clarification please?
Hi everyone! As a four year veteran of team 131 CHAOS out of Manchester NH, I am puzzled by the regulations to qualify for this year's national competition. Below i have copied exactly how the rules for qualifying are stated on the FIRST site:
2. Teams automatically qualify to register for the current year in
the following ways:
a. All former Chairman’s Award winners (1992-2001)
b. Prior two years Chairman’s Award finalists (2000 & 2001)
c. Prior year National Championship winners (2001)
d. Teams that participated in the original competition (1992)
I stopped on purpose at the subtopic d because that is where my question lies. As part of CHAOS, again out of Manchester (home of FIRST), i have tried to carry on the traditions started at the very first Competiton back in 1992. That competition included not CHAOS but our school with a different sponsor. We did compete in that first FIRST competition and that is the basis for my question. Does this regulation as it is written mean that we have to have held that same sponsor throughout the 11 years or does it simply state that teams that were there can go this season? Can anybody clarify this rule to me? If someone does have an answer to that question then exactly how many teams are still around from that original comp? If anyone can help a friend in need of answers...please post a reply soon.
Hopefully see you all at the competitions!!!
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