Years in FIRST?

[Ashley Weed]

Originally Posted by Billfred

I was just thinking here...we can find out plenty about the other folks on CD...birthdate, team number, what they do, AIM, et cetera.

Thing is, I can't tell you (without searching and thinking and lots of leg work) when they got into FIRST.

Is there a way to create a blank for a person's rookie year, as it were?

Great new feature! Excellent idea Billfred! Thanks Brandon!

[tribotec_ca88]

Yaaaaaay the option's finally available!!

Good idea guys!!! + thanks to brandon & the moderators @ CD

[Astronouth7303]

Originally Posted by Dorienne Plait

This may sound like a ridiculous question, but the year we started FIRST...does that mean the year we joined the team, or the season we were a first year? 'cause I joined the team in September '02, and I was in the '03 season for my rookie year...so I don't know which date to put! Sorry, I'm so finnicky.
--Dori

Me, too. Just '03 and '04.

[Jeff Waegelin]

Originally Posted by Astronouth7303

Me, too. Just '03 and '04.

If you'd read more of this thread, you'd have seen the question has been answered twice. Once, near the beginning:

Originally Posted by JVN

I prefer "Rookie: 2000".
This way, you can simply ask participants to fill in which season they "played" first.

Example, I joined my HS team in November 1999, but my rookie year was 2000. The 2000 game was the first one I played.

I think it is important to keep this convention in mind. I would never claim 1999 as my rookie year, but some people would...

And once again after Dorienne (whose very post you quoted) asked:

Originally Posted by KyleGilbert45

I think the standard for everyone should be the year of their rookie season...not the year that they first got involved. (started in fall of 1999 but my first season was the 2000 game, so my rookie year was 2000)

If you ever have a question in a thread, please read everything that has already been posted. There's usually a pretty good chance that somebody else already asked the same question, and got an answer.