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Originally Posted by Alex469
Before going off into the ridiculous explanation for all this- what do you think can be done to make this better for the next years? Criticism without a possible alternatives won't bring changes quickly.
Members of the Jag-wires- do you think it would be possible to have a greater effect on the planning commission to make the tournaments playable for you as well? Its only my opinion, but discussing and contributing advice for planning a tournament might be helpful- this is what I would do if I was in you situation.
As for the championships- these are hard to plan on a weekday, because they usually last for a good 6 or more hours of matches and eliminations. I am shorthanded here to come up with any possible alternatives.
_Alex
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We have asked OCCRA to plan another regional on a weekday every season for the last three years. It is my understanding that our school even gave them a school calendar with all the conflicting dates (but a school calendar isn't really necessary to find out which days are Saturdays.) Nevertheless, we have not had more than 2 regionals during any one season.
Our school's robotics team just started in 2001 (this was our fourth season) and to be honest, I didn't think we were good enough in our first seasons to really force OCCRA to adjust the schedule. But we made sure that OCCRA knew the conflict.
This year, our team really came together and we did a lot better than in previous years, but OCCRA still didn't plan a third weekday regional. i realize that it is more difficult to plan perhaps than a Saturday regional, but it's been 4 years.
as for the championship, Mr. McIntyre explained to us that Championships usually take 6-9 hours. (we were not aware of this because we never attended one.) thus, weekdays were not feasible. however, I am still unsure as to why Sundays are not considered. I realize that many people on other teams go to Church, but I would like to know how many teams would compete in a championship on a Sunday. Would you or your team withdraw from the Championship competition if it was on Sunday? How much of a conflict does this present?
(next year OCCRA has planned to have 3 regionals on weekdays so I would like to thank them for that. I really appreciate that they have taken us into consideration, and I look forward to seeing how JA does next year. good luck to everyone, too.)