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Re: Regolith survey

Results of the survey. Sorry for the delay, I thought I had posted the results.

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1. For the 2009 game Lunacy we purchased sheets of Regolith to practice on
 	answered question	73
 	skipped question	1

				Percent	Count
We did not buy any Regolith	11.0%	8
Less than 5 sheets		39.7%	29
Enough for 1/4 of a field	23.3%	17
Enough for 1/2 of a field	11.0%	8
Enough for 1 field		15.1%	11
More than 1 field worth		1.4%	1

2. We used our sheets of Regolith during build season
 	answered question	68
	skipped question	6
 
				Percent	Count
Only a few times (< 5 times)	25.0%	17
Quite a bit (5-10 times)	14.7%	10
Most of the time (10-15 times)	29.4%	20
All the time (15-20 times)	14.7%	10
We spent so much time we had to wear sunglasses ( > 20 times)	
				17.6%	12
3. We shared our Regolith with other teams
 	answered question	70
	skipped question	4

				Percent	Count
No				64.3%	45
Yes a few teams a few times	14.3%	10
Yes a few teams lots of times	10.0%	7
Yes lots of teams a few times	7.1%	5
Yes lots of teams lots of times	5.7%	4
Yes, we held a pre-competition event  10.0%	7

4. Our having the Regolith made a difference in our game play
 	answered question	71
	skipped question	3

		Percent	Count
Yes		69.0%	49
No		16.9%	12
Undecided	14.1%	10

5. At the end of the season we got rid of the Regolith
 	answered question	64
	skipped question	10
 
					Percent	Count
No, we still have it			89.1%	57
We gave it away to another team		1.6%	1
We gave it away for an off season event	 0.0%	0
We gave it away				7.8%	5
We sold it	 			0.0%	0
We used it for another project (tell us what)	
	1.never had it	
	2.collecting dust	
	3.Another team let us borrow some of their regolith
	4.It's still in use.
	5.Was on loan from Home Depot and was returned
	6.It was used as part of the CNC	
	7.I enclosed a cart with some of it. 
	I also inclosed a shelving unit with part of it.

6. Carpets in the prior years:
 	answered question	69 
	skipped question	5
 
						Percent	Count
We've had carpet to practice on			76.8%	53
We've gone to a place that had carpet		14.5%	10
We have not used carpet to practice on		8.7%	6

7. Practice field
 	answered question	70
	skipped question	4
 						    Percent Count
We practice where we can, but it's not a real field  61.4%   43
We have a partial field	                             24.3%   17
We have a full field	                             15.7%   11
We have a nearby team and we practice on their field 10.0%    7
Other (please specify)
	1.we use our school auditorium as a field
	2.temporary set up only... we have to pull up the 
        carpet at the end of the night
	3.Skunkworks
	4.We use a sposor's empty office, it's really large, 
	but not enought ceiling space for some field elements

8. We use our practice field in the off season
 	answered question	64
	skipped question	10

				Percent	Count
Not at all			40.6%	26
Some (<2 hours before an event)	32.8%	21
A lot(2-5 hours before an event)14.1%	9
Lots and lots (More than 5	15.6%	10
   hours before an event)	
Hide repliesOther (please specify)	2
	1.Our practice field is used for the event.
	2.We use our friends field "SOME" of the time.
Thanks to everyone that participated! (And for the reminder that I had not posted the results)
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