2007 Season - Who's missing?

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Originally Posted by RoboMom

Maryland, as of today, has 24 FRC teams. Numbers may change as teams trying to get last minute funding.

Participated in 2006, but has not signed up for 2007:
1449-Williamsport.

2 rookies:
2132 (Baltimore City)Mergenthaler Vocational Technical High
2199 (Carroll County)Liberty High

There were 2 other rookies on the list who have dropped out as individual teams. One (all girls-Western High in Baltimore City, has joined 1893-Poly). Another Baltimore City team-Carver- has decided to wait until next year.

Team 1980-Aberdeen is a new team, but received a second year number since they were part of another team last year.

Have you found anything about whatever happened to Team 53? All of the Gemstone staff here at Maryland knew about it and they thought that just because the Gemstone team left that the team just collapsed. That probably is not the main thing. Are they trying to get money or mentors? Have they moved on to VEX? Or have the professional mentors concentrated efforts on building up 1195?

And wow! I can't believe how FIRST has grown in Maryland. 24 teams? Why not make Chesapeake a 2-field regional with all the growth (To get it back to the Jet-Lag Reputation). Especially in the city that O'Malley was mayor of before he became governor-elect. (He may be a FIRST supporter and hope we get FRC teams in as many high schools as possible).

Was there any kind of Baltimore-City ordinance encouraging FRC growth by any chance?