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Memories from events past...

Posted by Nate Smith, Student on team #74, Holland FIRST Robotics, from Holland High School and Haworth, Inc..

Posted on 5/10/99 9:04 AM MST


In Reply to: Re: Is the Competition being de-emphasized? posted by Chris on 5/10/99 6:01 AM MST:



: I'd also like to add something about the time constraint at the award cerimony. Remember that we entered the park at about 8:30 - 8:45 and there was a big 'traffic jam' going into the park. If you've tried leaving EPCOT after the fireworks, you know that there is a big 'traffic jam' exiting the park at about 9:10. If the FIRST awards cerimony lasted any longer, those two traffic jams would have conflicted and I'm sure FIRST would have been in big trouble with the big shots at Disney. I'm pretty sure the logistics of that cerimony were very tight and they knew they wouldn't have time to have that many people come up on stage.

: -Chris

:
: : I'm gonna have to agree with MaryEllen that passing out medals
: : at the awards ceremony would have been a logistical nightmare. One thing
: : they could have done was just have the teams walk across the stage or
: : something...if they were already lined up before hand that wouldn't have
: : been a big deal...

When I read the first message in this whole discussion, I wanted to reply right away, but I thought I'd better wait and see what everyone else had said first...

My first flashback is to last year's national competition, when the finalist and championship medals were handed out at the awards ceremony. At least one of the two teams recieving medals(i don't remember which) was seated way in the back of the bleachers, and it took them a few minutes to even get up there...

And then there was chicago, this year...for all of the awards, they had the entire team come forward, making a loop around the two playing fields on the floor so everybody would be coming from the same side...for the majority of the awards, i think it took longer for the team to walk through the handshake line than it did for the award to be announced!

So, in closing, my thought is this...talking to some people after the awards ceremony, they thought that it had dragged on as it was...do you really want to extend it by having 6 teams, some with 60 or more members, all parade across the stage? I don't see where any less recognition is given to the winning and finalist teams by having their representatives come up to the stage...

But, that's just my rambling thoughts on the issue at 11:04 am on a Monday...

Nate



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