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Re: Calling all students and mentors from the CHS, NC, and PCH Districts

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Originally Posted by Michael Kaurich View Post
There are also a lot of changes that happen with some of the roles. IE, Robot Inspection. It is crucial to have more inspectors on hand for Day 0 at the earlier week events. There isn't nearly as much time as there is at a regional to get teams through an inspection process. This role can be filled by mentors who are at the competition with their team and then shift to being with their team full time the rest of the event.

We are hoping some mentors will be willing to be trained as Inspectors on their own robot before the season starts so they know what the LRI is training inspectors to be on the look out for and how to teach their students how to build a better robot. Hopefully this is successful and is a win/win for both our teams and the events.
Yes my suggestion for RIs is to have one for aprox every 3 teams for day 0. Usually that does end up as a bit of overkill with an inspector or two that may only fully inspect one robot. It also means that they have time to keep checking in with and helping their own team if necessary. Many of the inspectors are then done on day 0. Some do move on to other roles, I've got a few that will inspect day 0 and then move on to another role for day 1 and 2.

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I have emailed Frank and asked about official inter-district play being opened between the districts. With MAR, CHS, and NC all right next to each other this seems like the prime location to pilot this. Teams could compete at any district events they want but earn points towards their own DCMP. This would help alleviate seeing the same teams over and over again. It would also allow teams on the edges of their districts(like 1629) to travel to events that are in other districts but may be closer than any of their own districts events.

Franks response said that this has been brought up to the district leaders and was voted down. If this is something that you may be interested in doing please talk to your own districts and try to convince them that this is something the teams in your district could benefit from. I will be talking to Stan about it in detail. Frank said the topic would be brought up again to be discussed.
I asked Frank when/if it would happen as well when I talked with him at the PNW DCMP. The Unified District Points system was created in part to allow that points portability. Personally I'm for it though being in the PNW I don't think we would see a lot of teams doing that. However for those on the east coast where there are now several districts so close together I do see this as a way to make it easier on teams that are near the boarders and encourage a little more inter-district play.


I can also see why it could cause some logistical issues and why Districts may be hesitant to allow the points portability. The question becomes exactly how you do the registration. The District's top priority should be to ensure that teams within their boarder are able to play at an event in their boarder. The number of spaces/events they plan for are based on the number of teams in their area. So do you make teams that want to travel wait until 3rd event registration? Now it seems that they will still want to register for 2 events in their home district and then hope they find a spot later. Do some of those teams then drop one of their home events because they only wanted to play two? Is one district overwhelmed by teams that want to visit while another has trouble filling an event because the teams they expected to want to attend an event go outside the district?

Points portability does eliminate the possibility of teams getting a practice event before or between their events that count. Currently teams can buy a practice event at an early event in another district. I feel that is counter to the spirit of the District system which I believe is partially intended to level the playing field between the well funded teams and those that are not well funded. However it is still better than the Regional system where the teams that can afford another $4000 entry fee and potentially travel costs get to buy a second chance at qualifying for CMP.

So like anything there are pros and cons to either choice. I was an early supporter of points portability, but I do think there may need to be a little more discussion on exactly how it should work to ensure that it doesn't cause a lot of headaches for the district organizers. I also don't want to see a team pushed out of an event in their own District to accommodate a team from another District. So I'm still a supporter of points portability with the reservation that it needs to be carefully thought out to avoid the potential problems.
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