Winter Storm Nemo

[Jon Stratis]

Originally Posted by Ricksta

I think that FIRST should have gotten out in front of this historic storm with an announcement stating that they will or will not extend bag day for effected teams.

The northeast is shutting down right now, and teams that try and hold meetings to meet deadlines put the students at unnecessary risk.

To the best of my knowledge, FIRST has never extended the stop build day. Why would you expect them to now? Everyone should assume the stop build day will not be moved, and all current rules will remain.

That said, there is a precedent, back in 2010, of increasing the withholding allowance (which seems to be a term that is being phased out, although you're still allowed to keep 30 lbs outside of the bag) late in the build season. That's not to say it will happen this year (personally, I hope it doesn't... there were issues in 2010 of teams bringing in practically an entire robot, the withholding allowance was so large).

I realize the storm is a big problem for a lot of people. But in terms of FIRST teams, those affected by this particular storm really aren't that much... There are thousands of teams in FIRST, and a few hundred in path of the storm. During the 2011 build season, I had snow piled up higher than my car. We dealt with it and moved on, we didn't beg to have deadlines moved. If you miss out on a day or two of build, come up with a plan to deal with it and move on. It sucks, but that's life.