"Bay Area Robotics Alliance"

[Gboehm]

We would love this Idea, We are in the east bay. And we are just miles from 1458 and 1280, also we are getting another new school near us that will be adding FIRST. In December we will once again be hosting a VEX tounrament, and we were considering to open it up to more schools...

[TimCraig]

Originally Posted by laultima

Nothings official, but i think monte vista high, home of 1458, is thinking of hosting CalGames this year

If you're serious, you need to get your bid into the WRRF Board of Directors. The decision about where it will be held is going to be made at the end of April.

[Jon Jack]

Originally Posted by FixToTheMax

Teams who are a part of "Team San Diego" are fairly well known for their wanting to help out new regionals (surprise, the rookie San Diego Regional was a blast!), volunteer at other regionals (I know I saw quite a few Team San Diego shirts at the LA Regional.

I'm not 100% sure, but I believe Team San Diego is also responsible for the "How's my Gracious Professionalism" project, similar to the "How's my Driving?" you see on the back of transport trucks and the like. Each member receives a specific I.D for the project, and there is a number to call every time you see something (positive and/or negative), which I believe is a great way to benchmark something like GP.

There are also probably a ton of other things that Team San Diego is responsible that isn't well known to the public, so I'll leave the other portions up to someone who is actually part of it to have all the fun of explaining it.

To clarify...

Team San Diego is a COALITION of FIRST teams (this includes FLL, FVC and FRC) that reside in San Diego, Orange and Imperial counties. Two of our notable events are the 100 Hour Pre-Ship Scrimmage and the Battle at the Border Scrimmage and Lock-In (Yes, we're planning on having it again this year after a year hiatus).

Yes several of us have volunteered at other events, however that is not the mission of Team San Diego. Team San Diego is a coalition. Our mission is to provide support for teams in the aforementioned areas.

Support comes in several ways. Every team that is apart of Team San Diego has a niche. My team, for example is responsible for building and maintaining the playing field that TSD uses at almost all of their events. My team along with Team 1572 will provide machining services for teams who otherwise would not have those capabilities. Team 1266 typically hosts the larger TSD events. Team 812 typically does the 'ambiance' of our events and will provide Chairman's Award workshops for those team who are submitting. This list can go on for quiet a while...

Having a group like this can be useful, but you need to make sure that everyone is one the same page and that everyone is willing to work together to some degree.