New York Districts?

[Mark McLeod]

...the lack of an offseason event hosted on LI (to my knowledge after extensive CD and FIRST website searches)...

The LI offseason event (running since 2005) doesn't advertise on CD.
http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprogr...itational-2015
We had earlier 2004 and 2003 offseason events, but with homemade fields and field elements.
SBPLI is a strong veteran volunteer organization.

NYC has had more of a problem getting an offseason together with one at Francis Lewis HS for a few years, but it was hard to get the NYC teams out.
NYC has a broad volunteer group primarily due to supporting companies such as Bloomberg, but many of these are inexperienced volunteers and the area lacks veteran local volunteers for some key positions.

[KrazyCarl92]

Originally Posted by Mark McLeod

The LI offseason event (running since 2005) doesn't advertise on CD.
http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprogr...itational-2015
We had earlier 2004 and 2003 offseason events, but with homemade fields and field elements.
SBPLI is a strong veteran volunteer organization.

NYC has had more of a problem getting an offseason together with one at Francis Lewis HS for a few years, but it was hard to get the NYC teams out.
NYC has a broad volunteer group primarily due to supporting companies such as Bloomberg, but many of these are inexperienced volunteers and the area lacks veteran local volunteers for some key positions.

Thank you Mark, I appreciate the feedback. I will update the information in the document and upload to make sure accurate information is contained.

[Dominick Ferone]

Originally Posted by Mark McLeod

The LI offseason event (running since 2005) doesn't advertise on CD.
http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprogr...itational-2015
We had earlier 2004 and 2003 offseason events, but with homemade fields and field elements.
SBPLI is a strong veteran volunteer organization.

The event was usual hosted each year out in Deer Park until the team retired before the 2013 season.

[Jessi Kaestle]

Originally Posted by Mark McLeod

NYC has a broad volunteer group primarily due to supporting companies such as Bloomberg, but many of these are inexperienced volunteers and the area lacks veteran local volunteers for some key positions.

The NYC area has many qualified volunteers for some of the key positions but due to them also being key mentors on teams competing in the NYC Regional (often the only mentor and/or the drive coach) they are not available for the NYC Regional but when we go to districts many have said they would be willing to volunteer to do an event (or three).