**FIRST EMAIL**/Welcome to the 2005 FRC Season!

[jpsaul7usa]

The qualifying criteria to attend are unchanged from 2004. Please remember the point system for qualifying is no longer in effect.

Wait... what happened to all that discussion over how the new system was going to change for 2005 earlier this summer? Wasn't the 2004 system based on points? ::

[Alex Cormier]

2005 Rochester, New York Finger Lakes Regional!!!! come see our awesome state and regional!

[Joe Matt]

I like the new safety award a lot.

[Alex Cormier]

Originally Posted by JosephM

I like the new safety award a lot.

that does sound very interesting, can anyone explain what the Canadian Regional did that FIRST sought was amazing enough to add to every regional?

[Steve W]

Originally Posted by Pit Bull 1126

that does sound very interesting, can anyone explain what the Canadian Regional did that FIRST sought was amazing enough to add to every regional?

Last year we had a team of inspectors that went around the pits and playing field areas. They took note of positive safety issues as well as identifying some oversights (such as safety glasses). There was an award given at the end for the most safety conscious team. There were also prizes given out at the team party that were very nice.

[Joe Ross]

Originally Posted by jpsaul7usa

Wait... what happened to all that discussion over how the new system was going to change for 2005 earlier this summer? Wasn't the 2004 system based on points? ::

No, the 2004 system was not based on points, although teams that earned enough points in 2003 were grandfathered in. The criteria was explicitly stated long before now.



Regionals were held Easter weekend in 2002, as RoboHottie remembers