[Al Skierkiewicz]

I liked most everything. The venue is nice and the food wasn't too bad but not Disney. People flow needs the biggest improvement. The almost two mile walk from Archemides pits to seating area got a little tough to handle after 7 matches. Why should you have to go up 6 levels then come down two and walk to the opposite diagonal of the dome? I attended the electrical seminar which was well attended. I would guess that the others were the same and that means a lot of people were able to get some great info on robots. Keep the seminars but change the times so there are none that occur during match times. The pits didn't seem too confining but the aisles nearest the field did fill up on occassion. I would leave the jib cameras out for next year. There was no interesting video coming from them and I know they are very expensive. Ceremonies on Einstein should be viewable on the other fields and on the big screens in the dome just like last year at Houston. You could at least keep tabs on other teams. The big screens in the pits should be dedicated to individual divisions and placed over the pit area so divisions could see their standings and not crowd into the center aisles. Teams should be able to transport pit gear directly to the pit floor and not need to share elevator space from the top level. The convention center has a full size truck dock and several drive up overhead doors for that purpose. Outside traffic flow should improve when construction is complete so that should be better next year. The food police should be a little more flexible in that food purchased at the convention center should be OK for the dome. I saw many people stopped for having pop or water purchased in the convention center as they entered the dome. Bathrooms should be checked more frequently to clean up and remove paper from containers.