**FIRST EMAIL**/Championship Registration Opens to Tier 1 Teams November 22nd/Sample

[Travis Hoffman]

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Greetings Teams:

We are pleased to announce that Championship (CMP) registration will open to Tier 1 Teams on Monday, November 22 at 12:00 pm EST.

In light of team inquiries about hotel package rates, we are providing you with a sample of the rates below. As stated earlier in Paul Shay's May 28th Memorandum (available at http://www.usfirst.org/robotics/2005/regfeememo.htm), these rates are substantially less than years past. Hotel reservations will be made again this year via THS at http://www.ths-frc.com. Please note THS is not yet open for CMP reservations - we will send notification when the system is ready.

The following are approximaterates (per person)for a four (4) night package which alsoinclude tickets to the Saturday wrap celebration:

Omni, Embassy Suites - quad $180, double $335
Westin, Marriott, Hyatt - quad $170, double $315
Holiday Inn, Hampton Inn - quad $147, double $268
Days Inn, Airport Hilton - quad $119, double $211

These are sample rates only. Additional occupancy combinations and other hotels will be offered when the hotel reservation system opens.

If you have any questions please contact us at frcteams@usfirst.org

Go Teams!

[Travis Hoffman]

Let me be the first to say "Huzzah!"

So no lottery this year for Tier 1, I guess.

[Karthik]

Originally Posted by T. Hoffman

The following are approximaterates (per person)for a four (4) night package which alsoinclude tickets to the Saturday wrap celebration:

Omni, Embassy Suites - quad $180, double $335
Westin, Marriott, Hyatt - quad $170, double $315
Holiday Inn, Hampton Inn - quad $147, double $268
Days Inn, Airport Hilton - quad $119, double $211

These are sample rates only. Additional occupancy combinations and other hotels will be offered when the hotel reservation system opens.

Kudos to FIRST for negotiating such great hotel rates. If my memory serves me correctly, last year it was $275 per person in a quad room at the Marriott. That's a huge savings ($105/person). If your team is travelling with more than 10 people, you've already offset the increased cost for Championship registration.

I'm impressed.

[Steve Howland]

er...it's not November 22nd?

[Bharat Nain]

Originally Posted by Stephen Kowski

It says our team is in tier 1, but we cannot register for the championship still?? anyone have any ideas??

I guess you were too excited and did not read the whole thing. It's ok, such things happen quite frequently. I can't wait till next season starts, its too overwhelming.

[Joe Matt]

WOW! I already sent an email to our team head, hopefully we will sign up and go this year.

[KathieK]

Originally Posted by T. Hoffman

So no lottery this year for Tier 1, I guess.

According to the eligibility page there should have been a lottery. As of right now here's about 136 slots open to 292 Tier 1 teams... Good luck to everyone trying to access the system on Monday.

[rees2001]

Originally Posted by KathieK

According to the eligibility page there should have been a lottery. As of right now here's about 136 slots open to 292 Tier 1 teams... Good luck to everyone trying to access the system on Monday.

Anybody get through yet, I keep getting

Processing....

[Travis Hoffman]

Keep trying! We got through.

[Tristan Lall]

Originally Posted by rees2001

Anybody get through yet, I keep getting

Processing....

Sign in again; and don't use the Refresh, Back or Forward commands (e.g. <F5>, <BkSp>, <Shift>+<BkSp>, or the browser buttons).

Click on "Events" and go through.

Simbotics (1114) and Spartonics (1503) are signed up.

[Alaina]

Team 814 would really like to go but we don't even have enough money to pay for our initial regional yet. But we are very rapidly fundraising. I am positive we'll make it. We're going even if I have to pay the registration fee myself. =P

[Joe Matt]

384 is having a hard time getting through, we have been trying on 3 machines!

[RogerR]

Originally Posted by JosephM

384 is having a hard time getting through, we have been trying on 3 machines!

you've been trying with 3 machines at the same time? i wonder if multiple log-ins would cause problems...

heck, i've been trying since noon, and i still get the same thing:

"processing..."

[edit] it looks like i'm not the only one having problems...according to the evvent page, only one team has registered in the last 1/2 hour [/edit]

[edit#2] about 2 mins. after i posted, TIMS started working again, and i was able to sign up. see ya'll in ATL [/edit#2]

[Sean Schuff]

Same problem here in Cheesehead Country!

Processing...

WHAT DO YOU MEAN, "PROCESSING"??!!

Good luck teams!

[Joe Matt]

Got through and 384 is now signed up for Champs. We have been trying since noon too.