[FIRST EMAIL] Stop Build Day Survey

[aciarniello]

I have to admit that when I received this survey, I was concerned that some hidden negative effects might outweigh the obvious positives of eliminating the Stop Bag Day. HOWEVER, after reading through all these arguments and Jim's excellent paper, I'm feeling pretty well convinced that an elimination of SBD would be net positive for FRC.

That being said, it seems like a lot of the potential positives of #banthebag rely heavily on the well-resourced and experienced teams reaching out to the lower-resourced teams in their communities and making sure that all are able to fully realize the benefits of eliminating SBD. The good news is that FRC teams already have that mentality in place. Wouldn't it be great, though, to have a #banthebag activities guide to give folks a good baseline?

So, I'd like to take a moment to spur a brainstorming of what events/activities teams could host if SBD is no more. Here are things I've read so far:

- Scrimmages
- Bumper builds
- Pre-inspections
- In-season demos with competition machines to "Make it Loud"
- In-season workshops

If you're a team that's already working past SBD, surely not having your competition machine in a bag will free up some time and resources. How can you leverage those for your community?

-Andy