Robot Ship Deadline, huge issue.

[Specialagentjim]

Going through the manual on page 9 of Section_5-The_Robot, there is a schedule page which shows the attached picture. It states that Ship date is February 19. www.usfirst.org states however that ship date is Feb. 22. WHICH IS IT???

[sanddrag]

Oh my. Someone please get an official word from FIRST Quick!

[Adam Shapiro]

Notice it also says that the Fix-it window ends on "Thursday, Feb. 21". I think this was someone's error as 1) the robot has (at least for the past 5 years) shipped on a tuesday, 2) Tuesday and Thursday of that week are the 22nd and 24th respectively, and 3) anyone who spoke of the ship date yesterday said Feb. 22. I could be wrong but I highly doubt it.

[Yan Wang]

It was stated in the kickoff many times that ship is Feb 22nd. This was also the date on the FIRST website prior to kickoff.

In the past 4 years, ship has always been the week after spring break so we had time to work 8+ hrs a day for a week on the robot. Now it's during break so we only have that Sat/Sun/Mon... oh, I hope FIRST extends the ship date again due to some snow storm.

[BoyWithCape195]

During the web cast, they emphasized February 22, at least four times. This, in my opinion means that the ship date is the 22nd, and not the other date on the schedule.

[IMDWalrus]

Originally Posted by Yan Wang

It was stated in the kickoff many times that ship is Feb 22nd. This was also the date on the FIRST website prior to kickoff.

In the past 4 years, ship has always been the week after spring break so we had time to work 8+ hrs a day for a week on the robot. Now it's during break so we only have that Sat/Sun/Mon... oh, I hope FIRST extends the ship date again due to some snow storm.

Is this how it is for most of the country? I go to two schools in two separate districts, and we have break during the week of the 13th in both cases...

[Specialagentjim]

Originally Posted by IMDWalrus

Is this how it is for most of the country? I go to two schools in two separate districts, and we have break during the week of the 13th in both cases...

Our spring break is the week of the Chicago (Motorola) Midwest Regional.


Back to the topic on hand, I'm almost positive it's Feb. 22, I just hate seeing an earlier date in a rule book. It bothers me, lol.

[Hieb]

I would also think Feb 22, as FedEx doesn't pick up on Saturdays.

[Covey41]

I do not understand the problem. In every printed document, Kickoff broadcast, and prior FIRST history, the ship date has always been a Tuesday, 6 weeks later. Which is Feb 22, 2005. The only time it has been changed was in case of extremely bad weather.

That mistake only appears on that page as an example of the fix-it windows.
Te ship date is still Tuesday Feb. 22, 2005.

[Specialagentjim]

Originally Posted by Covey41

I do not understand the problem. In every printed document, Kickoff broadcast, and prior FIRST history, the ship date has always been a Tuesday, 6 weeks later. Which is Feb 22, 2005. The only time it has been changed was in case of extremely bad weather.

That mistake only appears on that page as an example of the fix-it windows.
Te ship date is still Tuesday Feb. 22, 2005.

It's just one of those things that you want clarificaiton on. Did you assume the robot is still 30 x 36 because it was in previous years, even though its now 28 x 38? Just because it was once, doesnt mean it is now.

It's an issue that needs to have attention drawn to it simply because you don't want one team saying "Oh, but we thought it was earlier, we got cheated out of two days" or something like that. Clarification is always good

[aziandorkess]

I was so confused by the fix-it window thing too.. So I re-read that section of the manual- 5.3.3 (pg. 8-9 on Section 5- the robot).
"The “FIX-IT WINDOW” following the robot shipment deadline closes at 5:00pm on the Thursday following robot shipment deadline." <R13> (pg. 9 of that section)
Thus, the shipping date is February 22nd (a Tuesday), and the following Thursday is February 24th. It does not say "the next Thursday," but "the Thursday following."
Anyways, hope this clears up officially by FIRST soon, just in case.