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Re: FIRST Vendor Rules discussion

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Originally Posted by Andy Baker

I, too, am anxious to read the 2005 FRC rule book. To me, the note from FIRST appears to be guidelines, especially at the beginning stages of the note.

I'm somewhat doubting these are just loose guidelines. The second paragraph also says these criteria can be found in the definitions section. I don't think they go around putting vague suggestions in the definitions section of the rules.

Re: FIRST Vendor Rules discussion

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Originally Posted by Andy Baker

This is a guideline to tell teams how to pick a vendor in order to succeed through the FRC build season.
Andy Baker

I too saw this just as a heads up from FIRST to warn teams to be careful of who they buy their supplies from, but does anyone beleive that they could very well make this a rule for the future?

Re: FIRST Vendor Rules discussion

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Originally Posted by ChrisH

Under last year's rules, parts made by any team counted as team fabricated. So 254 could make parts for 60 and vice versa. Because the parts were made by team members (and they had a comment about encouraging really big teams) they were treated as team made no matter which team built them.

Personally, I feel that continuing this tradition is important.

ChrisH

I definitely agree. This "Vendor Criteria" letter by FIRST does not disqualify teams and sponsors who make parts for each other. The contributing teams and sponsors simply need to be listed as part of the team sponsorship. The 60 / 254 collaboration example from last year is not affected by this criteria letter, in my opinion. These collaborated parts were custom, but they were also made during the build season and within the team partnership.

Andy B.