Pit network for scouting

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Posted by Tim Railey.

Coach on team #45, TechnoKats, from Kokomo High School and Delphi Delco Electronics.

Posted on 4/14/2000 3:39 PM MST



With all of this talk about GMCIA and different scouting systems, I think we should lobby FIRST for getting a Network setup in the pits at Regionals and the Nationals for next year. With the changes in how the game is played and the number of teams, etc. I think we really need to do some improving on the sharing of data with each other. Plus I feel this is what FIRST is all about.
I spent most of the entire National Competition, along with some other great folks, working in the GM tent trying to get scouting info gathered and entered, and though I enjoyed the company,(Martin, Mike, Nate, and others), I would have liked being in the pit area so I could talk to more teams and make more friends and see some old ones.
If we get started now and work together to push FIRST to let us get this thing going, I think we could have a pretty good system for next year.
With a pit network, we would be able to send messages to a particular team or team member and ask for specfic help or info, maybe ask if a certain team has that much needed special fastener that we need, and the list of possibilities goes on and on.
Please everyone, tell me if I am to far out there, or is it time for this?