Virutal KOP Webinar (Nov 18th, 6PM EST)

[GreyingJay]

Thanks for setting that up. 2706 is a new team and this will be our first time going through FIRST Choice. I appreciated the demo and walk through.

We're a Canadian team and all the talk about shipping costs changes the strategy for us a little bit. I've ordered from AndyMark a few times already and although their shipping schedule is INCREDIBLY fast, it is also on the pricey side. This may impact our priority list because we have to weigh the cost of shipping for a "free" item vs just buying it ourselves locally. Batteries are a good example - we might prioritize them lower just because the "buying power" of the credits will be reduced due to the shipping costs.

We're starting from zero though so this will be a great opportunity to start "stocking the shelves" so to speak. Less than two hours to go...

[marshall]

Originally Posted by GreyingJay

Thanks for setting that up. 2706 is a new team and this will be our first time going through FIRST Choice. I appreciated the demo and walk through.

We're a Canadian team and all the talk about shipping costs changes the strategy for us a little bit. I've ordered from AndyMark a few times already and although their shipping schedule is INCREDIBLY fast, it is also on the pricey side. This may impact our priority list because we have to weigh the cost of shipping for a "free" item vs just buying it ourselves locally. Batteries are a good example - we might prioritize them lower just because the "buying power" of the credits will be reduced due to the shipping costs.

We're starting from zero though so this will be a great opportunity to start "stocking the shelves" so to speak. Less than two hours to go...

Happy to help! Definitely take that into account when you are working out your list. Believe me when I say that every team is different and what is important to one team might not be important to the next!

I'm glad you guys enjoyed it though! It was a fun thing for me to do so maybe I'll do more if there is interest down the road. I know I need a better mic for the next one though.

[jkelleyrtp]

Originally Posted by GreyingJay

Thanks for setting that up. 2706 is a new team and this will be our first time going through FIRST Choice. I appreciated the demo and walk through.

I'm curious, if you guys are starting anew (and I assume resurrecting an old team), why not just make a new one? You get plenty of perks being rookies and not a team coming back from the dead. Grants for regionals, extra motor controllers, a chance at rookie all-star.

[GreyingJay]

Originally Posted by jkelleyrtp

I'm curious, if you guys are starting anew (and I assume resurrecting an old team), why not just make a new one? You get plenty of perks being rookies and not a team coming back from the dead. Grants for regionals, extra motor controllers, a chance at rookie all-star.

Actually not resurrecting an old team, but starting a new team from an existing one. 2994 is taking a break from FRC due to time commitments on the lead teacher. He's still doing VEX and hoping to return to FRC soon. In the meantime his suggestion was that we could start a new community based team, but FIRST won't let you be a rookie team if you have more than 5 students transferring from the old team to the new. In that situation your new team is considered a veteran team and given an unused number from the same pool as the team you came from.

Rather than try to pick which 5 students from 2994 to take, we decided it was more important to admit all the interested students (half of the team came over). We don't get to enjoy rookie status for a year, but on the flipside we're pretty proud of having a 2009-era veteran team number.

We do still get a rookie kit so we'll still get the extra battery and controllers as well as a RoboRio.