA, NC and "FIRST Chesapeake" coming next year. Kind of a mouthful, what acronym are we going to use for the Chesapeake district area?

The abbreviation for FIRST Chesapeake is 'CHE'.

[Kevin Leonard]

Originally Posted by Nate Laverdure

Washington FIRST Robotics isn't really using its name anymore, right? We could use that.

The "DC Area District" or DCAD?

[AGPapa]

Originally Posted by Kevin Leonard

The "DC Area District" or DCAD?

Originally Posted by Nate Laverdure

Washington FIRST Robotics isn't really using its name anymore, right? We could use that.

I don't think the area should be renamed (I actually kind of like the name). I just think we need a convenient shorthand when writing it so it doesn't seem out of place in lists with the other districts. Something like "FC" or "CSPK". I don't know what's best. Were there any abbreviations used for the Chesapeake regional?

[notmattlythgoe]

Originally Posted by AGPapa

I don't think the area should be renamed (I actually kind of like the name). I just think we need a convenient shorthand when writing it so it doesn't seem out of place in lists with the other districts. Something like "FC" or "CSPK". I don't know, were there any abbreviations used for the Chesapeake regional? It's event code is "mdcp", but I don't think "CP" is clear enough.

I think you just end up going with FC, although I think FOC would have been better for "FIRST on the Chesapeake"

[PayneTrain]

I mean for what it's worth FIRST violates their branding standards and flaunts those violations at Champs. Haven't seen any official logo.

EDIT: never mind, I saw it. It's nothing I didn't expect.

[PayneTrain]

If we're posting things, here's something that wasn't considered or ever received.

The FIRST Colonial Region celebrates the heritage of the United States while looking to the future.



The eight stars represent the 8 original events the region will begin with. 7 districts, and one championship. The cannonade in the center represents one of the major technical achievements used in the Revolutionary War. The gear on the outside is... self explanatory. I picked faded shades of traditional FIRST colors because well, the crayola colors looked gross.

In addition, each of the 8 events received a variant of the logo. Here is the first one I found, the Capital District.



One thing that has always annoyed me about the district system is how names are so easily dropped and added because a district moved 5 miles east or west. The area has a very rich history and very distinguishable parts that make up the region, so these distinct districts get distinct names. As long as the district stayed in the general area, the name wouldn't change. The Old Line District (western MD) and the Harbor District (eastern MD) are in Maryland, The Capital District is in DC, and Virginia has the Metro (NoVA), Shenandoah (Western VA), Commonwealth (Central VA), and Dominion (eastern VA) Districts.

For the championship, the logo is gold because... well, because.

[Mr V]

Originally Posted by Nate Laverdure

Washington FIRST Robotics isn't really using its name anymore, right? We could use that.



The abbreviation for FIRST Chesapeake is 'CHE'.

My business card, those of the Washington FIRST Robotics staff, the building known as the Fieldhouse and all the equipment in that building disagree with the fact that WFR does not use that name any more.

Washington FIRST Robotics is the official, legal, registered name of the non profit organization that is responsible for all 4 FIRST programs in the state of Washington and for running the PNW District of WA, OR and AK.

While we are the PNW District we are not using PNW FIRST any longer. It caused some confusion with donors and sponsors.

My thought is that the official FIRST TLA for the new Chesapeake district will be CPK.

[Nate Laverdure]

Originally Posted by Mr V

My business card, those of the Washington FIRST Robotics staff, the building known as the Fieldhouse and all the equipment in that building disagree with the fact that WFR does not use that name any more.

Sorry, I didn't mean any disrespect

Originally Posted by Mr V

Washington FIRST Robotics is the official, legal, registered name of the non profit organization that is responsible for all 4 FIRST programs in the state of Washington and for running the PNW District of WA, OR and AK.

While we are the PNW District we are not using PNW FIRST any longer. It caused some confusion with donors and sponsors.

That's VERY interesting to me, as VirginiaFIRST seems to be following the exact same process. Two things are striking:

1. The VirginiaFIRST administration has explained that FIRST has mandated the "FIRST + <local flavor>" naming scheme for all newly-forming districts. If you "are not using PNW FIRST any longer", then maybe you guys aren't being held to this same standard? Or you decided to reject the standard? Or maybe the naming scheme isn't really mandatory in the first place?
2. It seems to me that when an organization is attempting to represent the needs of 2 or more uniquely-named places, then the organization shouldn't be named for only 1 of those places. I don't think I would be comfortable with the arrangement, if (say) I were a MD or OR team. How does your organization make sure the Oregonians and Alaskans are appropriately represented in the decision-making processes?

I recently asked the FIRST Chesapeake admin team this question:


Is it the same story for WFR? The WFR board just didn't make a determination that an overarching PNW organization was necessary?