Getting to St. LouisAN OVERVIEW OF THE WASHINGTON/OREGON DISTRICT MODEL

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District Model

The district model turns control of the FRC events to local organizing committees

The goal is to reduce the costs for teams while at the same time increase the number of plays for teams.

Costs are reduced by Play FRC events in smaller venues (large high schools and

colleges) closer to home Eliminating the cost for a second play Reducing the ‘professional’ overhead by running our own

equipment with our own volunteers

How Common is District Model? Michigan has been doing this for 5 years, Mid-Atlantic for 2

years, PNW and New England in 2014 Ultimate goal is to provide high quality experiences to every

school in our district Allow each team to play more times for their money Reduce the amount of time at each venue for the teams Ability to bring more non-FIRST students to live events

As the FRC program continues to grow, we are running low on resources for large events Commercial venues are difficult to reserve and expensive Regional event expenses are funded locally

USFIRST is doing this across the country by 2017 Better to be in the leading group

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District Competition – held locally District Championship – One in each District, advance to Championship Regional – still exist in areas where the District model is not implemented Championship – St. Louis world championship GP – Gracious Professionalism

2014 FRC Competition Season

• Build season Jan 5th thru Feb 18th.

• District Level Events during FRC weeks 1 thru 6, • PNW District Championship week 7 (April 9-12, 2014)• World Championships expected to be April 23-26• This plan estimates the number of FRC teams at 185-200 teams.

Team/Event Map District EventsPNW District Championship

Details about where District events will be in large high schools and/or

universities Each venue will hold 40 teams

2014 PNW District Model ScheduleVersion 2.0

Week Date Range Washington Oregon Totals(Thursday ‐ Saturday) West Central East

1 2/27/14 ‐ 3/1/14 Auburn Mountainview 12 3/6/14 ‐3/8/14 Glacier Peak Oregon City 2

3 3/13/14 ‐3/15/14 Mt. VernonEWU or

West Valley 24 3/20/14 ‐ 3/22/14 Shorewood Wilsonville 25 3/27/14 ‐ 3/29/14 Auburn CWU 26 4/3/14 ‐4/5/14 OSU 17 4/10/14 ‐4/12/14 PNW District Championships in Portland 1089 4/23/14 ‐ 4/26/14 National Championships in St. Louis

Schedule for a District Event

Notes on District Events Smaller venues. Seating is typically in the 1200-1800 range

40 teams x 30 people = 1200

Expect some parking and elbow-room challenges – GP required.

Smaller venues may require smaller pits Might need to consider this in your pit layout as we might drop to 9’x9’ pits

Proximity to services will be different We are aware that teams will be traveling. Our venues are generally not too far

from services. However, some are in suburban areas.

You can bring your own food and water This is a huge budget item for many teams. Yay!

Generally, all venues will also have concessions available.

Stretching FRC Dollars Standard FIRST registration fees

$5,000 for veterans, $6,000 for rookies

Each team plays twice for the usual fee! We will offer 3rd plays if space available

Likely to cost an extra $1,000 No points

District Championship Registration is $4,000

Scoring Overview FRC Teams will accumulate points at the first two District

events they attend in chronological order, as well as at the District Championship.

Teams will not earn any points at third or subsequent District events, nor at any Regional events they attend during the 2014 season.

Points earned at District Championships will be multiplied by three and then added to points earned at District events to determine the final season points total for the Team.

Scoring at CompetitionsScoring Category PointsWin a matchLose a matchTie a match

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Alliance Captain (top 8) (performance) 17 minus the ranking (16 for 1st, 8 for 8th)Draft Order Acceptance (peers) 17 minus the selection order (12 for 5th)Elimination Round Performance 5 points for each match won in which a

Team’s robot participated, ONLY for the Alliance that wins the series

Judged Team Awards 10 for Chairman’s Award8 for Rookie All-Star Award8 for Engineering Inspiration Award5 for all other awards

Team Age 10 points for each Rookie team5 points for each Veteran

(awarded once per season)

Notes

District Teams will only be able to win FRC’s most prestigious awards – Chairman’s Award, Engineering Inspiration Award, and Rookie All Star Award – once per season at the District level. This supports the broader distribution of those awards.

District Teams do not earn points for their actions at any Regionals they may attend, but are still eligible for Team awards at those events, and any benefits that may go along with winning those awards, such as earning their way to the FIRST Championship. However, if a District Team does earn a slot at the FIRST Championship while attending a Regional event, that slot does count against the total Championship allocation the District is receiving for the season.

District Championship

A total of 64 teams will be invited to the District Championship in Portland

10 of those teams will be there by winning the Chairman’s Award at a District event, 54 will be there based on their points

There could be teams present who don’t compete with their robot. Those who won Rookie All-Star or Engineering Inspiration in a District competition but did not score enough points to be one of the 64 robots competing would be there competing for District Championship Award of same category.

Advancing to St Louis

24 teams advance from the PNW to World Championship

The exact breakdown is not yet complete Chairman’s Award winners (probably 3) Rookie All-Star and Engineering Inspiration The rest by points ranking

Example: Team 9995

At Glacier Peak District Wins 10, loses 3, ties 1 (21 points) Seeded 8th after Qualification Matches Chosen by second seeded Alliance (15 points) Alliance wins quarter finals (10 points) Alliance wins semi finals (another 10 points) Team wins Imagery Award (5 points)

Team accumulates 61 points NOTE: Alliance points are calculated at the END of

Alliance selection

Example: Team 9995

At Wilsonville District Wins 15, loses 0, ties 0 (30 points) Seeded 1st after Qualification Matches (16 points) Alliance wins quarter finals (10 points) Alliance wins semi finals (another 10 points) Alliance wins the finals (another 10 points) Team wins Engineering Inspiration Award (8 points)

Team accumulates 84 points

Example: Team 9995

Their point total after 2 Districts 61 + 84 + 5 points (veteran team) = 150 points They would be invited to District Championship to

compete on Engineering Inspiration They MIGHT be invited to bring their robot to compete

based on points. Winning the finals at a District does not guarantee an

invitation to District Championship

Example: Team 9995

At District Championship Win 7, lose 4, tie 1 = 15 points Finish seeded 9th Chosen Moved into 8th seed in Alliance Selection process, and ends up

Alliance Captain of 8th = 9 points Win quarterfinals, and semifinals, and lose in finals (20 points) Their score for consideration to be one of the 24 teams to worlds:

(44 X 3) + 159 = 132 + 159 = 291

Seen Another Way

Ranking PointsWin / Loss recordAlliance Ranking (16‐8)Draft Pick (16 to 1)Winning Alliance 30Finalist Alliance 20Semi Final Alliance 10Awards (5) 

Ranking PointsWin / Loss recordAlliance Ranking (16‐8)Draft Pick (16 to 1)Winning Alliance 30Finalist Alliance 20Semi Final Alliance 10Awards (5) 

Team Rank

4401 801769 763936 72382 693427 6519 6225 59

3047 572005 531011 52829 484515 471799 46596 434932 41472 392895 351585 343888 304256 29275 254719 223881 212251 174406 152107 141822 123236 8

Ranking PointsWin / Loss recordAlliance Ranking (16‐8)Draft Pick (16 to 1)Winning Alliance 30Finalist Alliance 20Semi Final Alliance 10Awards (5) 

District #1

District #2

District Championship(DCMP points x 3)

Team Rank4401 1753642 1714964 1694501 1661033 162476 1584344 1564992 1543557 1512832 1493384 147828 1453030 1443198 1413106 1394741 1351346 1322802 1283319 1271805 1231187 1193131 1173180 1144898 113294 1102171 1084394 1042330 103

Add 64 teams

District Ranking

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St Louis Teams

Tie Breakers Total Elimination Round Points (from 2 Districts, plus District

Championship X 3) Maximum Elimination Round points (from either the 2 Districts

OR District Championship X 3) Total Alliance selection points (from 2 Districts plus District

Championship X 3) Maximum Alliance selection point (from either the 2 Districts

OR District Championship X 3) Total Qualification Match Points (2D + DC x 3) Total Qualification Match Wins (2D + DC x 3) Highest Match Score (2D or DC: win or lose) Second Highest Match Score Third Highest Match Score Random Selection

What you should do now Monitor updates on websites

www.firstwa.org Washington FIRST website

FIRST national (Championship Eligibility Criteria)

Consider the pre-inspection option Attempting to permit robot inspectors complete partial inspections after

bagging day to shorten inspection times at Districts

Listen for “6 hour robot access time” rules Ability to work in your own shop in the weeks you compete

Acknowledgements Kevin Ross

For spearheading the OR/WA District Effort

For allowing me to steal most of the content for these slides and answering questions late into the night in preparation for this session

Deb Mumm-Hill For recruiting local leadership to put together the Oregon Districts

For setting up the infrastructure to make this sustainable