Team issues and difficulties?....(not just technical ones)

[Cory]

Originally Posted by collin234

As much as I hope that you all get all of your problems worked out...I really DO NOT feel as if Chief Delphi is the place to be airing your team's dirty laundry. As great as the forums can be for discussing different strategies, clearing up rule questions, asking how to gear for the best torque, etc., complaining about a student on your team to five-thousand chief delphi users is not the Gracious Professionalism that Chief Delphi and FIRST are going for. It is especially not what Chief Delphi is going for in these forums. If you have to complain about a problem within your team, type it up in Word, and then delete it. It isn't worth hurting others for. Now, if you are going to ask a specific question e.g. "How do teams that feed from multiple schools communicate effectively?" That's fine and a reason that these and other forums are in place. However, if you want to talk about a student who has become a dictator, leave that within your own team or in your own head. Use the forums for what they are meant to be used for, not for complaints. Come on folks.

I hardly think the thread started out as "whining" It turned into it, but I think this is a really important issue. I cant say I know what it'd be like to be in the situation that this team is in, but I can sympathize with them. I would be very disappointed if I were to put hundreds of hours into the construction of the robot, only to never even SEE it compete, let alone be there. It would be very cool if local teams hosted your team, like foreign exchange students.

Kind of off topic, but why does your team go to New Jersey? It has to be cheaper to fly into LA or New York, or even Houston(Being the closest regional to you), I would imagine.

Cory