[Lil' Lavery]

Section 5.6 of the Administrative Manual only applies to teams attending district competitions (Michigan, Pacific-Northwest, New England, or MAR), not to teams addending traditional regionals, like the one at RIT. You can ignore that section for this year. You are not allowed any access periods prior to your event.

Your 45lb. witholding allowance may be whatever you chose. It does not count any raw materials (uncut metals, plastics, fasteners, etc.) or unmodified COTS components. If you have a particular system of your robot that needs additional work, it may be worth removing to continue working on while the rest of the robot is in the bag.