New Canadian Regional

[Joe Ross]

Remember, there will also be the Finger Lakes regional in Rochester next year, which means 3 regionals within 3 hours drive of each other (or the fast ferry from Toronto).

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by Joe Ross

Remember, there will also be the Finger Lakes regional in Rochester next year, which means 3 regionals within 3 hours drive of each other (or the fast ferry from Toronto).

Hopefully the regionals won't be competing with each other for teams on the same weekend.

[Shu Song]

ditto to that.

[thoughtful]

i hope first reckons that and they are on different dates so that we can get a lot of practice and more chances to win awards

[Jay H 237]

Originally Posted by Joe Ross

Remember, there will also be the Finger Lakes regional in Rochester next year, which means 3 regionals within 3 hours drive of each other (or the fast ferry from Toronto).

I might have missed something but is there that much demand for 3 regionals within 3 hours of each other? I was thinking that if they added another Canadian regional it would be more to the west, possibly closer to the British Columbia area, unless there's just not enough teams in that area to justify it.

[KenWittlief]

when you create a regional in a new city, then a whole slew of new teams can be formed

because it cost MORE to send a team to another city for 3 days than it does to register for the regional itself.

with a regional in your own city new teams can be formed with as little as 8 to $10k of funding

[Ayu]

i personally think its a great idea and something great to try out... i might be attending waterloo next year so it'll be great that i can watch the event close by...

[shyra1353]

i love the idea . though the super regional was absolutely awesome ... it must have been really stressful for FIRST, Mr. Breadner, the 110 volunteers who were there, and everyone else who was responsible for making it THE best regional ever !! (ok so im biased ...) ... but I am pretty sure that the Waterloo Regional and the Mississauga Regional will be on different weekends so Mr. Breadner can be at both and to give the teams a chance to go to more than one regional without too much travelling.

Will the names be changed?? because Canadian Regional has a nicer ring to it than Mississauga Regional .. but then that can get confusing .. and not many people can say Mississauga - it is pronounced Mrs. Auga

but overall .. its a great move on FIRST's part !!

[Bongle]

Originally Posted by Ayu

i personally think its a great idea and something great to try out... i might be attending waterloo next year so it'll be great that i can watch the event close by...

What program are you going into? If you're going into a stream-4 program, then you'll be on Co-op during regional season (but at school during team-founding season). If you're going into CS, I have some advice for you re: class selection.

I think it'll be great to have 2 regional so relatively close. My team can't afford to go to any of the american ones (and there is probably a whole lot more paperwork to sign. It's a lot of work for 3 teachers), so having another one in Canada is awesome. Hopefully we'll raise enough money next year to go to both, so I can see them compete when I'm at school in the spring next fall.

[FadyS.]

Originally Posted by Bongle

What program are you going into? If you're going into a stream-4 program, then you'll be on Co-op during regional season (but at school during team-founding season). If you're going into CS, I have some advice for you re: class selection.

I think it'll be great to have 2 regional so relatively close. My team can't afford to go to any of the american ones (and there is probably a whole lot more paperwork to sign. It's a lot of work for 3 teachers), so having another one in Canada is awesome. Hopefully we'll raise enough money next year to go to both, so I can see them compete when I'm at school in the spring next fall.

What about software engineering? What stream is that? I'm probably going to software engineering at Waterloo.

[Bongle]

Originally Posted by FadyS.

What about software engineering? What stream is that? I'm probably going to software engineering at Waterloo.

Oh man, I can't believe I actually forgot to answer your direct question. My friend in SE is 8-stream, which means you'll have school during build and regional season, and work in the summer. I just asked another one of my friends, and he says that SE is not a stream-4 program. If you actually get a choice, you definetely want 8-stream. With stream 4 (what I'm in) it is very difficult to get a job, since you have no university-level marks to hand in with your resume, so no-one wants to look at your resume. I was lucky enough that my dad managed to find a spot where he works.

[Ayu]

Originally Posted by Bongle

What program are you going into? If you're going into a stream-4 program, then you'll be on Co-op during regional season (but at school during team-founding season). If you're going into CS, I have some advice for you re: class selection.

I think it'll be great to have 2 regional so relatively close. My team can't afford to go to any of the american ones (and there is probably a whole lot more paperwork to sign. It's a lot of work for 3 teachers), so having another one in Canada is awesome. Hopefully we'll raise enough money next year to go to both, so I can see them compete when I'm at school in the spring next fall.

i'm going for architecture... i actually got back from the Canadian Regionals to find a letter from them for an interview... kinda happy... they have co-op for architecture but i think it's not till second year....


yea we originally didn't have enough money for Atlanta... we're trying hard to get sponsors now and we're getting closer and closer to our goals...