AndyMark in Indiana State of Emergency

[Starke]

Andy Baker just announced on the Robot in 3 Days stream that AndyMark is affected by Indiana's State of Emergency. This means that AndyMark is unable to ship orders for the time being because traveling is prohibited. This may be a huge issue for orders that have been placed recently.

Team AndyMark from Robot in 3 Days will be pausing and possibly canceling their building process to box orders. For now, they are the only people that are inside the building.

In my opinion, a class act move by AndyMark. Stay safe and warm!

[Steven Donow]

This is a truly gracious move of them. They could have easily just continued with their Ri3D and delayed FIRST Choice and all orders further. Good on them for making this decision.

[Andy Baker]

Matt,

Thanks for starting this thread. While there is about a foot of snow on the ground and the temp. is going south of zero tomorrow, the Robot in 3 Days crew of 8 folks here at AndyMark will be stopping our build process at midnight tonight. We figured that it was more important to our customers that we pack their FIRST Choice and AndyMark orders instead of finishing our Robot in 3 Days effort.

Tomorrow, while our operations staff can't travel to work, we will be packing orders and answering calls. So, things will still be operational around here, as boxes will be packed and then shipped out as soon as FedEx can start their process.

Thankfully, for the FRC teams, the 8 of us were here when this storm hit so that we can take the place of our operations folks tomorrow.

Sincerely,
Andy Baker

[ehochstein]

Stay safe and thanks for continuing to package all of the packages!

Hopefully it doesn't get as cold down there as Minnesota tonight!

[ElvisMom]

Stay safe - same goes for all the teams working or not able to work in areas impacted by the weather.

And as a mom, have to say "dress for the weather!"

[Jon K.]

Andy,

Once again, a huge thank you to you, and to all of the people at AndyMark for all you do for the FIRST community. It is awesome coincidence that you were all there, and shows what an awesome company AndyMark is, that you are all going to be the ones packing and shipping the products to us all. Once again to everyone in Indiana, stay warm, and stay safe!

Jon

[Jon Stratis]

A big thanks to your crew! Are you guys going to pick up where you left off after the storm is over and the regular operations folks can make it back in? I think we all want to see your robot completed, even if it isn't done in a linear 72 hours!

[DampRobot]

Does anyone know when we can expect orders to be shipped?

[Hallry]

Originally Posted by DampRobot

Does anyone know when we can expect orders to be shipped?

That would depend on when FedEx can pick them up again, which depends on when the State of Emergency is lifted, which depends on the road conditions, which depends on the weather.

In the meantime, maybe I'll call the AndyMark number tomorrow, I wonder who's going to draw the short straw to have to answer phones

AndyMark, we can't show our appreciation enough. A huge thank you to Andy Baker and his staff, and please be safe. This is true Gracious Professionalism, and an excellent example for all of us to take after.

[donkehote]

At least its not an ice storm like Toronto had in december! Imagine having 3/4" of sheet ice on everything, and over 300'000 people out of power. Hey, at least Nick should know how to deal with the snow.

Hope everyone is safe. Thanks for putting your customers first.

[weberr]

If we really want to thank Andymark and the crew for taking care of us, why don't we hold off on the calls and bugging them on when they will be shipping. It's totally out of their hands and as good as they are, they can't foresee what this weather and in turn the local authorities will allow. Give 'em a break!


Even though I am in Michigan, we are getting hit as hard; the worst since '78.

[IndySam]

Originally Posted by DampRobot

Does anyone know when we can expect orders to be shipped?

Things are really bad here. This is the worst storm in Indiana since FIRST started. I doubt if FedEx resumes regular operations before Wednesday, even if they pick up Tuesday.

I have a lot of great friends in the "Snowball 8" in Kokomo and I wish you all the best. If you run out of food you can go raid the meat market and cook up a feast.

[yash101]

I was watching the Packers game tonight (funny cause i'm in AZ), and I can tell it is cold outside, especially with the exhaust that came out of the players' mouths when they breathed

[ehfeinberg]

Originally Posted by yash101

I was watching the Packers game tonight (funny cause i'm in AZ), and I can tell it is cold outside, especially with the exhaust that came out of the players' mouths when they breathed

Exhaust! Football players confirmed to be robots not humans.

[Jay O'Donnell]

Originally Posted by yash101

I was watching the Packers game tonight (funny cause i'm in AZ), and I can tell it is cold outside, especially with the exhaust that came out of the players' mouths when they breathed

Not that this actually matters but that game is in Wisconsin, not quite Indiana. But anyways, this is great news. AndyMark is a class act and this just proves it. I'd love to see you guys finish your robot once the storm clears out and you're able to get other people into work.