As of this evening, confirmed and pending registrations for all 2007 regional events adds up to 1,237 teams. This is two more than the total regional event registration for 2006 (
look here for details), and we have 242 published spaces still available. So it appears that FIRST has planned spaces to accomodate at least 20% growth in regional registration over last year, and we're well on our way to filling those spaces.
There are 995 teams registered for 2007 now, and 32 of them have confirmed (i.e., paid) for a second regional; another 210 are pending for a second regional. Last year, 39% of FRC teams participated in at least two events.
Looking at all this, I'll predict:
(1) there will be more rookie teams signing up between now and Dec. 1 -- teams numbers will break the 2200 mark, and
(2) the average number of teams per regional will be 42 or 43 -- last year's average was 44 teams.
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Richard Wallace
Mentor since 2011 for FRC 3620 Average Joes (St. Joseph, Michigan)
Mentor 2002-10 for FRC 931 Perpetual Chaos (St. Louis, Missouri)
since 2003
I believe in intuition and inspiration. Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution. It is, strictly speaking, a real factor in scientific research.
(Cosmic Religion : With Other Opinions and Aphorisms (1931) by Albert Einstein, p. 97)
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28-10-2006, 23:37
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