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Re: strange rules from FIRST
Posted by Patrick Dingle at 2/9/2001 8:33 PM EST
Other on team #639, Red B^2, from Ithaca High School and Cornell University. In Reply to: strange rules from FIRST Posted by nick237 on 2/9/2001 12:22 AM EST: While I understand your point, FIRST makes these rules for a reason. Rookie teams, for example, do not have "last years kit." That is one major reason FIRST makes a rule. Meanwhile, it is just as easy for a rookie team to get a part from another team as it is for a vetaran team to do so. Although there may be some cases where the rules seem awkward, I applaud FIRST on their careful consideration when making the rules. This consideration puts all teams -- rookie or veteran -- in the same boat. Patrick : 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 |
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