Canadian Regional

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Posted by Ken Patton at 04/18/2001 5:10 PM EST


Engineer on team #65, The Huskie Brigade, from Pontiac Northern High School and GM Powertrain.


In Reply to: Canadian Regional
Posted by Ian Mackenzie on 04/18/2001 4:32 PM EST:



Ian-

That sounds like a great idea - it should draw some of the upstate New York teams and some of the Michigan teams, since it is similar driving distance to the West Michigan Regional for the Detroit teams.

It would be a tough decision for a team like ours. We go to regionals that we can drive to (i.e., ones that don't cost us a fortune in time and effort). We went to Ypsi and Chicago until WMR came along - now our default is Ypsi and Grand Rapids. So, we would have to decide whether or not to go to 3 regionals, or to go to Canada instead of Grand Rapids. We would strongly consider it, though.

Make sure you inform Bob Hammond of FIRST what you are trying to do, because they will need to approve it. I know they plan the regionals far in advance, because we actually had them turn down a proposal to have a 2001 regional in Rochester, MI (at Oakland University) in June of last year. Bob told me they already had a 2nd MI regional lined up. Hopefully when Michigan is ready for regional #3 we can get one in Oakland County (arguably the c.g. of FIRST in the country )).

Ken