Set Up Time At Regionals

[mtaman02]

For the NYC FIRST! Regional Field Assy. started at 11am as soon as the truck pulled in, We had finished assembling the field and testing everything I'd say around 10pm and thats w/ 20+ registered volunteers and only 10 - 15 volunteers doing the work. Did anyone else who set up the field realize that some of the SCC units shipped w/ the fields have hardware upgrades in them that prevent the banked radios leds from lighting up but would work anyway reguardless of the leds blinking or not. I went crazy wednesday night changing out the units thinking we had a bad unit or a wiring problem and when reporting for thursdays duties I was told that it was due to the hardware upgrades that causes the banked radios to do that.


BTW SCC Unit is the Arena Control Setup

[Brian C]

The SBPLI Long Island regional folks are a stout bunch indeed. They WERE there all night Wednesday to get the field ready for Thursday. Field setup did not begin until 11:15pm on Wed evening.

Maojor kudos should go to them from all teams in attendance for their efforts as the FIRST/IFI and volunteers all were able to adapt and overcome under some real adverse conditions.


Now, if we could only get a better emcee...................

[Mark Pierce]

Just another amazing feat by FIRST staff and volunteers. This story reminded me of the blizzard induced problems in 2001. (see this thread

Five years later, I still feel the same: I may get annoyed at some things FIRST doesn't do well at times, but the people who put this program together are the greatest. I try to let them know every time I get a chance: "Thank You for all that you do and for letting us play with you."

[sanddrag]

I was part of the field setup crew for SoCal. The lighting trusses got in the air at about 12:30 PM; then we began on field. We had maybe 7 or 8 people working on it. The electronics were being tested at 6PM. Not too bad.