California District Proposal

[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.