**FIRST EMAIL**/Championship Registration Opens to Tier 1 Teams November 22nd/Sample

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Greetings Teams:

We are pleased to announce that Championship (CMP) registration will open to Tier 1 Teams on Monday, November 22 at 12:00 pm EST.

In light of team inquiries about hotel package rates, we are providing you with a sample of the rates below. As stated earlier in Paul Shay’s May 28th Memorandum (available at http://www.usfirst.org/robotics/2005/regfeememo.htm), these rates are substantially less than years past. Hotel reservations will be made again this year via THS at http://www.ths-frc.com. Please note THS is not yet open for CMP reservations - we will send notification when the system is ready.

The following are approximaterates (per person)for a four (4) night package which alsoinclude tickets to the Saturday wrap celebration:

Omni, Embassy Suites - quad $180, double $335
Westin, Marriott, Hyatt - quad $170, double $315
Holiday Inn, Hampton Inn - quad $147, double $268
Days Inn, Airport Hilton - quad $119, double $211

These are sample rates only. Additional occupancy combinations and other hotels will be offered when the hotel reservation system opens.

If you have any questions please contact us at [email=“frcteams@usifrst.org”]frcteams@usfirst.org

[/email]*Go Teams!
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Let me be the first to say “Huzzah!”

So no lottery this year for Tier 1, I guess.

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Kudos to FIRST for negotiating such great hotel rates. If my memory serves me correctly, last year it was $275 per person in a quad room at the Marriott. That’s a huge savings ($105/person). If your team is travelling with more than 10 people, you’ve already offset the increased cost for Championship registration.

I’m impressed.

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er…it’s not November 22nd? :yikes:

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I guess you were too excited and did not read the whole thing. It’s ok, such things happen quite frequently. I can’t wait till next season starts, its too overwhelming.

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WOW! I already sent an email to our team head, hopefully we will sign up and go this year.

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According to the eligibility page there should have been a lottery. As of right now here’s about 136 slots open to 292 Tier 1 teams… Good luck to everyone trying to access the system on Monday.

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Anybody get through yet, I keep getting

Processing…

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Keep trying! We got through.

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Sign in again; and don’t use the Refresh, Back or Forward commands (e.g. <F5>, <BkSp>, <Shift>+<BkSp>, or the browser buttons).

Click on “Events” and go through.

Simbotics (1114) and Spartonics (1503) are signed up.

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Team 814 would really like to go but we don’t even have enough money to pay for our initial regional yet. But we are very rapidly fundraising. I am positive we’ll make it. We’re going even if I have to pay the registration fee myself. =P

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384 is having a hard time getting through, we have been trying on 3 machines!

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you’ve been trying with 3 machines at the same time? i wonder if multiple log-ins would cause problems…

heck, i’ve been trying since noon, and i still get the same thing:

“processing…”

[edit] it looks like i’m not the only one having problems…according to the evvent page, only one team has registered in the last 1/2 hour [/edit]

[edit#2] about 2 mins. after i posted, TIMS started working again, and i was able to sign up. see ya’ll in ATL [/edit#2]

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Same problem here in Cheesehead Country!

Processing…

WHAT DO YOU MEAN, “PROCESSING”??!!

Good luck teams!

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Got through and 384 is now signed up for Champs. We have been trying since noon too.

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hey… where can u find out if ur team is registered for the nats or not… is there a site other than usfirst.org under the team list???

if that team list is the only way to check… how often is it updated???

(this might be a silly question… sry… havent really had time to keep up with new news)

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358 is registered for Nationals.

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whoop… i got the answer to my question earlier… so yall can just ignore it!

well 322 is registered for the nats!

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still 68 spots left…three hours later, im shocked.

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YEEEEAAAA!!! Team 93 is ready to go. All signed up.