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Originally Posted by AGPapa
There are certainly more questions they could have asked about seeing the best teams.
There were no/very few questions asking for things like
How important is it that you see teams from the other side of the country?
How important is it that you make new relationships with teams on the other side of the country?
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Definitely important questions that should have been included, considering some complaints and easy solutions are based on these topics.
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How important is it that you see Woodie Flower Award winners and other leading mentors?
How important is it that you play with the most competitive teams?
How important is it that you can learn from all of the most competitive teams?
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I feel like
-Seeing and competing with the teams with the best robots in FRC
-Seeing and meeting top teams, like prior Chairman's Award winners (Hall of Fame teams)
-Participating in a competition that identifies the best teams playing the game
All are identical topics to the questions you asked, or similar enough that you are adding redundant data points at best and confusing survey takers at worst.
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Instead many of their questions are about the venue. How important is a fancy stadium? How important is it that there are a bunch of teams? How important is a large scale event? How important is the surrounding area?
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I would say it/s a 50/50 between the competition and the periphery of the competition. The thing about surveys is that you're free to rate things like "seeing celebrities" at a 1 with impunity if that is your opinion. Some people may think playing in arena like the Georgia Dome or EJDome are imoprtant experiences, and that can be ok!
One thing I included in the survey is something along the lines of this: "I don't want to think we are at best customers, and at worst pawns. We're partners." Everyone should try to look at everything though that lens, inlcuding Manchester.