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Originally Posted by Rob
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It seems that the four divisions field crews have a "race" each year to see who can finish their qual matches the earliest, with the prize bieng invited to be the field crew on einstein. I may be way of base here but from my observations it appears that this is the case. While this may be a good way to keep the volunteers entertained, I strongly feel that this creates a situation where rules and policies can be bent and the experience of teams can suffer. Teams work really hard to get to the Championship event. This "race" against the other divisions can detract from the teams experience and lead teams to feel as if the field crew believes the teams experience comes second to accelerating the schedule to finish early.
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Let me shed a little light on this because I think there is some misinformation here. While it is correct that field crews on each field are competing to get to Einstein, it is not because they are trying to finish early. It actually has more to do with staying exactly on schedule. The objective is to get each field as close to the scheduled turnaround time as possible. As a matter of fact, we even had to slow down on Galileo in order to get back on track. Fact is, the fields need to stay on schedule because of a multitude of reasons. These reasons (and the hustle to get done) would remain reguardless of the field crew incentive. Volunteers work extremely hard at Championships. Many of them spend alot of their own money to be there for you. I feel that it important to throw them a bone every once in a while. Every volunteer wants to be a part of Einstein, but very few can. It is great motivation to keep going, because it is such a difficult weekend to get through.
Great job this weekend Rob! Hope this explanation helps.