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Originally Posted by Craig Roys
All questions (at least for MI teams) should be directed to your team leader who should have received an email about an informational and Q&A meeting about the new structure in MI that is being set up. FiM is making arrangements to answer questions for MI teams.
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Here is what I sent in from our team....
1. When will the DE locations/dates be released?
2. What is the plan/logistics/schedule for teams to register and pay for their two events?
3. What will the schedule be for the events - is there a set template that is the same for all DEs?
3z. pre-event work window (what is allowed/not allowed)
3a. load-in (when is it allowed / not allowed)
3b. unbagging/uncrating at event
3c. working on robot at event
3d. inspection (pre-event/enough to compete/complete)
3e. practice field availability, if any
3f. matches begin/end times
3g. expected # of matches (i.e., how much time between matches)
4. Is there a single rulebook for FRC, or will there be a MI Supplement?
5. How will no-show robots be handled (higher likelihood at a self-ship event than at a normal regional)?
6. Any other information to help teams decide if this is a 3-day excursion, or 2-day excursion. It can be a 2-day excursion if 3a-3d can be done on Friday morning. It will be a 3-day excursion if those things need to be done on Thursday evening. This is needed for travel/budget/vehicle planning.
7. What size/type of trucks are allowable for load-in and load-out? (May help teams who might use bigger truck to take more than one bot to/from the event)
8. How is volunteer signup going to work? VIMS? (Anything to help teams figure out how to support an event with a team of volunteers)
9. What were the lessons-learned from the 2008 Kettering event?
10. Is the balance of robot performance versus non-robot performance consistent with FIRST's overall goals? Is the recognition of teams who deliver non-robotically but not on the field going to be sufficient?
11. (this one is probably not on the allowable topics list, but it is a fundamental question) If the official position in Michigan is to promote FRC and encourage "lower-end" FRC teams (i.e., roughly half the teams in Michigan will not go to the MSC), where does that leave FTC? What is more important, the number of students involved, or the number of FRC teams? Some might suggest that FTC is a more efficient pathway if you are using the cost and ROI metrics being used by FiM.