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Re: Team CMP Assignment 2017
MWMAC... I appreciate this kind of thinking and problem solving... but there's practical problems for teams like mine caused by stakes-in-the-ground that would exclude us from being able to participate in Detroit--we simply could NOT travel that distance.
Detroit location is one of those stakes we're told cannot be changed thru 2020.
For us, bus travel from San Antonio to St. Louis is 14+ hours for about $10,000.00... to Detroit the drive time is 22+ hours and I'm sure several thousand dollars more bus cost than St. Louis.
We're at our limit of viable travel time by bus of 14-16 hours due to time-off from school and just the ability to handle it... and we're definitely at our limit of $10,000.00 for the bus.
Teams that are west of Texas like California would have a much larger problem than us getting to Detroit via bus.
So speaking just for our team--3481 Bronc Botz--we would NOT be able to compete at Detroit ever that I can see--we just can't get there.
--Michael Blake
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Last edited by Michael Blake : 27-09-2015 at 23:05.
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