MAR 2017

[Brian Sherman]

Originally Posted by scottandme

Odd bug with Bridgewater where TIMS lists 0 available slots, but there are only 19/32 teams registered.

We are aware of a registration issue that is affecting teams that wish to attend the Bridgewater-Raritan District Competition. We have contacted FIRST and are working on a resolution.

If you intended to register for the Bridgewater-Raritan Event, please join the waitlist. We will be accepting the waitlisted teams as soon as possible.

[Brian Maher]

Here's a matrix of how many teams are attending each possible pairing of MAR events:

   HH MO WT BR SC SN MY
HH 33  0  0  1 15  9  0
MO  0 33  -  3  1  4 15
WT  0  - 20  3  8  8  0
BR  1  3  3 20  -  2  7
SC 15  1  8  - 29  3  2
SN  9  4  8  2  3 33  4
MY  0 15  0  7  2  4 30

The same pairings in list form, with teams (omitting conflicting events):

• 15, HH, SCH, (103, 341, 423, 708, 1218, 1807, 2095, 2234, 2539, 2590, 3974, 4373, 4454, 5404, 5420)
• 15, MO, MG, (11, 25, 75, 193, 222, 303, 555, 1279, 1672, 1923, 2016, 3314, 4573, 5624, 6016)
• 9, HH, SEN, (709, 1647, 2180, 2607, 5113, 5401, 5457, 5684, 5895)
• 8, WT, SCH, (321, 433, 484, 486, 1168, 1495, 1640, 5407)
• 8, WT, SEN, (272, 316, 365, 816, 1712, 2729, 4750, 5938)
• 7, BR, MG, (56, 102, 223, 1676, 3637, 4653, 4954)
• 4, MO, SEN, (293, 1089, 1228, 2600)
• 4, SEN, MG, (1391, 4575, 5666, 6327)
• 3, WT, BR, (834, 1989, 6203)
• 3, SCH, SEN, (203, 204, 2191)
• 3, MO, BR, (41, 219, 747)
• 2, BR, SEN, (224, 1626)
• 2, SCH, MG, (225, 2495)
• 1, HH, BR, (1257)
• 1, MO, SCH, (5310)
• 0, HH, MO, ()
• 0, HH, WT, ()
• 0, HH, MG, ()
• 0, WT, MG, ()

[scottandme]

MAR 2017 Schedule

Waitlist cleared and all teams have registered for 2 events. Currently sitting at 118 teams, we lost 6 from last year, added one rookie. So I would guess that we'll have 24 +/- 1 slots for the St. Louis event unless we have a large late influx of rookie teams (22 last year). A few of those missing teams tend to be very late registrations, but 869 missing seems odd.

For teams looking at 3rd events - Westtown and Bridgewater seem like likely candidates, with the other events being within a couple slots of their listed capacity preference.

Montgomery is both the largest and deepest event, and should be a useful preview of MARCMP gameplay.

[Brian Sherman]

A couple notes:

The waitlist for third play will be cleared shortly. We sent in the list a week ago to FIRST. Basically all teams on the waitlist will get into the event they choose except Montgomery which is at max capacity.

MAR Team Survey: There is still time to give us feedback for next year. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MARsurvey2016

MAR Kickoff Video Top 10 List: Submit your way you know you are in MAR and see if it makes the cut. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/T5L9XBV (We want all the pranks over the years too!)

[scottandme]

Originally Posted by scottandme

MAR 2017 Schedule

I have been updating the sheet with 3rd event and outside district/regional registrations. Post in here or PM me if you know about any other external regional/district registrations. I can only quickly find the internal MAR 3rd plays.

You can see roughly how many 3rd event slots are still open on the far right "Listed Capacity Remaining" column.

[Owen Busler]

Originally Posted by scottandme

MAR 2017 Schedule A few of those missing teams tend to be very late registrations, but 869 missing seems odd.

869 rebranded as 747 Flight Crew

[Brandon Holley]

Originally Posted by Brian Sherman

A couple notes:

The waitlist for third play will be cleared shortly. We sent in the list a week ago to FIRST. Basically all teams on the waitlist will get into the event they choose except Montgomery which is at max capacity.

Hey Brian -

I saw this line and was curious about waitlist clearing and submittal to FIRST. In NE, we dont need HQ approval to clear waitlists, so it struck me as something different in another district. Do you guys work through HQ to clear your waitlist?

-Brando

[scottandme]

Originally Posted by Owen Busler

869 rebranded as 747 Flight Crew

So THAT'S why those people we played with in elims at Brunswick Eruption looked so familiar.

[Brian Sherman]

Originally Posted by Brandon Holley

Hey Brian -

I saw this line and was curious about waitlist clearing and submittal to FIRST. In NE, we dont need HQ approval to clear waitlists, so it struck me as something different in another district. Do you guys work through HQ to clear your waitlist?

-Brando

We don't have direct access to the the registration system (and from my knowledge, no district does), but we provide recommendations which FIRST follows 99% of the time. We message our contacts at FIRST who manually adjust the team registrations within their system. Each year, our Competition Committee oversees team registration within MAR events making sure all teams get at least 2 plays and that the event rosters are as even as possible. Moving forward, our new Program Director will oversee registration every year.

[Brian Maher]

It would appear that MAR is getting another New England visitor this year: 2168 at Bridgewater.

[MisterJ]

The MAR website reads...

MAR Consent and Release

Student team members under 18 years of age are also required to submit a Mid-Atlantic Robotics Consent and Release Form, available above. After downloading these forms, they may be filled out electronically and printed out for signature. Submit your form to your Lead Team Mentor before your earliest 2016 event (kickoff or District Event). The form may also be submitted electronically through the FIRST Team Registration System.

I can't figure out how to do that. Could someone give me an idea? Thanks!

[Deetman]

Originally Posted by MisterJ

The MAR website reads...

MAR Consent and Release

Student team members under 18 years of age are also required to submit a Mid-Atlantic Robotics Consent and Release Form, available above. After downloading these forms, they may be filled out electronically and printed out for signature. Submit your form to your Lead Team Mentor before your earliest 2016 event (kickoff or District Event). The form may also be submitted electronically through the FIRST Team Registration System.

I can't figure out how to do that. Could someone give me an idea? Thanks!

Are you referring to the MAR Consent and Release form? If so this can't be electronically submitted through FIRST. The wording appears to be incorrect, I'll work on getting the website updated accordingly.

[Brian Sherman]

Originally Posted by MisterJ

The MAR website reads...

MAR Consent and Release

Student team members under 18 years of age are also required to submit a Mid-Atlantic Robotics Consent and Release Form, available above. After downloading these forms, they may be filled out electronically and printed out for signature. Submit your form to your Lead Team Mentor before your earliest 2016 event (kickoff or District Event). The form may also be submitted electronically through the FIRST Team Registration System.

I can't figure out how to do that. Could someone give me an idea? Thanks!

FIRST was working on a system to collect district consent and release forms through their website but it was not ready in time for 2017. We merged the student and adult forms to one to make it easier for their online system and added that note assuming it would be ready for 2017. You'll need to submit it at the districts events the old way (hard copy). Hopefully next year we can get it online!

[MisterJ]

Thanks for the explanation!