New GeorgiaFIRST Regional!

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Email Blast from GeorgiaFIRST:

FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) teams of Georgia:

Georgia FIRST is excited to announce! After many months of venue walk-through's, budget talks, and big picture thinking, the GeorgiaFIRST Board of Directors, Advisory Council, and FRC Planning Committee have committed to hosting a second regional event in our state. This second event will take place in Perry, GA at the Georgia National Fair Grounds and will be a Week 1 regional event (Feb 26th-March 1st).

What this means for you as a FRC team:
The Peachtree Regional Event will still be held at the Georgia World Congress Center and will be a fifth week event, March 26th-28, 2015. There will be no change to the structure of this event. The Peachtree Regional will still qualify six teams to the championship event in St. Louis, give out the same number of awards, and be run by the incredible volunteer base. The great news is that the new event in Perry will also qualify six teams to the championship event, give out the same number of awards and be run by an incredible volunteer base (with a few new faces). As a Georgia team, you will now have an opportunity to play in two FRC regional events without having to travel outside of the state, if you choose to do so. Keep in mind that any second event requires a second registration and fee. The exciting news is that we could potentially send twelve merit based teams on to the championships. Georgia would be represented in a big way!

Where we need your help:

1. The new event needs a new name! We are reaching out to the Georgia teams to help in this decision. Give us your best suggestion for this new event keeping in mind a few things: this event may need to change locations year to year, therefore the name should be universal (not specific to Perry or Middle Georgia). Also, remember the name is a representation of our state. We want to make it easily branded, just like the Peachtree Regional name has become. We will take all suggestions into consideration. Take this challenge seriously and help us start the new regional event off right!

2. As a new regional event, we decide the event schedule. What this means:

A) Do we want to run this new event with the traditional three day schedule of Thursday, Friday and Saturday or B) run this event with a schedule of Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Either option would still have a load-in day prior to the event starting and run the same length in day as the traditional event schedule.

Tell us what you prefer and most importantly, why you are choosing that event schedule.

Option A: Thursday, Friday and Saturday
Option B: Friday, Saturday and Sunday

Fill out the New Georgia FRC event survey HERE!

We must receive your suggestions by August 29th for consideration.

The new name and event schedule structure will be announced to Georgia teams the following week.

Thank you Teams!

GeorgiaFIRST