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Re: So now that all of the Fix-It Windows have passed...

I agree with these views. I think the 48 hours needs to either:

1. be flexible (ie start your 48 hours any time between regionals, but you must finish within 48 hours - no "Im gonna work 8 hours here, 8 hours there"... its two days long, thats it!)
or
2. Start the monday following the regional (allowing for ample travel home time)
or
3. Start the monday BEFORE your next competition.

All three of these options would give plenty of travel time for teams. I remember at FLR, we had a full 48 hour fix it window, but with Cleveland and Toronto, we lost time to travel. To be honest, we didnt use a lot of our window because we were all so exhausted on the sundays that we just crashed. We opted to build new parts at the regionals.
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