Hi everyone :-).
This week's "Remember that thread?" spotlight a series of discussions happened very shortly before Nationals of the 99' season. There was a serious concern that there might not be enough qualifying rounds at Nationals, the purposed schedule only allowed for 4 to 5 matches for all 200 teams competing at the event.
The result of the concern led to a very interesting discussion of how Nationals worked back then, and eventually to FIRST's solution to the problem. There are lots of threads in this series, more than a week's worth of spotlighting, so this week we will focus in the first half:
The Society for More Qualifying Rounds - Posted by Joe Johnson, Engineer on team #47, Chief Delphi, from Pontiac Central High School and Delphi Automotive Systems. Posted on 3/14/99 7:43 PM MST
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9529
A proposal for FL, please comment - Posted by Joe Johnson, Engineer on team #47, Chief Delphi, from Pontiac Central High School and Delphi Automotive Systems.
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9549
Possible Rule change for Flordia? (Please) and the reason for more seeding rounds. - Posted by Mike King, Other on team #88, TJē, from Bridgewater Raynham and Johnson & Johnson Professional.
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9560
Enjoy.