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Heres my list of what things need to be improved.....
1) -Better directions, My team (1694) took 30 minutes to figure out were the pits were and were the stadium was. 2) -A lower entrance fee, I dought first needs $6000 per team with all the money gained from sponsors and the government. 3) -Better delivery, When our robot was delivered its bottom hinges wer torn off and the nails were cut off. |
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FIRST certainly needs all the money they can get. Some (most?) regionals are barely scraping by, even with the help of corporate sponsors. If they could realistically afford to charge teams less, I'm sure they would, as FIRST is a nonprofit organization. Your second point is an issue with Sheppard Exposition Services, or FedEx/Roadway, not FIRST. |
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I guess what I'm saying is that I don't think that it's FIRST's fault that the entrance fee is what it is. In fact, I think it's kind of a bargain considering what is involved in making champs happen. Just my opinion. Jacob |
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#154
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Re: Championship 2007 - Atlanta - What Needs To Be Improved
I haven't had a chance to read ALL 11 pages of this thread.. so if someone already made this point-- im sorry!
but I was a little upset at the way/timing that they announced the Woodie Flower's award. 1) The timing of it was awkward.. and a lot of students & mentors from our team (who were elligable for the award) didn't realize that it was being announced so early in the event and weren't there to hear the presentation. 2) i'm not sure if it was planned this way or if this was just the way it happened.. but the way FIRST usually announces awards leaves you with some suspense & guessing of who the person is BEFORE they announce the name by telling about them. This year they announced Dan Green's name before telling about what he does for Wildstang and more about him. [off topic] Congrats to Dan Green and 111 by the way [/off topic] |
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Re: Championship 2007 - Atlanta - What Needs To Be Improved
Honestly, I was still expecting the Woodie Flowers Award when the only award left to be given was the Chairman's award, this was also the case with at least one other person on my team. It certainly was not made clear that it was given out.
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#156
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Re: Championship 2007 - Atlanta - What Needs To Be Improved
I just read most of the 11 pages of posts and I didn't see a single post complaining about the inspectors or the inspection process. I guess we did pretty well.
I for one, found the teams better prepared and in a higher level of compliance. (I was an inspector on Archimedes) |
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#157
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off topic, but thanks to your extra thorough inspection we were able to eliminate a short in our wiring that was hampering performance. i thought this year's inspection ran as quickly and efficiently as I have ever seen (considering 80+ teams per division)
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Re: Championship 2007 - Atlanta - What Needs To Be Improved
I know I'll probably be reiterating some things already said, but I'll go ahead anyway.
-I don't know if it was our location in the pit or what, but it was near impossible to hear any announcements from pit admin. With all the hustle and bustle going around us, I wish more of an effort was made to make sure all teams heard all pertinent announcements. -Dancing. I know it's hard to get everyone moving up in the stands, but it can happen. The schedule during qualifiers may have been too hectic, but it was almost too quiet during the cool down periods during finals on Newton. The most I saw was 3 volunteers rocking the electric slide. More people should be encouraged to get on their feet and groove! (Especially during those cool down periods.) -The WFA award. Most of our team didn't bother to go see the opening ceremonies- I suppose the trek over from the other side must have just seemed too long for them...but that's a rant for another thread. I would've liked to see the WFA given during the closing ceremonies Saturday. I believe that the winners deserve a lot of recognition, and that's the best time for them to receive it. These mentors deserve all the recognition in the world for their efforts, and Friday morning isn't the best time for it. Many teams were in the pit preparing for their first matches, as well as all the people on Newton and Archimedes who didn't walk over to see it. (Congrats, Dan Green!!) -Saving seats. I heard this was a big problem on Newton. Unfortunately, I'm aware that my team is guilty of doing it. We may have 50+ people to seat, but none of them are there at the same time, and I know some of our coaches can get a little...unpleasant if someone tries to sit in one of "our" seats. The protocol for saving seats should be better enforced. -The commercials in the morning were a little too repetitive. If we heard "Hi, I'm Jon Dudas" one more time...we might've lost our minds. -Closing ceremonies. Like many have mentioned, something special to congratulate the Chairman's winners should have been done (because MOE deserves something special!). The balloons last year may not have worked for those in the second levels, but there are other ways of getting confetti down- or dropping smaller balloons, or small pyrotechic-type things, or something with the lights. Anything would have been better than the rather dry announcement of the winners. -Not to beat a dead horse, but that tube announcement was poorly placed. Enough has been said on that matter, though. -Here's something we've never had a problem with: We got complaints that we were TOO loud! We're TJ^2, we're loud by nature. They may have certain restrictions about the use of instruments, etc., but we never broke any of them. Our lead coach got a call while I was in the pit about a team that had complained to the staff that we were making too much noise during the matches. Our team was told to be quiet. If there is any FIRST protocol about the amount of noise you may make, it should be made known. I think that's it. Another $.02 to add to the piggy bank. |
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Re: Championship 2007 - Atlanta - What Needs To Be Improved
I think FIRST provides video feeds for matches but they almost always are closeup videos of the most interesting action. I suggest they provide a feed from a camera mounted high that would show the entire field all the time. This would guarantee that you would be able to see what each robot is doing during the entire match. Great for scouting. Great for refreshing your memory on what your robot actually did each match. Great for seeing how strategy plays out.
Chris |
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Re: Championship 2007 - Atlanta - What Needs To Be Improved
my main concern this year was the VEX challenge...
each team only had 4 matches.... i really hope we can improve on this next year by utilizing both fields on davinci as separate fields for VEX or something of the sort also what might help is having a schedule similar to FRC but have the prelims start on the same day as practice [like this year] |
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