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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 9/12/2000 12:38 PM MST


In Reply to: A couple of options posted by Michael Ciavaglia on 9/12/2000 9:26 AM MST:



: For those who still would like to have the traditional ship date approximately six weeks after the kickoff, here is another option.

: For example, last year the ship date was Feb. 22 for everyone. There were 4 weeks of regionals. I propose: for each week that a team DOES NOT attend a regional, add 2 days. So the formula to figure out your team's ship date is:

: Team Y's Ship Date = Feb. 22 + (4-x)*2 days

: where:
: x = number of attended regionals

: Ex 1: (Team Y is going to one regional)
: Team Y's Ship Date = Feb. 22 + (4-1)*2 = Feb. 22 + 6 days = Feb. 28

: Ex 2: (Team Z is going to four regionals)
: Team Z's Ship Date = Feb.22 + (4-4)*2 = Feb. 22 + 0 days = Feb. 22

: This would stager the shipments for the Drayage Co. and help level the disadvantage for teams that attend fewer regionals.

While I like the looks of this idea, looking at this year's calendar, it could pose a small problem for those teams attending regionals the first weekend...

Estimated 2001 Ship Date: Feb 20
3 weeks of not attending regionals: 6 extra days
Modified Ship Date: MONDAY, Feb 26, 4PM
Regional Start Date: THURSDAY, Mar 1, 8AM

My thoughts drift back to the need for FIRST to have a special shipper at the last two regionals last year to go directly to WDW...if I was a team that was only going to the first set of regionals, I'd be afraid of getting there and not having a machine...esp. since drayage drops them off at the event site a day or two before teams start showing up...

Nate