California District Proposal

[jpetito]

Originally Posted by jpetito

Hi John--

To continue the discussion:

--Finding supportive admin with adequate facilities located where they are needed most: central locations for local teams. This takes legwork, and might merely be what Andrew/Data Nerd suggests: asking. This asking I think should start at the team level at the local school.

Oops-gotta run. Getting a mill and lathe and junk donated to us and can't wait…

Think we're getting close, though want success the first time out.

Joe

To continue the discussion part II

--Timing: does the northern half want to pull this off for season 2017?

--I cannot speak for all, or even a portion, but we're nowhere near ready for this in the south.

--Probably means a bunch of people on the north end have to sit in one room looking at one another with a big map. The remote control digital thing only goes so far.

--Probably a targeted list of schools, and then a delegation of students and parents willing to take on meeting with admin.

--Those schools who have hosted previously are assumed good to go?

Joe.

[AdamHeard]

Originally Posted by jpetito

To continue the discussion part II

--Timing: does the northern half want to pull this off for season 2017?

--I cannot speak for all, or even a portion, but we're nowhere near ready for this in the south.

--Probably means a bunch of people on the north end have to sit in one room looking at one another with a big map. The remote control digital thing only goes so far.

--Probably a targeted list of schools, and then a delegation of students and parents willing to take on meeting with admin.

--Those schools who have hosted previously are assumed good to go?

Joe.

I don't think anyone is pushing for districts in 2017, afaik regionals are already approved by FIRST.

2018 would be the earliest possible year to push for.

[EricH]

Originally Posted by AdamHeard

I don't think anyone is pushing for districts in 2017, afaik regionals are already approved by FIRST.

2018 would be the earliest possible year to push for.

True. As I read the document, 2017 would be a year to do a number of things to prepare, including lots of volunteer recruiting/training and lots of team educating on the "finer points"--example, more matches means more robot maintenance, so build strong. Essentially, build a foundation so that districts can hit the ground running.

[Michael Corsetto]

Originally Posted by jpetito

To continue the discussion part II

--Timing: does the northern half want to pull this off for season 2017?

--I cannot speak for all, or even a portion, but we're nowhere near ready for this in the south.

--Probably means a bunch of people on the north end have to sit in one room looking at one another with a big map. The remote control digital thing only goes so far.

--Probably a targeted list of schools, and then a delegation of students and parents willing to take on meeting with admin.

--Those schools who have hosted previously are assumed good to go?

Joe.

Joe,

Beautiful lathe! If you are looking for a DRO, we bought ours from DRO PROS, they are based in NorCal and gave us an educational discount for our DRO's.

1. Definitely not 2017. The RD's are working hard right now to finalize 2017 Regional Venues. This is all looking at 2018 at the earliest.

2. I understand the sentiment. I believe the next logical question is "when will we know that we are ready?" You've brought up some great action items in your White Paper that are great next steps to get closer to the elusive goal of being ready.

3. There are plans for NorCal people to get together again to talk more details (obviously, very fluid right now). I had an in-person meeting with the organizers of MTTD and CC in 2014, back when I started researching districts.

4. Love the plan of action. Other regions have posted venue check lists which I will adopt to FIRST CA's application. Hope to post that this weekend.

5. I would not assume that 100%. CCC, yes. Madera, yes. Looks like SF as well. But I have also heard that some existing venues are not very warm towards FRC. So I think at this point it is a mixed back, but maybe your action items in point 4 would help put more boots on the ground and return more yield on venue proposals?

Great thoughts, please keep them coming!

-Mike