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I just found my second page of notes from what the IT guy said, and, while most of what was there has already been covered, this is what was new:

FIRST will be keeping there offices open until 8pm EST during the season. The staff was already groaning about having to work longer shifts, but it sounded like a done deal.

FIRST will add a school administrative contact to the information management system, since many school's have a principal or superintendant who isn't involved with the team, but wants to be the main contact. They will also add a link to the TIMS from the front page.

FIRST will require teams to check their contact information before reregistering.

FIRST Email "Blasts" will probably be posted online, as well as being sent to the main and alternate contacts (and perhaps other contacts). This was met with general acceptance, but a few people felt very strongly that they didn't want their team members seeing that traffic, something about making FIRST too easy prohibiting them from learning from the experience. FIRST was surprised by that, but said that they would consider alternatives, such as locating the "Blasts" archive behind the TIMS login. Another alternative proposed was just posting the links from the "Blasts," not the "Blasts" themselves, on the web.

FIRST is considering a "frequently used links" section to the front page, which would link to stuff like the manual and schedules.

FIRST is also considering putting pictures and QuicktimeVR movies of the field and playing objects on the website.