Re: POLL: Friday-Sunday events vs Thursday-Saturday events
 

I'm happy that we had a 1/2 and 1/2 mix of events in NE this year. Several teams, notably 1519 for NE, do not compete on Sundays do to their religious background. However, many other teams prefer Friday-Sunday District Events so that they don't miss as much school. I personally don't mind either, and I think that the decision comes down to the priorities of the team members, and having the choice is best.

Re: POLL: Friday-Sunday events vs Thursday-Saturday events
 

Sorry this is a bit hard to follow. Did you accidentally mix up the event types?

Re: POLL: Friday-Sunday events vs Thursday-Saturday events
 

I voted Friday-Sunday before realizing that it was ok for me to miss school for events, and I can't retract my vote.
After considering that I would rather have the Sunday off. That also lets traveling teams have a bit of wiggle room.

Re: POLL: Friday-Sunday events vs Thursday-Saturday events
 

At least you HAVE a backup! Count your blessings. (I technically have a backup on lighting, but that means I'm pulling from the streaming, sound, or multimedia crew, so somebody else has to be filled in for.)


If I have a robotics event on Sunday, I take Monday off of work. I need that gap day to recover, refocus, and take care of stuff I normally take care of on weekends. I've noticed when I don't have that... So I prefer Thurs-Sat events. Vacation time, neutral; dealing with other "stuff", it just works better that way.

Re: POLL: Friday-Sunday events vs Thursday-Saturday events
 

No; Thursday is a Load in/Practice day here in Michigan. Friday is the only school day missed. Because districts.

No school would be missed in a Fri-Sun model, but FiM does not do that.



I also prefer the Thurs-Sat model because I need a recharge day before I start the work week.

100% Friday-Sunday. Teachers give more tests on Friday (at least at my school) so I just have to make up the test, not new material.


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Re: POLL: Friday-Sunday events vs Thursday-Saturday events
 

I had voted Thursday-Saturday, but I've actually changed my answer. The former student in me preferred TFS events because, well, missing school, but the college student in me looking to volunteer really prefers FSS because it will make it a lot easier for me. I will say that the day of rest from TFS events is not just nice, but really important. I've found that if I don't take the one day after the event to recover, I will need to take that time eventually and it will usually become a lot more than one day.

Re: POLL: Friday-Sunday events vs Thursday-Saturday events
 

Friday - Sunday is strictly better to me.

Even though going to work Monday morning after a Sunday event is terrible, I can just take Monday off if I need that day to recover. Friday-Sunday events force less time off if you don't need the day after to recover, and they require the same amount of time off if you do. So I don't get this "I need a recharge day so let's do Thursday - Saturday" - is it just that you feel guilty about taking a day off when there isn't an event, or something?

I understand religious reasons people prefer not to compete on Sunday, so some events have to stay Thursday-Saturday to accommodate them. But I hope at least half of events eventually become Friday-Sunday events.

Re: POLL: Friday-Sunday events vs Thursday-Saturday events
 

It's also worth nothing that Sunday isn't the only holy day. Some religions have it Friday, others Saturday.

Re: POLL: Friday-Sunday events vs Thursday-Saturday events
 

And there is exactly one competition in the entire world that does not include Saturday (also true for Friday depending on how you count day 0) and its in Israel.

Re: POLL: Friday-Sunday events vs Thursday-Saturday events
 

For me, not missing out on Thursday helps with my productivity at work, and I'm not one to always be looking for excuses to ditch work :) But having had supportive managers in the past, I haven't always had to take vacation days for my volunteering. So the option between a "free", fully paid day to volunteer versus a vacation day (that could be used for other things, like visiting family) for recovery is a pretty clear one. It has nothing to do with guilt!

Re: POLL: Friday-Sunday events vs Thursday-Saturday events
 

I agree that that mix would be ideal. Unfortunately, of the 10 NE district events, only 3 were Thu-Sat, and two of those were the same weekend (Easter weekend). It makes me wonder if those would also have been Fri-Sun in a year when Easter is after competition season, as it (almost) is in 2017 (April 16th, 2017 - only the 2champs are after Easter). In NE, only the Pine Tree event was Thu-Sat on a "normal" weekend, and because of the double on Easter weekend, had to be the 2nd event choice for teams needing a Thu-Sat event. I hope next year there are a couple more Thur-Sat events to choose from in NE.

Re: POLL: Friday-Sunday events vs Thursday-Saturday events
 

This. Not every major volunteer needs a day off, and if you need it, take it. Also realize that the sample on CD will be biased toward active volunteers and taxing jobs. Friday-Sunday is much better for filling the many shorter- and smaller-job volunteer slots, not to mention attracting other community engagement. I certainly understand the religion-based desire for some Thursday-Sunday events in each region, but that doesn't mean they should dominate for that reason. Just given the churchgoing habits of the entire United States, it should be significantly less than half, and that's assuming all those who report going weekly would be unwilling to miss a couple for this. (Unless there's reason to believe the FRC population is more churchgoing than the country at large.)

Re: POLL: Friday-Sunday events vs Thursday-Saturday events
 

What about taking the Monday off as a rest day instead of missing the day of work the week before?

Re: POLL: Friday-Sunday events vs Thursday-Saturday events
 

This is a fairly complicated question for me. If it's Fri-Sun I probably take Monday off. Otherwise I take Friday off to attend the full day.

So, either way I'm taking a day off work if I attend the full event.[1] The hard part for me is if it's an a actual day of competition I can use what's called Civic Time and not use vacation whereas if I take Monday off I can't [2]. But there's also the option of simply flexing the time across our time reporting window. Which is entirely dependent on when in the billing period the event falls.








[1] I'm in the District system so the first day is typically after work anyway.

[2] There's some fairly restrictive rules around when I can use Civic Time but I'm really glad my employer is so supportive.