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More on the extra day...
I threw out the idea (and it wasn't original to me. I'm sure I stole it from someone else) and didn't really think about all the logistics. I had assumed that FIRST must have the site under their jurisdiction on Tuesday and Wednesday to set up the playing field, shop, pits. If they set up the pits first on Tuesday, they could be setting up the playing field on Wednesday, while we have access to the pits. I don't know the details about how FIRST works their magic, but this looked like a "no cost" solution. I would recommend the 3 members at a time to keep the pits cleared. 5 members per team would be fine too. 20 members per team results in chaos, although it is the best chaos on the planet. Quote:
The bad part of this, of course, is that fewer people would get the experience of unpacking the robot, tweaking, and seeing it start to come to life. This year, I think we had a minimum of 10 people (mostly pre-college students) working in our pits from 8am-8pm on each practice day. On the other hand, teams would be more likely to be inspected and would have more time to get their robot running. Quote:
Since you will know in advance how much work you would have to do, it might be possible to petition the regional to allow extra personnel into the pits. Above all, the objective for FIRST is to have all robots performing well in competition, while maintaining a balanced playing field for all teams. Andrew Team 356 |
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