**FIRST EMAIL**/2010 Championship Wait List Information

[BornaE]

Originally Posted by JB987

987 is on the waitlist and somewhat anxious about the later notification from FIRST. It has been many years since we were faced with late season reservations, etc. Does anyone know if Steel Meetings holds back rooms in decent hotels like the Marriott Marquis for waitlisters and later season qualifiers? Or are some of us looking at smaller chain, distant hotels if we don't know our status until the second or third week of March?

Last year, we got CNN center rooms after winning AZ, 5th week of the season.

[Chris]

Another one bites the dust.

There are now 8 spots from the original 175.

I sincerely hope FIRST reconsiders when they will move teams off the waitlist. It saves so much stress on teams when they can book travel early, and not have to stress at regionals hoping to qualify.

Waiting till the third week of the season seems completely ridiculous to me.


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