2013 Lessons Learned: The Negative

[Grim Tuesday]

Originally Posted by Moon2020

Wow! Yes, it is doable! I hope the right people are reading these threads!

We apparently need several team database computers (for a few key Volunteers and a few self-serve computers) set up at the most strategic locations in the venues (entrance, pit admin, the two inspection stations, etc.). Maybe a few "FIRST Ambassadors" with maps to personally escort people to the locations as well, as many people were super confused in the FRC Divisions by the pit maps. I had to ask an RI to escort a very confused person to a specific team in our division.

Maybe you could use text messaging to talk to Pit Admin? We used text messaging to communicate between the Galileo field out in the Dome and the Galileo inspection station when robots were having issues on the field. It's not instantaneous, but it worked pretty well for us.

Speaking of texting, it might be worthwhile to ask ATT to beef up reception at the dome and specifically the convention center. TMobile and Verizon both worked fine but for all my friends with ATT, message delivery time was measured in hours not seconds.