FRC Board of Directors Approves District Event Model etc.
According the the blog of FRC Director Bill Miller, the FIRST Board of Directors has approved the use of the District Event model piloted by Michigan in the 2009 competition season. Although approved, it is too late for the system to be implemented outside of Michigan for the 2010 competition season; therefore, for the 2010 competition season, the District Event model will be used only in Michigan, and the Regional Event system will be used everywhere else. Just as in the 2009 competition season, teams in Michigan are free to attend regional competitions if they so desire. At this point I am concerned that the implementation of the District Event model may take away from the community by limiting what competitions that teams can attend, although it is up to the community to decide which model to use.
In other news, the GDC has essentially decided on what the 2010 game will be, and are working out scoring.