2008 Regional Dates

[Eugenia Gabrielov]

If you are deeply concerned, contacting the planning committee is your best bet. Here are a couple other things you can try:

If the event is at a university, there is a high probability that it will be near the school's spring break when athletic teams and events aren't using the facilities as much as they normally would.

If the event is at any sort of conference center / stadium, they may have a calendar of events for the year that lists FIRST as some sort of conference or competition (generally listed as open to public).

It may be wise,though, to have a couple back-up plans ready in case the dates you want really really don't work out - somebody mentioned Easter as a mid-competition season big holiday, that is definitely something to look at.

[Jacob Paikoff]

i hope that seattle is week 6 because we want to go hawaii and then go straight to seattle, that would make a fun First filled week.

[TKM.368]

Originally Posted by Mechkrunch

i hope that seattle is week 6 because we want to go hawaii and then go straight to seattle, that would make a fun First filled week.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe Week 5 is the last weekend of regionals prior to the Championships in Atlanta April 17-19.

On another note, it looks like there will only be about 15 slots or so for non-Hawaii teams.

[Billfred]

I spoke yesterday with Donn Griffith at USC; Palmetto is still getting nailed down. He said things should be official in a few weeks.

[waialua359]

After speaking with "___," VCU will be during week 2..........."unofficially."
Can anyone confirm the FLR week? We want to attend but heard from other sources that it may be during week 2 or 3?

[Jacob Paikoff]

i have heard that there will be 6 weeks this year, and the only regional that week right now the NYC

[geeknerd99]

Originally Posted by waialua359

After speaking with "___," VCU will be during week 2..........."unofficially."
Can anyone confirm the FLR week? We want to attend but heard from other sources that it may be during week 2 or 3?

Our head mentor was one of the organizing guys for VCU for the last ____(many) years. A little birdie told him VCU is looking like a week 2 regional.

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by waialua359

After speaking with "___," VCU will be during week 2..........."unofficially."
Can anyone confirm the FLR week? We want to attend but heard from other sources that it may be during week 2 or 3?

Boy you guys are really going for the extreame.
Careful you might crack from the temperature difference (If you need a good reference point watch Cool Runnings for the scene when the Jamacians first experience winter in Calgary. That's sort of upstate NY).

[waialua359]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

Boy you guys are really going for the extreame.
Careful you might crack from the temperature difference (If you need a good reference point watch Cool Runnings for the scene when the Jamacians first experience winter in Calgary. That's sort of upstate NY).

Figured we stay on the East Coast since we are over 5k miles away from home already. Last year's NJ event with NYC in close to 0 degree weather was an eye-opener for many of our team members who never even been on a plane out of Hawaii before.
They have experience now....

[waialua359]

Originally Posted by geeknerd99

Our head mentor was one of the organizing guys for VCU for the last ____(many) years. A little birdie told him VCU is looking like a week 2 regional.

Is that little birdie the "R___ D___?" We talked to her also last month in Atlanta.

[Nica F.]

Does anyone happen to know which week Boilermaker regional will be in?
If no one knows, can someone at least tell me which week it usually is in?

[Waynep]

Originally Posted by ctorloey

So Manchester is the first week and Boston is the forth week, thanks for that. Are any other regionals in my area that my team could go to, I live in a town not to far from Boston.

Boston's looking like week 5 so far. Guess that rules out Hawaii for us Beantowners supporting the regional.
-wayne

[Alivia]

I heard a rumor that the Midwest Regional and the Boilermaker Regional were going to be on different weekends this year. Does anyone know if this is true? Cause I'd really like to be able to go to both.

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by Nica F.

Does anyone happen to know which week Boilermaker regional will be in?
If no one knows, can someone at least tell me which week it usually is in?

It's always been at the end of Purdue's spring break in the past. If that holds true for next year, it would make it March 13-15, 2008. I believe that's FRC Regional Week 3.

[Nica F.]

Originally Posted by Alan Anderson

It's always been at the end of Purdue's spring break in the past. If that holds true for next year, it would make it March 13-15, 2008. I believe that's FRC Regional Week 3.

ack. I'm trying to make it to Boilermaker as well as LA regional this year, and from my previous years going to LA regional, it's bounced between week 2 & 3 (I think? right? someone correct me if i'm wrong).