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Unread 20-08-2014, 17:50
Steve W Steve W is offline
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Re: Pneumatic Restrictions & Improvments

I will back up Al with the statement that he is available during the season. As an LRI I have called him more than once during the season. I have been involved with FIRST since 2002 and have been on a team since then. Every year I find challenging questions by the different things that teams come up with. Many teams push the rules to the limit which is good as long as they don't go past.

If you ever volunteer at an event as an inspector that I am LRI you will get the same speech I use at every event that I do. " If you have any doubt about something, come and ask me. If something looks out of place or strange, ask me. ". I want all decisions to be by the rules. If I am not sure I will comb the rules, go to the FTA or contact Al. I will also send inspectors to help teams that seem to be in trouble. Al has beaten into me that our goal as inspectors and LRI's is to get every team into every match if at all possible. I spend a lot of time helping fix problems that are found during inspection. I don't want my inspectors to point to something and say "Fix!" then walk away.

Remember folks that we as volunteers give of our time because we believe in FIRST, and the students. Seeing teams succeed is the only reward that we need. Some of us have left our team to do what we do because we feel that our teams are in good hands and that we can contribute some of our experience to other teams.

Do I agree with all of the rules? Nope but they are still the rules. Do I agree with the set speed limits, nope but they are the law. We must learn to compete within whatever constraints (rules) that are put on us and rise to the challenge.
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Last edited by Steve W : 22-08-2014 at 09:48. Reason: Miss typed