Championship Drayage?

[waialua359]

This year has been the most confusing and frustrating as well. First, the forms being different, then being left in the dark about the where to, and finally being told we have to ship our robot two days before the Hawaii regional to Lone Star two weeks later.
Now how the heck are we supposed to compete in Hawaii.

If the procedure isn't broken, why fix it?

[PAR_WIG1350]

Originally Posted by waialua359

This year has been the most confusing and frustrating as well. First, the forms being different, then being left in the dark about the where to, and finally being told we have to ship our robot two days before the Hawaii regional to Lone Star two weeks later.
Now how the heck are we supposed to compete in Hawaii.

If the procedure isn't broken, why fix it?

Because if it isn't broken you didn't drive hard enough ... wait, no. I think it had something to do with shipping companies not wanting to donate as much as they have in the past. Or they don't want to donate more than they have in the past (since the number of teams keeps rising) so they just switched over to B&T so they don't have to worry about it in the future.

[waialua359]

Originally Posted by PAR_WIG1350

Because if it isn't broken you didn't drive hard enough ... wait, no. I think it had something to do with shipping companies not wanting to donate as much as they have in the past. Or they don't want to donate more than they have in the past (since the number of teams keeps rising) so they just switched over to B&T so they don't have to worry about it in the future.

Is this an assumption or based on fact?

Last time I checked, the instructions (stated in my packet at kickoff) for donated Fedex vouchers isnt guaranteed for back to back events. However, in our case, we are told its not guaranteed as of today for a week 4 to week 6 event.
Shouldn't FIRST have told teams prior to signing up, paying for the event(s), and booking travel costs such as airfares, hotels, and transportation?

Or perhaps you dont have to worry about those kinds of things being that you can drive to events.