[Nemo]

I am completely in favor of eliminating the six week (or any number of weeks) deadline. The build deadline certainly did not prevent our team from working hard in March and April. But it did cause us to work more slowly and cost us more money. I see no benefit to the build deadline.

Eliminating the 30 lb allowance would lower the quality of robots o n the field substantially, and that matters. Kids who get a chance to actually get their robot working properly have a better experience. The changes we make to a robot during the season provide some of the best engineering experiences.

I think robotics teams need to figure out how to exist with a nucleus of team members who show up nearly all the time but still receive contributions from mentors and students who are there, say, twice a week. It should be okay for mentors to stick with a level of time commitment that works with their lives.