Registration 2010

[Mark McLeod]

So Washington and Texas have government funding to stimulate the program.
What about Texas before this year's announcement of funding? You had a great growth rate last year too.

I wonder who's behind and funding the Utah expansion?

P.S. There have also been other areas, eg. Kansas City, experiencing growth spurts due to an economic shot in the arm by a champion of the FIRST program. Those stories would be nice to collect too.

Originally Posted by johnr

I guess First would have to look back a few years to see if % is the same over time.

This particular data is at my fingertips. It's just a matter of reformatting it for the forum.
I could take it back to 1993 when 50% of the teams dropped out and they all had one year of experience.
The more difficult part is correlating the dropout rate to external economic or political events, such as Washington state's $150,000 STEMulus.

2005 was a year hard hit by team losses. It lost 13% of veteran teams.
All the other years I list here represent yearly losses of 8-9%, which is average for the past decade.

Teams lost in 2009, by years of experience:

Yrs Exp. # Teams    
1              56    
2              34    
3              23    
4              13    
5               7    
6               8    
7               7    
8               5    
9               4    
10              1    
11              2    
12              1    
14              1

Teams lost in 2008, by years of experience:

Yrs Exp # Teams
1               33
2               35
3               13
4               22
5               15
6                5
7                6
8                2
10               1
12               1

Teams lost in 2007, by years of experience:

Yrs Exp # Teams
1               28 
2               14 
3               20 
4               19 
5               16 
6                7 
7                4 
8                2 
9                1 
10               1

Teams lost in 2006, by years of experience:

Yrs Exp # Teams
1               27 
2               24 
3               16 
4               12 
5                8 
6                6 
7                4 
8                2 
9                1 
10               1 
12               1

Teams lost in 2005, by years of experience:

Yrs Exp # Teams
1               42 
2               43 
3               27 
4                6 
5                5 
6                5 
7                3 
8                2 
9                1

P.S.
I should have just slapped it all into a spreadsheet so you can manipulate it if you want.