Registration 2016

[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?