Championship 2011 - St Louis - Your Thoughts Please?

[Karibou]

Originally Posted by JVN

So by this logic, do you wear safety glasses while walking down the street?

You don't? ;P


More thoughts on the pit fields: I agree that they need to be moved to an area that doesn't require safety glasses to get to. Given the non-negotiable path of robot traffic to the dome, this would probably mean placing the fields around where the FTC and FLL areas were. That could move the pits for those programs closer to the entrance to the dome (by where the fields were this year), which I don't have any objection to. Moving the FRC fields there would pose two options for safety glasses: a) the only connection between the pits and the field would be the queuing line, or b) it would have to be made VERY clear where the field ends and the pits start, and another safety glasses table would likely be needed (which presents the opportunity for a huge, dangerous bottleneck).

Also, if anyone decides that they considered the safety glasses volunteers rude (not just doing their job), complaining to or about FIRST about that will do nothing, especially with no substantial and objective proof. While volunteers are a part of and represent FIRST at events, they are not employees. It's not like they can be fired from their job. At this point, all that could be done is scolding.

Edit, to avoid posting twice in one hour:
Ed and Richard are right about reassigning/passing on people. I've heard the stories too. There will still be volunteers every year that are considered rude, though, whether they are the same people or new ones.