Registration 2014

[Allison K]

Originally Posted by P.J.

That's what I thought. Who's our new veteran in Michigan then?

The New Vet is 3886, which appears to be the sister team to 3767 out of Traverse City West High School. The Resurrected Vets are 1076 out of Ann Arbor (last competed in 2012), 2048 out of Detroit (last competed in 2011), and 3538 out of Auburn Hills (last competed in 2012).

[Jscout11]

Reminder that unrestricted registration opens tomorrow. Who else is planning on signing up for another (or even their first) regional?

[Anupam Goli]

Originally Posted by Jscout11

Reminder that unrestricted registration opens tomorrow. Who else is planning on signing up for another (or even their first) regional?

We're probably good with our two events, as it will cost us too much money and it's not worth going to a third event for us (logistics and financially would be hard for us). Hopefully they start clearing some of the waitlists after tomorrow.

[Abhishek R]

Probably going to sign up for our home regional, Lone Star.

[dodar]

Originally Posted by Abhishek R

Probably going to sign up for our home regional, Lone Star.

Really cool to see you guys coming to Orlando.

[Akash Rastogi]

Any updates on waitlists that are being cleared?

[Wetzel]

Originally Posted by Jscout11

Reminder that unrestricted registration opens tomorrow. Who else is planning on signing up for another (or even their first) regional?

I had several of my teams sign up for a third event in the hope that we will make it off the waitlist at one of the two events after our home event.

[Mr V]

Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi

Any updates on waitlists that are being cleared?

Teams are moved off of the wait lists by the RD and other key members in the region or district. So in the case of MAR and PNW districts they wait lists have been cleared. Many regionals have also cleared their wait lists.

[DonRotolo]

Originally Posted by Allison K

Updated Michigan Stats

254 teams registered thus far for 2014 (vs. 203 teams in 2013) including...

• 3 Resurrected Veterans
• 1 New Veteran
• 60 Rookie Teams
• 23 Second Year Teams

FiM might want to start thinking about splitting in two in a few years, if that growth continues.

[Allison K]

Originally Posted by DonRotolo

FiM might want to start thinking about splitting in two in a few years, if that growth continues.

Noooooooooooo. It would be so much harder to look up district stats if I couldn't just hit 'Michigan' and be all set. Unless FIRST updates their databases to be searchable by district, then go for it

(The winky face is a "just kidding" because I'm certain the question of splitting FiM into two districts requires significantly more serious consideration that the ease of looking up district stats.)

Also, FiM is currently at 279 teams, plus a couple hidden on waitlists and four temporary eight digit team numbers that appeared today. I'm going to wait until after the payment deadline (and for the team list to level out after any teams drop out) to post a final update since I feel like I'm close to hitting "thread cluttering" level.

[Mr V]

Originally Posted by Allison K

Noooooooooooo. It would be so much harder to look up district stats if I couldn't just hit 'Michigan' and be all set. Unless FIRST updates their databases to be searchable by district, then go for it

(The winky face is a "just kidding" because I'm certain the question of splitting FiM into two districts requires significantly more serious consideration that the ease of looking up district stats.)

Also, FiM is currently at 279 teams, plus a couple hidden on waitlists and four temporary eight digit team numbers that appeared today. I'm going to wait until after the payment deadline (and for the team list to level out after any teams drop out) to post a final update since I feel like I'm close to hitting "thread cluttering" level.

In RIMS there is the option to search by district but that was added very recently so it may filter down to the general public site. On the other hand since it is intended for the general public then they may want to keep it searchable by state since someone from the true general public wouldn't know where the boundaries were. On the other other hand in Texas when you are looking up contacts there are options for East, West and Central Texas w/o stating any boundaries.

[PayneTrain]

Originally Posted by DonRotolo

FiM might want to start thinking about splitting in two in a few years, if that growth continues.

They have a pretty sweet deal with operating a State Championship that is also the most successful FRC-sanctioned event outside of THE Championship Event, so I don't think they would split the state. I could expect them to somehow add another level of competition at some point between the district and MSC. I might have heard Jim talk about that last night.

Maybe you divide the state into 5 "sections" or "divisions" that each have 4 of their own districts. Then you earn points in your districts to move onto your divisional round, then to the state championship. It's like in college basketball where you play a regular season, then are placed into a division in the NCAA tournament, and then you move on to the Big Dance? I don't know.

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by PayneTrain

They have a pretty sweet deal with operating a State Championship that is also the most successful FRC-sanctioned event outside of THE Championship Event, so I don't think they would split the state. I could expect them to somehow add another level of competition at some point between the district and MSC. I might have heard Jim talk about that last night.

Maybe you divide the state into 5 "sections" or "divisions" that each have 4 of their own districts. Then you earn points in your districts to move onto your divisional round, then to the state championship. It's like in college basketball where you play a regular season, then are placed into a division in the NCAA tournament, and then you move on to the Big Dance? I don't know.

Or add another state to the mix?

[XaulZan11]

Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi

Or add another state to the mix?

Well, with Indiana and Illinois likely forming a district, it looks like Wisconsin is the only bordering state free.

[Basel A]

Originally Posted by XaulZan11

Well, with Indiana and Illinois likely forming a district, it looks like Wisconsin is the only bordering state free.

Upper peninsula teams are always complaining that the drive to their districts is longer than to the Wisconsin Regional! Though there's a UP district this year, for the first time