[Al Skierkiewicz]

Do your best and the Inspection Team will help, if needed, get you the rest of the way. We have and will be discussing the bumpers on our phone conferences and your inspection team will be up to date on the GDC decisions at each event. With the 18 lb limit, construction should not be a problem. Bowing to the Great Karnack, I will predict that we will see teams with issues using weak fabric, something other than 3/4" plywood backing, hard parts in the corners, and less than rigid fastening systems. And I also predict we will see teams with sections less that 6" long, and no robot structure to back up the bumper.