strange rules from FIRST

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Posted by nick237 at 2/9/2001 12:22 AM EST


Engineer on team #237, sie h2o bots, from Watertown high school ct and sieman co.



Team 237 as most of you know has the H.E.R.O. Booth that tries to get any extra parts to teams in need of anything they are short or missing.
Update #6 Q#164 made me laugh. It said a team cant use parts from last years kit even if they are missing from this year and are identical to last years part, they have to be purchased from SPI.
It then goes on to say that teams can give parts to other teams as a gracious professionalism if they are not manufactured by a team. Motors,gears,sprockets and lead screws as an example.
So if I understand what F.I.R.S.T. is saying is that a team that needs a lead screw from me today that was short in their kit, they can use the one we send them from a donated gift, even if they have one identical from last year? but they cant use their own.
You have to wonder why F.I.R.S.T. is pushing SPI and its very expensive and limited selection so hard and are they getting anything for their "trouble".
SPI is creating a lot of agony this year and if we "HAVE TO" use them then some slack should be cut on the strict rules that F.I.R.S.T. makes use live with.
Telling it like it is.
Whats your thoughts.
nick237