LSR is week 4 this year, as opposed to week 5 last year. It also falls under our team’s spring break too, so I don’t miss any school! On another note, I’m surprised they moved Bayou back so much, I just hope Oklahoma is week one or two now.
Also I see 6 weekends [the Israeli regional falls in week 4] and I wonder if any of the new regionals [not mentioned above] will take a week 6 slot?
As Andy said, everything is still in a finalization stage and may move around. I would not suggest booking plane tickets and hotels around this schedule. Wait for a final announcement coming from FIRST in the near future.
One other thing that came to my attention here is that 2008 is a Leap Year, thus being this week would be the Feb. 29th to March 1st… the 28th is a Thursday for 2008…
You got that right. We were looking forward to having those folks who always leave town at spring break able to see WMR. Our other preferred regionals (Boilermaker, but Wisconsin also) will also force the back to back situation. This really throws a wrench into our plans.
haha just kidding!!! it was 930 and my math was TOTALLY off there… i added in the 30th too for some strange reason lol… so we can strike my wrong opinion thanks kristian!
GTR is actually a decent amount away from LA Regional this year. If we make it over, at least there will be less of a chance for a missing robot and another need for a one day wonder.
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oh wait nevermind, it’s still the following week. Israel being alone confused me. lol
To see the list, you must log in with your VIMS id (or create an id). After you enter your personal information, you get to the volunteer preferences pages, where you put down the events where you can volunteer. There is a drop-down list with the events and dates.
I received an email reply from an event volunteer coordinator, and she said that not all dates were set in stone yet. They didn’t have a contract signed with the venue.
anyone else upset that the GLR and the GTA regionals are at the same time??
We wanted to go to both for because there are so many great teams in both… hopefully this ends up changing lol :S:( :S
Not etched in stone yet. There is still a possibility that LSR will move to the sixth week, and be held at Reliant Convention Center. I have heard that there are some problems with the Merrill Center not being able to accommodate all the teams. There would have to be tents set up outside if this is the case.