Registration 2010

[Mark McLeod]

Okay, it's Thanksgiving. I'm waiting for a turkey to cook. It's too wet out to rake leaves. Everyone arrived home early in the morning, so they're mostly still asleep, and I need something to keep me busy.

Registration closes in four days, except Michigan third event registration opens on December 2.

• 1757 total teams showing (1758 if we count fake team 156)
• 248 rookies (vs. 320 last year)
• 189 missing teams from last season (26 more than last year)
• 21 defunct vets have returned (equal to last year)
• 90% retention rate of veteran teams is in line with the preceeding decade
• 4.8% net gain

Teams are registered for:

• (1758) 1st events (including districts - & 1 fake team entry)
• (360) 2nd Regionals
• (106) 2nd District events (27 MI teams apparently are not on a list for a 2nd district event)
• (168) Championship (1 fake entry)

Regional and district teams lists are in steady flux, rising and falling by 1 or 2 teams.
DC just pulled a bunch off their waitlist and are now showing 59.

Here are some subtotals:

5 areas show double-digit losses in teams. Israel is probably just late registering as usual.

Missing from last season
16 --- Israel
15 --- CA
14 --- TX
12 --- NY
11 --- OH
9 ---- Canada-ON
8 ---- MI
8 ---- MO
7 ---- PA
6 ---- AZ
6 ---- CO
6 ---- MA
6 ---- OK
5 ---- HI
5 ---- MN
5 ---- NV
4 ---- FL
4 ---- IL
4 ---- WA
3 ---- DC
3 ---- KS
3 ---- VA
2 ---- GA
2 ---- ND
2 ---- NJ
2 ---- SC
2 ---- WI
1 ---- AL
1 ---- Canada-BC
1 ---- CT
1 ---- ID
1 ---- IN
1 ---- LA
1 ---- ME
1 ---- Mexico
1 ---- MS
1 ---- MT
1 ---- NC
1 ---- NM
1 ---- OR
1 ---- Philippines
1 ---- TN
1 ---- United Kingdom
1 ---- UT
1 ---- WV
1 ---- WY

Minnesota is leading in new team recruitment.

New Teams 
26 --- MN
21 --- CA
19 --- TX
13 --- OH
12 --- WA
11 --- UT
10 --- VA
8 ---- NY
8 ---- OK
7 ---- Israel
7 ---- MI
7 ---- NC
6 ---- AZ
6 ---- GA
6 ---- IN
5 ---- FL
5 ---- IL
5 ---- MA
5 ---- NJ
5 ---- OR
4 ---- CT
4 ---- PA
4 ---- TN
3 ---- AL
3 ---- ID
3 ---- MD
3 ---- NH
2 ---- Canada-ON
2 ---- Canada-QC
2 ---- CO
2 ---- KY
2 ---- LA
2 ---- Mexico
2 ---- MO
2 ---- MT
2 ---- NV
2 ---- RI
2 ---- WI
2 ---- WY
1 ---- Australia
1 ---- DC
1 ---- HI
1 ---- KS
1 ---- MS
1 ---- SC

 
Total Teams
155 --- CA
134 --- MI
120 --- NY
103 --- MN
96 ---- TX
67 ---- VA
64 ---- NJ
57 ---- WA
51 ---- MA
50 ---- Canada-ON
50 ---- OK
48 ---- IL
46 ---- MO
45 ---- PA
44 ---- FL
44 ---- OH
39 ---- Israel
37 ---- AZ
37 ---- CT
35 ---- IN
33 ---- OR
32 ---- GA
30 ---- CO
30 ---- NH
29 ---- MD
29 ---- WI
22 ---- SC
21 ---- HI
19 ---- KS
17 ---- LA
17 ---- NC
15 ---- UT
13 ---- DC
11 ---- ID
11 ---- MS
11 ---- NV
10 ---- TN
9 ---- AL
7 ---- Brazil
7 ---- PR
6 ---- KY
6 ---- ME
6 ---- MT
5 ---- Canada-QC
4 ---- RI
3 ---- AK
3 ---- IA
3 ---- Mexico
3 ---- ND
3 ---- NM
3 ---- VT
3 ---- WV
3 ---- WY
2 ---- DE
2 ---- United Kingdom
1 ---- AR
1 ---- Australia
1 ---- Canada-AB
1 ---- Canada-BC
1 ---- Chile
1 ---- Germany
1 ---- Netherlands
1 ---- Turkey

Here are event registration details.
(black text indicates the event is not yet at the wait list point)

  Week 1 (Mar 4-6)
  44 ---- San Diego Regional 
  59 ---- Washington DC Regional 
  44 ---- Peachtree Regional 
  38 ---- Bayou Regional 
  49 ---- Greater Kansas City Regional 
  44 ---- BAE Granite State Regional (1 fake team entry-team 156)
  41 ---- Finger Lakes Regional 
  57 ---- Autodesk Oregon Regional 
  56 ---- New Jersey Regional (Mar 5-7)
  37 ---- Traverse City District
  33 ---- Kettering Univ. District
  
  Week 2 (Mar 11-13)
  55 ---- Arizona Regional 
  55 ---- Florida Regional 
  26 ---- WPI Regional 
  54 ---- Chesapeake Regional 
  49 ---- Wisconsin Regional 
  61 ---- New York City Regional (Mar 12-14)
  29 ---- Pittsburgh Regional (Mar 12-13)
  32 ---- Cass Tech District
  34 ---- Ann Arbor District
  41 ---- Israel Regional (Mar 14-16)
  
  Week 3 (Mar 18-20)
  48 ---- Silicon Valley Regional 
  46 ---- Midwest Regional 
  35 ---- Boilermaker Regional 
  32 ---- St. Louis Regional 
  52 ---- Dallas Regional 
  33 ---- Utah Regional 
  61 ---- Virginia Regional
  32 ---- Detroit District
  34 ---- West Michigan District
  
  Week 4 (Mar 25-27)
  26 ---- Waterloo Regional 
  57 ---- Los Angeles Regional 
  38 ---- Colorado Regional 
  27 ---- Hawaii Regional 
  49 ---- Boston Regional 
  45 ---- SBPLI Long Island Regional 
  55 ---- Buckeye Regional 
  53 ---- Oklahoma Regional 
  37 ---- Philadelphia Regional 
  37 ---- Palmetto Regional 
  55 ---- Microsoft Seattle Regional 
  37 ---- Troy District
  
  Week 5 (Apr 1-3)
  37 ---- Sacramento Regional (Mar 31-Apr 1)
  49 ---- Greater Toronto Regional 
  51 ---- Connecticut Regional 
  62 ---- Minnesota 10000 Lakes Regional 
  63 ---- Minnesota North Star Regional 
  31 ---- North Carolina Regional 
  41 ---- Las Vegas Regional 
  63 ---- Lone Star Regional 

  n/a ---- Michigan State Championship   
  239 ---- Michigan District event totals
  133 ---- Michigan team total

  168 ---- FIRST Championship (1 fake team entry-team 156)
  
  1758 ---- Total Teams
  2392 ---- Event totals