[EricH]

Originally Posted by BrendanB

I think uniform unbag time would be good like Jim proposed. My only question would be does this come with a scale back on regionals to move to the district model of practice day starting at 5pm or would district teams get an extra 6 hours on top of the uniform 8? The unbag time exists so districts can operate on a shorter time frame of two full days plus one night for robot work/inspection that is scheduled from 5-10. It usually is more like 3-4 hours with teams setting up their pits, lines to unload, and other small issues.

That would be one to discuss. I could see a compromise where districts keep 8 hour unbag, while regionals get 4-6 hours (or something like that), with suitable adjustments to the practice-day schedule (say, opening the doors a couple hours later). But that would be a matter of detail that would probably best be worked out by HQ with appropriate input. (Hate to remind all ya district folks, but you do tend to do a lot better overall than the regional folks. So giving us a little bit of a "head start" with extra time might actually be better than evening it out.... )

Back during the FIX-IT era, that wasn't an issue--something about everybody being at a regional.