Registration 2011

[Chris is me]

Payment for Championship is not due until January 28th.

[thefro526]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

Payment for Championship is not due until January 28th.

Thanks for correcting me.

Though I still wish it were December 2nd - I dislike waiting.

[AdamHeard]

Originally Posted by thefro526

Thanks for correcting me.

Though I still wish it were December 2nd - I dislike waiting.

If you've paid, and you're on the champs list now, it's a pretty sure thing you'll get in (based on the past). I've been on teams that signed up and wait listed during regionals and still made it.

[thefro526]

Originally Posted by AdamHeard

If you've paid, and you're on the champs list now, it's a pretty sure thing you'll get in (based on the past). I've been on teams that signed up and wait listed during regionals and still made it.

We've made it in off the wait list twice before, but both times required near instant payment when a spot opened up. Luckily for us, we had the money alloted in those years, and it sounds like we do this year as well.

[IndySam]

I miss Mark.

One of you computer nerds needs to help us mechanical nerds out and publish some data please.

[GaryVoshol]

Some data:

CA now has 171 teams.

Michigan has 172! (Which is theoretically 12 over district capacity - stay tuned)

[Ether]

Originally Posted by GaryVoshol

Michigan has 172! (Which is theoretically 12 over district capacity - stay tuned)

It's more like 2.13455108077·10^311 over district capacity :-)

[synth3tk]

Originally Posted by IndySam

I miss Mark.

One of you computer nerds needs to help us mechanical nerds out and publish some data please.

2 out of 3 non-mechanical nerds believe 95% of the statistical data generated by 40% of computer nerds. 60% of the numbers in the previous statement were made-up.

[biancs15]

A lot of the info concerning which teams have signed up for which regional can be found here : http://www.usfirst.org/whatsgoingon.aspx.

[lynca]

Originally Posted by biancs15

A lot of the info concerning which teams have signed up for which regional can be found here : http://www.usfirst.org/whatsgoingon.aspx.

All the sports facts and statistics are freely available.

But yet that basketball guy who talks about PER still draws a huge audience.

Mark, is our registration SportsCenter for FIRST ! Come back to CD Mark.

[rsisk]

Did I miss something? What happened to Mark?

[EricH]

Originally Posted by Mark McLeod

I'll be off grid for a couple of weeks starting tomorrow, so feel free to talk amongst yourselves...
If some of you wouldn't mind posting the registration total every few days or so I'd appreciate it. That way, when I return, I can see what happened while I was gone.

He should be back before too long.

[IndySam]

Historically speaking: when will teams be moved off of regional wait-list now that registration is closed and the first payment deadline has passed?

[Mark McLeod]

I'm back, but half asleep and I'll be playing catchup for the next week. Guess how many threads get updated on CD in just a couple of weeks...

I just glanced at the numbers, but here's what the glance told me.

• Unusually large gain in the days I was gone. Some due to teams being released from waitlists and Israeli teams finally registering.
• 14.4% growth is better than in the past two years, but not as good as 2008.
• Over 400 new teams (rookies & 9 new vets). That's about the same percentage of new/total teams as in 2009.
• Registration is oscillating around 2069 with as many teams coming off the list as are still appearing. Must be frantic on-going payment negotiations.
• Some waitlists have been cleared already, but many teams, including mine, still await FIRSTs final decision. Texas & MI are still playing hold-em'
• ~8% loss of veteran team no-shows is the best ever. 166 vets are missing in action.
• Some teams have begun dropping off the Championship team list.

[waialua359]

We were told decision for Dallas waitlist on Dec. 15. We are keeping fingers crossed.
Looks like they added double digit no. of rookie teams to their regional in recent weeks.

Its a cost strategy for us, since American already flies to Dallas on the way to Orlando.
VEX Worlds is the week after and our team is going there the following week on one trip if we get into Dallas.