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Posted by Nate Smith.

Other on team #66, GM Powertrain/Willow Run HS, from Eastern Michigan University and GM Powertrain.

Posted on 4/14/2000 4:25 PM MST


In Reply to: Pit network for scouting posted by Tim Railey on 4/14/2000 3:39 PM MST:



: With all of this talk about GMCIA and different scouting systems, I think we should lobby FIRST for getting a Network setup in the pits at Regionals and the Nationals for next year. With the changes in how the game is played and the number of teams, etc. I think we really need to do some improving on the sharing of data with each other. Plus I feel this is what FIRST is all about.
: I spent most of the entire National Competition, along with some other great folks, working in the GM tent trying to get scouting info gathered and entered, and though I enjoyed the company,(Martin, Mike, Nate, and others), I would have liked being in the pit area so I could talk to more teams and make more friends and see some old ones.
: If we get started now and work together to push FIRST to let us get this thing going, I think we could have a pretty good system for next year.
: With a pit network, we would be able to send messages to a particular team or team member and ask for specfic help or info, maybe ask if a certain team has that much needed special fastener that we need, and the list of possibilities goes on and on.
: Please everyone, tell me if I am to far out there, or is it time for this?

While I would love to see a LAN wired, based on the reply that I got from FIRST when asking about getting a setup at nationals this year(I think they thought I was asking for a wired pit), I got this reply:

Additionally, FIRST cannot supply this type of resource and expense to each team since 270 teams will be there.

However, for next year, I am hoping to get a few tables to set up in the pit, similar to what SOAP did this year...I'm giving FIRST a little time off(I don't think anybody's in the office right now anyway,) then I'm going to get ahold of them on this...

Nate