2017 California Regionals

[jwfoss]

Originally Posted by SenorZ

Thought I'd share the 8 (eight!) regionals in CA for 2017.

Week 2:

• San Diego
• Central Valley

Week 3:

• Ventura
• San Francisco (New)

Week 4:

• Sacramento
• Los Angeles

Week 5:

• Orange County
• Silicon Valley

Some new week placements, some new venues (OC at UCI, LA at CSULB)
Should be interesting to see who ends up going where!

Looks like a district schedule already... just missing a couple of Week 1s

[billbo911]

Originally Posted by Pauline Tasci

So happy there are no Week 1 regionals this year in our state.

Originally Posted by AdamHeard

With 8 regionals in the state, it'd be nice to have a week 1.

No Week 6 either.
There could be some wiggle room if they used both. Other than that, it's a decent schedule.

[IKE]

Would Californians want a San Luis Obispo or Paso Robles event? I know there are not a ton of teams in that area, but we have found in Michigan that having an event in an area can help create more teams. If those places don't work out, what about Fresno?

I had assumed that Cal Polytech in SLO might have some good FIRST Alum support.

[AdamHeard]

Originally Posted by IKE

Would Californians want a San Luis Obispo or Paso Robles event? I know there are not a ton of teams in that area, but we have found in Michigan that having an event in an area can help create more teams. If those places don't work out, what about Fresno?

I had assumed that Cal Polytech in SLO might have some good FIRST Alum support.

We'd definitely be interested

There was talk with the school around 2008 of hosting an event, but that fizzled out and the local group (us) haven't made any efforts to push that further.

[sanddrag]

Yes, I would like a Cal Poly SLO regional

[AdamHeard]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

Yes, I would like a Cal Poly SLO regional

I nominate Sanddrag as chair of Cal Poly Regional Planning Committee.

[IKE]

Could it be called the SLO Cal Regional just to confuse us with SOCal.

[SenorZ]

Originally Posted by IKE

Would Californians want a San Luis Obispo or Paso Robles event? I know there are not a ton of teams in that area, but we have found in Michigan that having an event in an area can help create more teams. If those places don't work out, what about Fresno?

I had assumed that Cal Polytech in SLO might have some good FIRST Alum support.

Its very central to the two population centers (Bay area and LA). Could work.

Here's a map of the current 8 regionals. There's a lot of space for expansion:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1mJ...08&usp=sharing

[EricH]

I believe Antelope Valley was looking into possibly hosting a regional a couple years back, too. East of the Ventura icon, north of the green (local mountains). So far, nothing's come of it, though.

[SenorZ]

San Andreas Fault Regional?
Location: Varies.

[sanddrag]

Originally Posted by SenorZ

San Andreas Fault Regional?
Location: Varies.

[Ali Ahmed]

Originally Posted by IKE

Would Californians want a San Luis Obispo or Paso Robles event? I know there are not a ton of teams in that area, but we have found in Michigan that having an event in an area can help create more teams. If those places don't work out, what about Fresno?

I had assumed that Cal Polytech in SLO might have some good FIRST Alum support.

I have a crazy idea. Let's start a SLO District event. Then change the other CA events to District events too.

[frcguy]

Originally Posted by Ali Ahmed

I have a crazy idea. Let's start a SLO District event. Then change the other CA events to District events too.

haha. Keep on dreaming...

[Cory]

Originally Posted by IKE

Would Californians want a San Luis Obispo or Paso Robles event? I know there are not a ton of teams in that area, but we have found in Michigan that having an event in an area can help create more teams. If those places don't work out, what about Fresno?

I had assumed that Cal Polytech in SLO might have some good FIRST Alum support.

SLO would be cool, but Fresno is so close to Madera that it wouldn't make a lot of sense to have a second event there IMO.

[kaliken]

There were rumors of a Palmdale regional. Not sure what happened on that. Though it would be more for socal, it would be in an area where the team density is a bit lower.

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