28-01-2007, 16:19
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FIRST's Spare, Queuer & Tech guy =)
AKA: Mike M. / Mouse =)
no team (FRC Volunteer)
Team Role: Alumni
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Join Date: Jun 2002
Rookie Year: 2001
Location: Staten Island, NYC
Posts: 1,504
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Re: Starting Heigh versus Shipping Height: A FIRST Trick?
For Veteran Teams most if not all know the general rules, the only rules they read are Building specifications of both their robot and their crate. For Rookies on the other hand it should be second nature to find away to get to the rules and start planning ahead.
Not a question to anyone but How do you build a robot & a crate without reading the manual? You Can't it's next to impossible. Heck even skimming the manual qualifies as almost partially reading it. The only rule that does not exsist is Rule #300 in the general rules section: If you do not Read these rules set forth you cannot compete. And for FIRST to actually put that in there it would only waste ink and time.
It's the duty of every team to appoint one person or a group of people to keep on top of FIRSTs Website and the Q&A Forum for Rule/Team & Manual Updates one way or another. Whether or not they have to get in touch with another team to obtain any updates. Like many have said the first thing they publish is the Crate Specifictations and that info is not only published but also emailed to the main contact if I'm not mistaken.
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Past FIRST Robotics Events that I proudly volunteered at: FLL: NY State Competition '03
FRC: NYC Remote Kickoff '04 & NYC Regionals '04-'15 ,'10-'13 & NJ Regionals '06-'10, Finger Lakes Regional '09 & SBPLI Regional '08-'15 and the World Championship in '05 (Galileo Field) '07 (Newton Field) '09 (Practice Fields Attendant / FTA(A)), CeBIT Convention in '04 & NextFEST in '06 both held @ the Javitts Center, Monty Madness '07-'10, Panda-monium '08, B.Eruption '08 & '09, Ramp Riot '08, PARC '09 & '10, BR^2 '09 & Wol. Inv. '09 -'15
2015 FIRST Robotics Off Season Events that I hope to volunteer at: Where is Wolcott Invitational 2015 FIRST Robotics Events that I will be volunteering at: SBPLI Reg. & Championships Volunteer Resume: Alt & Lead Team Queuer, Field Repair/Reset, Field Setup/Breakdown, Spare Parts Attendant, Field Power Controller/Score Keeper, Co-Emcee & Official Scorer, Control System Advisor, FIRST Tech Advisor Assistant & recently Practice Field Attendant.
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