[MARS_James]

So I sent an email request to Frank via FRC questions here is the initial email and response:

I am James Comstock of FRC Team 179 The Children of The Swamp

After a very debated discussion on chiefdelphi I was wondering if we could get some clarification about pit work during ceremonies. The FRC Manual has a statement about not making noise and that it is highly encouraged to attend said ceremonies but it seems to be debated whether that means if you NEED to do work (You have an early match the next day, or need to pass inspection) you can stay or if it is just if you WANT to do work (trying to get the bugs out of a more complex autonomous, or general robot maintenance) you can stay.

Clarification from headquarters would help standardize this across competitions and help relieve potential tension between volunteers and teams as we would have a clear precedent.

Thanks,

James Comstock

Hi James,

Frank here. This is more of a rules question, as it relates directly to section 4.9 of the Admin Manual (at least that was the section in last year’s manual). It’s a good question, but I suggest you ask it through the official Q&A channel when it opens shortly after kickoff. You’ll be able to find info on the Q&A system here: http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprogr...c/game-q-and-a


Thanks!

Frank

So for now we know what we can do which is nothing until the q&a opens