districts 2017

[first3234]

what sates are going to districts next year i know Canada is but what states are going to districts in the U.S? or even states that are possibly go to districts next year

[logank013]

Originally Posted by first3234

what sates are going to districts next year i know Canada is but what states are going to districts in the U.S? or even states that are possibly go to districts next year

Is Canada really going to dstricts? Has that been confirmed yet? If it has, can you link where you saw the news? And I'm surprised that I haven't heard about this yet. Thanks.

[FrankJ]

I might be hazy on my geography, but I think Canada is a little big to be made into a district.

[SpaceBiz]

Texas is supposedly going to districts

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[first3234]

i herd that Canada was going to districts on here on one of the past district forms and i cant recall which thread i saw it on but i know its on one of the past district threads

[Sperkowsky]

Just as a general tip do not declare something as a fact unless you can back it up. All of these possible districts ideas are either rumors, or educated guesses. Not facts.

To my knowledge Canada as a district has not even been considered.

If Canada went districts it would probably be separated by province. The issue is only Ontario and Quebec really have enough teams to form an individual district. At this point all the geography experts realize there's a lot of land in the other 8 provinces (although I'm not sure if there are teams in some of them). Overall making it a centralized district should and probably will not ever happen. Let's not forget Canada is larger then the US.

Texas from what I hear is also not that close to going to districts being in the same general boat as NY.

Districts for next year have not yet been announced yet so unless your a Regional Director you probably do not know what's going on. If anyone is curious emailing the local regional director will probably give you a clear answer.

[SpaceBiz]

Just to be clear, the rumor I heard Texas is going to districts was from a team member on a team from Texas at champs. I find it somewhat credible, seeing as we (Chesapeake) were very aware of and were planning for the likley switch to districts at the time of the regionals we attended last year. But we shall see.

[Brian Maher]

Originally Posted by Sperkowsky

To my knowledge Canada as a district has not even been considered.

If Canada went districts it would probably be separated by province. The issue is only Ontario and Quebec really have enough teams to form an individual district. At this point all the geography experts realize there's a lot of land in the other 8 provinces (although I'm not sure if there are teams in some of them). Overall making it a centralized district should and probably will not ever happen. Let's not forget Canada is larger then the US.

For anyone not familiar with districts, the idea is to provide 2 district events and a district championship close to teams. Canada is just too big to provide a convenient district championship for all teams. Additionally, much of the country has too low a team density for those two district events. Canada would have to sub-divide to move to the district model. Ontario appears to have enough teams, enough events, and the team density for a district.

Originally Posted by Sperkowsky

Texas from what I hear is also not that close to going to districts being in the same general boat as NY.

Districts for next year have not yet been announced yet so unless your a Regional Director you probably do not know what's going on. If anyone is curious emailing the local regional director will probably give you a clear answer.

According to this thread from this time last year, the target for a Texas district is 2017. Unfortunately, I don't have any more recent information.

[alephzer0]

Originally Posted by BMSOTM

According to this thread from this time last year, the target for a Texas district is 2017. Unfortunately, I don't have any more recent information.

At any given time on any given date, we are exactly 2 years away from a Texas district. Or at least so the rumor says.

[SystemS]

As we all saw this year with all the mention about flyers going up at the north star regional regarding Minnesota districts, I think they are far off though. There could theoretically be a Midwest district encompassing MO, IL, and IA. Other states could be TX or CA.

[MikLast]

Going with the talks of Canada, whats the likelihood of having British Colombia be added to the PNW? there are not many teams in BC, and most (of the 5 measly teams) are near the border already with fairly unrealistic "home" events as is. Im not wanting to advocate it (yet...) but I would like to know what challenges (besides crossing the border and the issues involved with that) it may face trying to do this.

[Zebra_Fact_Man]

itt: nothing but rumors and speculation.

While we're at it, I heard from a very credible source that China was going to districts next year, California too.

[SpaceBiz]

Originally Posted by Zebra_Fact_Man

itt: nothing but rumors and speculation.

While we're at it, I heard from a very credible source that China was going to districts next year, California too.

China district has been a long time coming. No surprise there. The real question is what will they name it?

[Sperkowsky]

Originally Posted by SpaceBiz

China district has been a long time coming. No surprise there. The real question is what will they name it?

Fic

First in China

[SpaceBiz]

Originally Posted by Sperkowsky

Fic

First in China

Simple enough. I like it. Now we can all look forward to having FiC events to watch when the west coast events are over.