Forum: General Forum
05-05-2016, 17:23
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Replies: 186
Views: 27,955
Re: Split Champs assignment
Well, they've only announced through 2018, but I believe the Houston/Detroit set-up will continue for several years. So maybe they'll change up the location assignments for 2019 after seeing how...
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Forum: General Forum
05-05-2016, 16:16
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Replies: 186
Views: 27,955
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Forum: General Forum
05-05-2016, 16:07
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Replies: 186
Views: 27,955
Re: Split Champs assignment
As much as I love my fellow Michiganders...the Detroit championship is going to feel a whole lot like MSC.
I'm going to lobby hard for the frogs to travel to Hawaii for some fresh faces starting in...
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Forum: General Forum
04-05-2016, 13:23
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Replies: 178
Views: 29,556
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Forum: General Forum
04-05-2016, 11:42
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,874
Re: What are your Mentor Experiences?
My first experience with the challenging past time that is mentoring was while I was still a student on HOT Team 67. As a part of my volunteer work, I mentored one of our FLL teams during the FRC...
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Forum: General Forum
02-05-2016, 16:45
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Replies: 35
Views: 4,250
Re: MI is the best?
Trust me when I say this is already a priority for veteran teams in Michigan. We're going through some growing pains...getting 400+ FRC teams to a competitive level while keeping them sustainable is...
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Forum: Career
02-05-2016, 15:43
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Replies: 9
Views: 863
Re: Question for FIRST Alumni
What kind of companies are you applying to? Are you cold-applying, or going through your school's career office/career fairs? Have you had qualified people look over your resume/cover letters to make...
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Forum: General Forum
02-05-2016, 14:39
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,532
Re: Improving the District Experience
I think one of the difficult parts of transitioning to a district system is having a large enough base of teams that qualifying for the district championship is a challenge.
Based off of the FIRST...
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Forum: General Forum
02-05-2016, 14:24
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Replies: 35
Views: 4,250
Re: MI is the best?
If we're talking within the context of the Michigan district system, this would be incredibly impractical. Highly competitive teams are attending two district events and often a third, and district...
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Forum: General Forum
02-05-2016, 13:51
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Replies: 35
Views: 4,250
Re: MI is the best?
I think that people are assuming that having a small but incredibly elite cohort of teams is what makes Michigan successful, but I have to disagree. The district system may have "watered down"...
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Forum: General Forum
26-04-2016, 15:20
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Replies: 70
Views: 15,624
Re: 2016 Chairman's Hall of Fame Predictions
Well, I'd imagine that part of being a model team is fielding a consistently competitive robot. Not because winning is important, but consistently high performing robots are a product of teams that...
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Forum: General Forum
24-04-2016, 00:04
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Replies: 3
Views: 587
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Forum: General Forum
20-04-2016, 13:20
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,193
Re: Incorporating Alumni within FRC Teams
I've participated and been involved with teams that span the spectrum on this issue, from almost no young mentor involvement, to a middle ground, to entirely run by college students.
Currently, we...
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Forum: Championship Event
19-04-2016, 12:48
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Replies: 3
Views: 717
Re: Help FRC2586 CopperBots get to Worlds!
Chris,
I've been reaching out to some of my contacts and I'll send you an email shortly to discuss.
On another note, I am SO INCREDIBLY EXCITED that the CopperBots qualified for the world...
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Forum: General Forum
19-04-2016, 12:36
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Replies: 113
Views: 11,427
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Forum: Chairman's Award
18-04-2016, 15:30
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Replies: 6
Views: 924
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Forum: General Forum
18-04-2016, 15:27
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Replies: 113
Views: 11,427
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Forum: Chairman's Award
18-04-2016, 12:00
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Replies: 6
Views: 924
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Forum: Awards
18-04-2016, 11:52
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Replies: 4
Views: 456
Re: Collecting Data
One of the most instrumental changes that 503 has made in recent years is switching over to Office 365 as our official base of internet operations. Each student gets their own FF email, and all...
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Forum: General Forum
17-04-2016, 13:33
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Replies: 51
Views: 9,238
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Forum: General Forum
01-04-2016, 15:01
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,521
Re: Why Do You FIRST?
I “FIRST” because FIRST is the reason that I graduated from high school and have a career. I had a very troubled home life and found refuge in FLL, and then FRC. My mentors and team-mates became my...
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Forum: General Forum
21-03-2016, 12:39
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Replies: 27
Views: 4,162
Re: Easiest ways to succeed at competition
Do your best to remain impartial to bias based on your past experiences with a team, rumors, reputation, and how high their number is. While there are a lot of teams that are powerhouses year after...
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Forum: General Forum
21-03-2016, 11:29
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Replies: 3
Views: 925
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Forum: General Forum
17-03-2016, 13:45
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Replies: 39
Views: 3,638
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Forum: Team Organization
17-03-2016, 12:54
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Replies: 24
Views: 3,617
Re: Becoming Competitive
There has been a lot of really great advice in this thread so far regarding team structure, the importance of the way you execute design, and goal setting. So I'm going to touch on something a little...
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20% skinnier, 40% dorkier, ... if that's what turns into one of our best mentors, I REALLY need to find a new hobby. ;) - Rich Kressly [more] 
