California District Proposal

[ASD20]

Originally Posted by plnyyanks

I dug through my email and found the Chesapeake venue RFI document that was sent out to their mailing lists last year: here it is

One interesting thing I noticed is that Chesapeake starts load in at 8 am on day 0. I understand how having that much time is really nice, but I also know that it is not absolutely necessary. The first year that my school hosted (2015), they didn't let anyone start load in until school got out at 2:11 and, while stressful, teams were still able to start load in at 5 and IIRC, there were some practice matches that night as well. It definitely is nice to start earlier (and we were able to start at 12 this year), but # of volunteers and load in time are inversely correlated, so the more volunteers the host team can provide, the later load in can start. 8 am, or even 12, is definitely not a hard requirement, especially if the field is simpler than it was this year.

[notmattlythgoe]

Originally Posted by ASD20

One interesting thing I noticed is that Chesapeake starts load in at 8 am on day 0. I understand how having that much time is really nice, but I also know that it is not absolutely necessary. The first year that my school hosted (2015), they didn't let anyone start load in until school got out at 2:11 and, while stressful, teams were still able to start load in at 5 and IIRC, there were some practice matches that night as well. It definitely is nice to start earlier (and we were able to start at 12 this year), but # of volunteers and load in time are inversely correlated, so the more volunteers the host team can provide, the later load in can start. 8 am, or even 12, is definitely not a hard requirement, especially if the field is simpler than it was this year.

Almost all of the things in the CHS facility list are "requirements". They're things they'd like but are flexible.