Championship's Atlanta 2006 - The Negative

[GaryVoshol]

Originally Posted by EricH

2)They ran late--again. Qual matches were supposed to start at 9:30. The opening ceremony didn't end until like 9:45. The closing ceremony didn't end until 7:00 for the second year in a row. Maybe FIRST should rewrite the schedule so it shows what will really happen, not what is supposed to happen, and/or put a hard and fast cap on speech lengths. (I liked how Dean didn't give a speech other than an introduction and the homework--saved a lot of time.)

I can address the late start. Secretary Guiterrez was added as a speaker at the last minute, as was the Mayor (although her speech was short). FLL schedules were reworked to take care of the late start; they had a coaches meeting Thurs eve where the new schedules were distributed. It would have been a nightmare to try to get new FRC schedules out to all teams.

I agree that far too little time is allocated for divisional finals and Einstein. That only makes the food at the wrap party colder.

I'd like to see the party made an option with the lodging. If reservations were taken through THS all along, they still would know how many people would attend. In fact, they'd probably have a better estimate, as currently they don't know how many will be skipping the party and only have tickets because they are forced to get them. I stayed in the hotel with the team, but couldn't have cared less about the party. Although the fireworks were good.