2005 Rochester off season comp ideas and so thread

[Alex Cormier]

looks like a lot of fun! thanks for all the info!

[Ashley Christine]

thanks everyone for the help! i hope we can pull this off.. please keep giving us ideas!

[Travis Hoffman]

1. It has to be a real field.
2. Make sure you don't schedule the event on the same weekend as another event in the same region. (Midwest, Northeast, etc.)
3. Choose the right venue. Lawrence North High School for the IRI and the main amphitheatre at Canada's Wonderland were both excellent venues for staging a full size offseason competition.
4. Try to arrange for "extras" that add to the experience and help make your event unique - Dean Simmons and the Kamens, IRI Talent Show, IRI Pig Roast, the fact that the Canada's Wonderland event is held in Canada's largest amusement park, etc.
5. Don't skimp on the refs - search for the most experienced volunteer refs you can get.
6. Work with area hotels to arrange for special accomodation rates - this will help attract out of town participants. I prefer a two day event (IRI is two days, and Canada's Wonderland was one day of competition and one optional day of exploring the amusement park), but even if you stage a 1-day event, you may want to seek out these hotel rates, because many wayyyyyyyyyyy out of town teams may want to arrive the night before so they can relax before going to the competition the next day.
7. Give out a complete set of awards, but feel free to personalize them to suit the personality of your competition.
8. Don't let Karthik MC.
9. Don't let Karthik sing.
10. Ignore points 8 and 9, but bring earplugs to the event just to be safe.

Best of luck to you both in arranging this event!

[BaldwinNYRookie]

Price?
Depends on how many teams are attending and what the expenses are.

When?
Get everything in order first.

Real FIRST field or pvc?
Real field.

1 or 2 days?
2 days would double the price, but also double the fun.

[Kims Robot]

If this is still being considered

Price? Keep it cheap $100-$200, a lot of the Rochester Rookies dont have a ton of spare cash (that said, you can likely get sponsored teams to donate more.)
When? Maybe August?
MC? (Maybe we can get one of our senior students: Mir, he MC'd the rally we did, and was awesome! sooo much energy!)
Real FIRST field or pvc? Either, its fun no matter what.
top notch real tie competition with awards or exhibition and lots of fun? Real competition.
1 or 2 days? one day preferably
who will help and maintain the field?
who will help and make sure everything in the pits is alright and OK!
who will volunteer as refs or crew members?
For all the who will help/volunteer, im sure our team would be happy to.
Any other ideas?
Make sure you find someone to coordinate information for teams out of the area (ie hotels/campsites)

Anyone know if this is still being kicked around and/or who is taking it over?

[rees2001]

A few of us spent some time talking about this while we were down in Atl. We tossed around the idea of working it sometime in early fall. This would enable us to help recruit new students and new drivers for '06. It would also be a good time for local teams to try & drum up some extra $$.

Ideas:
At RIT - Clark Gym (if this is a problem Edison Tech is fairly central & easy to get to)
sometime in early October
Using a first / Nasa Field (ask Alex)
Charge teams if Field costs money.
We never discussed number of days
(I would like to see setup on Friday + a practice round or 2 & matches all day Saturday)
The Field can be run by our usual volunteers
There are plenty of people to MC, that shouldn't be a problem.

Let's keep this going