Registration 2016

[Mark McLeod]

We're actually under last year's registration rate.
Attached is a comparison of the first 12 hours over the past five seasons.
The second line down is this year.

[JB987]

Originally Posted by Mark McLeod

We're actually under last year's registration rate.
Attached is a comparison of the first 12 hours over the past five seasons.
The second line down is this year.

The rate may be lower because headquarters is maybe taking a harder line on YPP requirement of both lead and alternates having completed the task and many more teams than last year may be waiting for clearance to register?

[Mark McLeod]

We've had one local team that I've heard from with a new Alternate contact that did YPP at the last minute and couldn't register yesterday because of the ~3 day wait.

The same YPP requirements held last year didn't they?
Since YPP is good for 3 years I would think last year would have seen more of an impact since everyone had to get it done.
This year it's only changes in Main/Alternate that could be held up by YPP.
Of course there was more of a publicized YPP push last year, so more teams may have been caught flatfooted this year.

I wonder if any teams in the new districts are delayed in being assigned to events? I know Michigan has caused odd bumps in prior years when they held assignments, then released them all at once.

[MechEng83]

Originally Posted by Mark McLeod

We've had one local team that I've heard from with a new Alternate contact that did YPP at the last minute and couldn't register yesterday because of the ~3 day wait.

The same YPP requirements held last year didn't they?
Since YPP is good for 3 years I would think last year would have seen more of an impact since everyone had to get it done.
This year it's only changes in Main/Alternate that could be held up by YPP.
Of course there was more of a publicized YPP push last year, so more teams may have been caught flatfooted this year.

I wonder if any teams in the new districts are delayed in being assigned to events? I know Michigan has caused odd bumps in prior years when they held assignments, then released them all at once.

I don't know how widespread this was, but I know there was an issue with some district teams listed as a traditional event structure and couldn't register for their district event.

[Phoenix Spud]

Excited to see another country come to the FRC family! Welcome Team 5883 from Poland!

[Christopher149]

Originally Posted by Mark McLeod

We've had one local team that I've heard from with a new Alternate contact that did YPP at the last minute and couldn't register yesterday because of the ~3 day wait.

The same YPP requirements held last year didn't they?
Since YPP is good for 3 years I would think last year would have seen more of an impact since everyone had to get it done.
This year it's only changes in Main/Alternate that could be held up by YPP.
Of course there was more of a publicized YPP push last year, so more teams may have been caught flatfooted this year.

I wonder if any teams in the new districts are delayed in being assigned to events? I know Michigan has caused odd bumps in prior years when they held assignments, then released them all at once.

I know that in Michigan because you are guaranteed a spot at your home event (at least for sure this year) that a lot of teams are signing up very slowly (hopefully they'll have it done in a week or two).

[SoftwareBug2.0]

Originally Posted by Christopher149

I know that in Michigan because you are guaranteed a spot at your home event (at least for sure this year) that a lot of teams are signing up very slowly (hopefully they'll have it done in a week or two).

This is the same for the Michigan teams as it was last year though, right? I think part of the slower signups may be due to the PNW district introducing home events for the first time. Last year the PNW had multiple events filled by now.

[JB987]

Originally Posted by Mark McLeod

We've had one local team that I've heard from with a new Alternate contact that did YPP at the last minute and couldn't register yesterday because of the ~3 day wait.

The same YPP requirements held last year didn't they?
Since YPP is good for 3 years I would think last year would have seen more of an impact since everyone had to get it done.
This year it's only changes in Main/Alternate that could be held up by YPP.
Of course there was more of a publicized YPP push last year, so more teams may have been caught flatfooted this year.

I wonder if any teams in the new districts are delayed in being assigned to events? I know Michigan has caused odd bumps in prior years when they held assignments, then released them all at once.

Headquarters sent out a targeted email blast to 1200 Lead Mentors who had not completed the YPP as of the 21st... We were not one of them That may have resulted in a rush they couldn't handle in 3-4 days?

[Wetzel]

Originally Posted by Mark McLeod

We've had one local team that I've heard from with a new Alternate contact that did YPP at the last minute and couldn't register yesterday because of the ~3 day wait.

The same YPP requirements held last year didn't they?
Since YPP is good for 3 years I would think last year would have seen more of an impact since everyone had to get it done.
This year it's only changes in Main/Alternate that could be held up by YPP.
Of course there was more of a publicized YPP push last year, so more teams may have been caught flatfooted this year.

I wonder if any teams in the new districts are delayed in being assigned to events? I know Michigan has caused odd bumps in prior years when they held assignments, then released them all at once.

As far as I have seen, CHS teams are being assigned immediately.

[PayneTrain]

Originally Posted by Wetzel

As far as I have seen, CHS teams are being assigned immediately.

We are?

[logank013]

Originally Posted by Mark McLeod

We're actually under last year's registration rate.
Attached is a comparison of the first 12 hours over the past five seasons.
The second line down is this year.

Where do you even find that information? Haha

[sciencenuetzel]

Originally Posted by logank013

Where do you even find Thai satay? Haha

Logan. Please spell check. And think before you post.

[sciencenuetzel]

Or check out http://www.thaisatay.net/

Thai Satay San Mateo
173 East Fourth Ave.
San Mateo, CA 94401

8 years in a row. Best Thai Restaurant in San Mateo County.

[logank013]

Originally Posted by sciencenuetzel

Logan. Please spell check. And think before you post.

Check my spelling again. Lol. When I saw what I wrote, I was confused.

[Knufire]

Originally Posted by logank013

Where do you even find Thai satay? Haha

[offtopic]
Chicken Satay is a common appetizer at Thai restaurants, consisting of a few pieces of grilled chicken served on a skewer with a peanut sauce. There are some pretty decent Thai restaurants up near Keystone.

Jasmine Thai Restaurant
River Ridge Crossing, 4825 E 96th St, Indianapolis, IN 46240
[/offtopic]

On the topic of registration, I was quite surprised that so many Indiana teams registered for the Tippecanoe Distrct when the other two seem to be closer to the population center of teams.