[YMTC]: Who should go to the championship?

[Pavan Dave]

Depends on what you mean by talking... Since Sam is a "good talker" maybe he would be perfect to talk to judges about certain specific features that could qualify the team for a controls award?

I'm just playing devil's advocate.


The Robonauts used to have this thing called "the Room'. Throughout the build and post build you had to prove yourself to get in the room. You had to be in the room to be a driver, a captain, or any position. This made everybody step it up a notch to get into the room. The thing was, you had to keep up your attitude, your contribution, etc. to stay in the room. It was great because the decision of who was in the room was based solely on what the mentors thought because they were the ones who worked with the students. I'd say if they made it into "the room" then they go. I'd also put priorities first. If we needed to win an award to prove to some people (administration) to keep the funding and/or to get more/sustain funding I would stick to the guy who can talk walls around the judges and impress them.

As for performance, anybody can perform if there is the right motivation. For some people its people pushing them to the limit and for others its the prize in the end. You need to find that before you rule anyone out because there are many solutions to reach a common goal, just take a look around in Atlanta.


Pavan


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[Dan Petrovic]

I say Jim should go because our team feels it is incredibly important to have the younger members involved as much as possible.

Our pit crew constisted of three seniors and three freshmen this year. If you have a strong year, but fail to train the younger students, that glory will be shortlived when your talented members are gone the following year.

Additionally, since seniority isn't a factor on our team, the one who put in more time would be the one to go.