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Originally Posted by Jane
ok - here you go -
1. spare parts:
we used them a couple of times for nuts and things that we ran short on and we used it while looking for materials trying to help other teams.
A suggestion would be to stock some spare victors and spikes though we understand why not.
2. first aid station:
it seemed over stressed and understaffed. Don't know what LSR could do with that. I don't know about - in general - but when we need help, we need help.
3. the visiting schools:
they were much more manageable and courteous this go-round. Smaller groups with more adult supervision and the children seemed delighted to be in the robotics atmosphere. They were very respectful and gracious. Kudos to the schools!
4. UL is cool. I like. Helpful, reasonable, educational, with a planned course of action.
That's what I know today.
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I remembered one more:
5. The concessions staff @ Reliant Center were very concerned with the monetary exchanges with a couple of the International teams. The team members were giving them too much money, in one case a very large bill, and it would have been easy to rip them off. The language barrier with one of the teams made it impossible to communicate. (Please keep in mind that some of our Texas drawl does not help with communication at times either.) I picked up on one & was able to botch a couple of phrases and hand mime.
When I went back for some more coffee the same concessions folks told me it had happened again with another team. I alerted the staff @ the volunteer table and they dealt with it. A suggestion might be to have a home team volunteer to provide a team member as host for interpretations & a sheet with money breakdown at the volunteer table. You may already be doing that -
A cool outcome, one of the teams whose language I had botched so horribly, came and tied a lovely giveaway bracelet on my wrist. It goes in the team scrapbook.
