Registration 2014

[Christopher149]

Originally Posted by Basel A

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

You got that right. Duluth is 4 hours from us, Milwaukee is 5.5, Twin Cities ~6.

Traverse City ... 7. Everything other district event from before this year is even farther.

So, the Escanaba event at only 3 hours from Houghton is a nice treat.

[Pjohn1959]

Texas would like to welcome FRC Teams # 4801 & 4802 from Australia, and FRC Team # 5270 From Istanbul, Turkey to the Hub City Regional. I hope they get a lot of frequent flyer miles!

[Travis Hoffman]

48 got in to Wisconsin off the waitlist - looking forward to it!

[XaulZan11]

Originally Posted by Travis Hoffman

48 got in to Wisconsin off the waitlist - looking forward to it!

Great to hear you got in!

(Although, maybe we would be more welcoming if you decided to bench all your starters in fantasy footbal this week )

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by Pjohn1959

Texas would like to welcome FRC Teams # 4801 & 4802 from Australia, and FRC Team # 5270 From Istanbul, Turkey to the Hub City Regional. I hope they get a lot of frequent flyer miles!

Just wondering, do North American regionals offer to help offset costs for teams from other countries? I heard that Hawaii helped out mainland teams in 2008 with some costs so they could attend.

[jeser#1772]

Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi

Just wondering, do North American regionals offer to help offset costs for teams from other countries? I heard that Hawaii helped out mainland teams in 2008 with some costs so they could attend.

Western Canada Regional did this last year, the only one I remember.

Originally Posted by Mark McLeod

Western Canada FRC Regional is looking to recruit existing FRC teams to sign up for the inaugural event.
　
April 4 - 6th (week 6), 2013 at the Olympic Oval in Calgary Alberta

At our event we will have 15-20 Rookie teams, having experienced FRC teams would be an amazing addition to the event.
$1,500 grant to help cover part of the cost of travel (if needed)
Subsidized accommodations　and or billeting available
Less than a 12 hour drive from Washington, Idaho or Oregon to Calgary
Calgary International Regional Airport is a hub for most airline carriers
Support a brand new FRC Regional event and provide experienced presence for new FRC teams
4 world class ski resorts within a 2 hour drive
Tons of interesting tourist experiences including a brand new $40 million Science Centre
Invite any inquiries to be directed to…
　
Blair Gallant
Regional Director

[JohnSchneider]

Originally Posted by Pjohn1959

Texas would like to welcome FRC Teams # 4801 & 4802 from Australia, and FRC Team # 5270 From Istanbul, Turkey to the Hub City Regional. I hope they get a lot of frequent flyer miles!

I'd be really curious if they come. I know the Australian teams often sign up for regionals to get their kits but then dont attend due to logistics.

Colorado has a team from the UAE this year too I believe.

[Ryan Caldwell]

Originally Posted by Allison K

There are 13 teams still missing that competed last season: 519, 2000, 2137, 2851, 3421, 3640, 3706, 4294, 4478, 4743, 4755, 4834, and 4839. A few of those teams surprise me as they've been very successful as recently as 2013 (notably 2000, 2137, and 2851 all of whom qualified to attend worlds last season). Has anybody heard from any of these teams?

The reports of our demise are greatly exaggerated...We are currently wait listed at both our district events because we opted out of our "home" event. Thus Michigan doesn't have us officially participating yet. Centerline and Livonia

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by Allison K

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).

I talked to a mentor from 2000 @ MSC.
She wasn't feeling very good about Team Rock coming back this season.

[Calvin Hartley]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

I talked to a mentor from 2000 @ MSC.
She wasn't feeling very good about Team Rock coming back this season.

I've heard that they (or some of the members) were merging with 2054. I can't speak for the accuracy of this statement but I have heard it from multiple sources. This is intiresting because I believe 2054 was a split-off from 2000.

If anybody can comment on the accuracy of this, please do.

[Littleboy]

Originally Posted by Calvin Hartley

I've heard that they (or some of the members) were merging with 2054. I can't speak for the accuracy of this statement but I have heard it from multiple sources. This is intiresting because I believe 2054 was a split-off from 2000.

If anybody can comment on the accuracy of this, please do.

2054's rookie year was in 2007. 2000's first year was in 2010. I think 2000 was split from 2054, not the other way around.

[Calvin Hartley]

Originally Posted by Littleboy

2054's rookie year was in 2007. 2000's first year was in 2010. I think 2000 was split from 2054, not the other way around.

Thanks. Now that you say that, that is what I heard. I knew it was something along those lines though.

[Christopher149]

A senior from 2000 who is now at my university says that most of the involved/interested people were seniors who have graduated, and so the team was folding.

[orangemoore]

Originally Posted by Littleboy

2054's rookie year was in 2007. 2000's first year was in 2010. I think 2000 was split from 2054, not the other way around.

Can someone explain how a team could be 3 years older and have a number difference of 54

Thanks!

[Jscout11]

Originally Posted by orangemoore

Can someone explain how a team could be 3 years older and have a number difference of 54

Thanks!

If a team branches off from another team, they are often not considered rookies, but rather a "new veteran" because they often share much of the experience and resources of the original team. The new veteran is given the same rookie year as the original team and a corresponding number to that year (ie 2014=4900+).

For example, our second team, FRC 193 formed last year, but has a listed rookie year of 1997 (11's rookie year). The stipulation when they received their number was that it could not be lower than any other rookies from that year (I think this may have been because the team number system changed after the 1997 season.) The highest numbered team from 1997 was team 192.