2005 Rochester Off Season Competition!!!!
 

Still need to agree on a name but other then that Ashley from team 1559 from Victor, NY and i from 1126 SparX from Webster, NY would like to organize a Rochester off season competition. the date is yet TBD but will not encounter the same date as any other off season competition. We are posting this just to have a survey type to see if any teams would at least try to come to our off season competition. It will most likely be located at the Webster Thomas High Gym for the field and the field house for the pit area. the school is only about 20 minutes away from RIT which held the FLR. So if any teams from anywhere especially teams who have gone to the Finger Lakes Regional would like to attend please leave a post here and leave your thoughts on this.

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He basically covered everything I would say. We just want to know if this would be "popular" to figure out how much planning will be needed. We are working very hard towards this. Esp b/c I know I want to give Shadow Claw one more chance for a little fun!!! so let us know. thanks!

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ill have to talk to our captain(because I'm only a freshmen) but I'm pretty sure team 1155 from Bronx science would come. some where closer to the city then Rochester would be nice though, and that way you'd get more of the city teams.

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Team 1511 would definitely come. I will talk to our advisor and see what they think about it. I am sure that we would love to help you organize it or anything else you guys need. Its good to see that you guys want to host a off season competition. When we did the FIRST Rally it was a lot of fun and a lot of work. This would be a lot more in depth and I'm sure that you guys would need to do alot of planning. 1511 Rolling Thunder wants in and you have our support. I will spread the word out.

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thats amazing to hear for all this help. and yes as much help that we could get from this is as welcome as any thing in a new world! we still have these things to discuss: Date, MC, Price?, location, how many teams, real comp or for fun, where to get field, need volunteers, and so on...

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entry could be each team brings a part of the field plus a bit to cover costs. also definitely try to get the mythbusters(I'm trying to get PR to ask them for $$$ for next year) guys to MC it. as for location i say the city but thats only because i live there.

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ok, so you get those guys here to do a little off season comp and it will be amazing! go now and do it!!!

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there are a couple of things i would like to chime in on here.

i think that resurrecting the Rochester off season would be great! (Kodak used to have one every year) here are a few logistics to worry about. the field control, location, field parts, how many teams, one day/multi day, what game will be played, and the liability of the whole event.

i think that it is great to work on this but just make sure you are covering all the angles so that it will be a great event for all. btw i am pretty sure i can get 73 here and know that 340 is always down for this kind of stuff (even though i don;t officially speak for them)

another suggestion is to contact mike wade, who works for NASA Goddard because he owns a field and does alot of the off season comps.

Mike Wade, NASA Goddard SFC:

mwade@mscmail.gsfc.nasa.gov

good luck and let me know if there is anything i can do to help

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thanks thats excatly what i need is a field!

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http://www.firstfields.com/

639 would be definately interested, but we have to wait on how the money pans out.

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Alright, we're in. I know the guy that runs 340 & I'm sure I can get him to agree. I can also help locate 1/2 of the field carpet (from the FLRC). If needed I aslo know the guy that was the MC for the spring comp at Edison. I bet I can talk him into it if you want.

340 will be willing to help out however you need. Just let us know. I was thinking about having our team take on a Mini competition but I didin't want to detract from the FLRC.

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At the risk of shooting myself in the foot, and giving up one of my precious few free weekends :eek: , I will go ahead and commit to this now....

I will write up a white paper on what it takes this year to "host" a scrimmage event (adding in all our experience from the pre-ship one that we hosted).

I will include the following at minimum:
Field Wiring Diagram
Radio Controls Information
Recommended Materials List
Field Components List (including high and low cost field items)
How-To's
Hints

If there is anything else teams would like to see in this paper, let me know... ahh let the fun begin!

I will try and have this done before I run off to Cleveland & Toronto, so that all the off season scrimmage teams have plenty of time to plan :)

Oh & Mirza, We can go to any of the local off season events for sure! :)

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I just want to drive with 340 again.

Please email info when it is available to me. (or PM)

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Is that a joke? :yikes: haha

Also in response to Code Red Robotics, We want to drive with you guys too:) Congrats again for FLR

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Awsome KIM glad to hear your behind it. This needs to be very well planned so that its a success. Glad to see everyone is willing to help out.

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That would rock! I'm sure I could talk team 250 into going to it. In fact tonight we are having a meeting, and I will raise the question and see what the interest is in such an event. With an off-season event so close (about 3 hours) I can't see us not going.

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ok ok ok... we need to get some things down before everyone goes crazy.

first i would like all the names of people who would like to help in any way. please PM me so i could make a list.

secondly i would like all the people who have at least a interest in going to this off season comp. please pm me so i can make a list.


thanks for all the input!!

2005 Rochester off season comp ideas and so thread

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Hey Alex,

Nice job in getting people together... I told you " Ask and they will come!" We have a great community up here and I'm sure alot of the rookies this year who could not go to another competition would be willing to take another crack at it. Just have to figure in the time frame.

Ellery

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I can give you some advice. For one; don't use the NASA field. You can get one directly from FIRST. They loan them out for free as long as you pay for insurance (which could be a few thousand dollars). You'd need a good tech crew but these new fields are a lot easier to manage than the old ones.

In case people have forgotten, I founded/organize/manage the Beantown Blitz in Boston. In 2003/2004 I ran around the country volunteering at events to specifically learn how they operated. I taught myself and I'd be willing to pass along what I learned to any other post-season event coordinators. Maybe we could arrange for a phone call.

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Chuck's interested...

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If I recall correctly, Dave Kelso and Libby Ritchie gave a presentation at last year's FIRST Robotics Conference on how to host an off-season event. Perhaps you should look into contacting either of them, or at the least take a look at their PowerPoint presentation.

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i'll try to talk 1403 into it, we need some sponsors or contributors first, we're like broke :ahh:

but some stuff you may want to do:
-create a brochure to handout at competition about it
-make a website or a section of your website devoted to promoting it.
-give us dates

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I can;t say that my whole team would go but i am interested... and that means that if it comes down to it i will HiJack our robot with the other officers and come up ourselves....... yea so you could put us down for a spot...... Did you guys come up wiht any roundabout entree fee yet?

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the fee will be in the range of $150-$200, thanks i'll put you on the list that is ever so growing!!

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im so happy everyone is interested! i hope it all works out. Alex if you want help just let me know seeming as it was my idea and i dont want to put it all on you!!

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sorry to say but i was out of line posting this stuff. the project is at a halt for right now. i will be talking to the team about this further,thanks and sorry for the anticipation of this event.

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Take your time, Alex. Better to wait a year and see it done right then a rushed half-baked product that will cause people to never want to return again.
Trust me. You did the right thing.

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Alex,
Let's not totally give up on this. Remember, you are not alone on this. There are many other teams locally. You don't need to shoulder this responsibility yourself. I am impressed you have carried it this far.

I would love to see something in the fall. Something I could use to show new students what FIRST is all about. The fall is also a great time to work on getting those couple new Rookie schools interested in FIRST. We are hoping to add a couple more new teams to go along with all of the amazing Rookies from this year. Some local teams may want something in the fall to help them pull in funding from sponsors. I know most of this was taken care of at the Regional a few weeks ago but... a little more doesn't hurt.

All I'm saying is, take a break until after the Championship. Enjoy the season while it is here. We can spend the whole summer planning something cool for the fall.

That's just my thoughts/ramblings.

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I would love to come down to this, just to see if I could drive with 1511 and 1559. You guys are awesome. But unfortunatley, I am already going to the Canada's wonderland off-season event, in which case, I will not be able to attend if this does pull through. If not, you guys should try to come to the wonderland off-season event. It's gonna be a blast! :)

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i will have to disagree with you Erin...while the FIRST Fields are much nicer in quality it defiantly isn;t worth the insurance money and the shipping cost on the fields when you can get the NASA one for just the cost of gas to get here and some food. besides you get 2 great guys with that Field who have done more off season events then anyone else.


Alex don't give up so soon, there are alot of people interested and i think with a group collaboration we will be able to pull this off. maybe what we should do is start a committee after nationals that will work logistics. different people are good at different things and i am sure with enough intelligent and dedicated people this is a very doable project for the September time frame. come find me at nationals and we can talk if you want, because i have a few ideas on how to manage this endeavor

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Nice job team.

Continue on with the hard work. :)

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things are moving along....at nationals i had some long conversations with the people who i believe will be running this event. i talked to mike wade briefly earlier in the season about the possibility of the event and he seemed to be open to the idea. I have now sent him another email asking for the specific details about logistics. I think we have pretty much decided that the event will be taking place in October of this year and it will hopefully be in the Clark gym at RIT. Alex and I thought i would just give a little update as to what is happening. remember nothing is official until it is announced so everything is subject to change.

if you would like to get involved with the planning process please email (gneedel@gmail.com) or PM me so i can add you to the mailing list that will be used for informational releases as we continue working on this event.


Greg Needel

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I'm sure if there is enough notice, Team 61 would be able to go!

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hahaha