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

[Swan217]

Originally Posted by ali_rockon22

And why is there such a long wait between the last set of regionals and the Chamionship?

I figure that the extra time is so that non-prequalifying teams that win regionals in the last week can have more than a week to get transportation/hotels for Nationals.

Originally Posted by robo hottie71

...just remembering the majority of them being during Lent and therefore not being able to eat meat at the socials.

My team always went out to dinner on Fridays during build/postbuild. After about the 10th Friday of Lent that I forgot about, having just finished having another steak dinner (or another nonLenten meal), I established "Robot-Lent" where I moved my non-meat eating to August, so I could not worry about it during Robot season.

[mtaman02]

Originally Posted by Dan Swando

My team always went out to dinner on Fridays during build/postbuild. After about the 10th Friday of Lent that I forgot about, having just finished having another steak dinner (or another nonLenten meal), I established "Robot-Lent" where I moved my non-meat eating to August, so I could not worry about it during Robot season.

He's my Ro-model =) I want to be just like dan. Its hard to not eat meat at a regional during a religious observation. And usually thats the only thing you can find around some not all regional venues. others you would be very lucky to find anything at all such as the J&J Regional venue where you had to walk some distance before finding something decent ------- This goes for when Lent either landed during build period or the start of the competition period

[KathieK]

It would be very difficult for FIRST to plan around religious observances. But our family observes several religious traditions during Holy Week. If our team decides to attend a regional that occurs that weekend it will create some difficult choices for us.

That's not to mention the expense of traveling and lodging during Easter week!

[chocolateluvrlr]

someone please help me! im trying to register my team but im running into an issue. when i go to partners under people, it says "Team Name is Invalid - You must have at least one School Partner Contact". i cant figure out what to do and i want to hurry up and register for my regional! please help me! thanks.

[RogerR]

Originally Posted by chocolateluvrlr

someone please help me! im trying to register my team but im running into an issue. when i go to partners under people, it says "Team Name is Invalid - You must have at least one School Partner Contact". i cant figure out what to do and i want to hurry up and register for my regional! please help me! thanks.

this means that you need to have someone representing the high school(s) (i.e. a teacher or principle, etc.) registered in TIMS. if you already have one, then they go under 'people'->'partners' and make sure they are marked as Representatives of the high school. good luck.