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Originally Posted by mtaman02
... Personally it tickles my curiosity when something like this happens but its on a need to know basis and if I don't need to know then so be it  esp if its above my pay rate :-p |
Well, I don't think it's above your pay rate, because the FTA gets paid the same as you; i.e., $0.00 per event. However, you are correct to advise Imprudent that only the FTA knows for sure why the match list was changed.
One difference between FTAs and the key volunteers (such as Lead Queuers, without whom absolutely nothing of interest would occur at any FRC event) is that FTAs can receive instructions regarding last minute changes directly from FIRST headquarters. That may be what happened, or it may be that the FTA (or one of the key volunteers she/he works with) found a problem that required correction. One thing I'm extremely confident of: if a change was made, it was required to correct something. FTAs and FIRST headquarters staff have enough real problems to deal with -- they don't make changes to things that are already working correctly.
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