California Offseason Event Feedback

[Akash Rastogi]

I never said that you MUST make money for your own team.

Use any of the money earned to offer scholarhips, fund other teams, invest in your future offseason events.

RC told me why this is part of the venue deal though.

[R.C.]

Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi

I never said that you MUST make money for your own team.

Use any of the money earned to offer scholarhips, fund other teams, invest in your future offseason events.

RC told me why this is part of the venue deal though.

Yeah, Akash is right. For this season we want to host a tournament and FSU (Fresno State University) said they would pretty much lend the Venue free of charge if we had enough teams to go. Also since they are sponsoring and mentoring a team they appreciate FIRST robotics. They wanted to keep it non-profit, along with the reasons josh stated.

[Brad Voracek]

I'd definitely be interested, if I don't have an internship at the time.

I might still be able to get my team to go, thats relatively close to us, and I'd love to make the trip.

[Michael Corsetto]

Originally Posted by rc_cola1323

Yeah, Akash is right. For this season we want to host a tournament and FSU (Fresno State University) said they would pretty much lend the Venue free of charge if we had enough teams to go. Also since they are sponsoring and mentoring a team they appreciate FIRST robotics. They wanted to keep it non-profit, along with the reasons josh stated.

Getting the venue donated is a great deal, its will make your life a whole lot easier when you plan out the details for the competition. Another thing I was thinking about was the 3 day competition length you mention. I've never actually heard of an off-season competition lasting that long. You might run into problems with teams not willing to shell out the extra money for travel costs, which is I think why off-season competitions are traditionally 1-2 days.

[EricH]

Originally Posted by Michael Corsetto

Another thing I was thinking about was the 3 day competition length you mention. I've never actually heard of an off-season competition lasting that long. You might run into problems with teams not willing to shell out the extra money for travel costs, which is I think why off-season competitions are traditionally 1-2 days.

IRI is three days, if you count Thursday load-in. (I'm not sure if any practice matches are run then.)

Take out practice matches and trim it to 2 days, and you'll probably get more people.

[joshy1323]

Originally Posted by Michael Corsetto

Getting the venue donated is a great deal, its will make your life a whole lot easier when you plan out the details for the competition. Another thing I was thinking about was the 3 day competition length you mention. I've never actually heard of an off-season competition lasting that long. You might run into problems with teams not willing to shell out the extra money for travel costs, which is I think why off-season competitions are traditionally 1-2 days.

You are absolutely right and that is likely what we would end up doing. Three days will probably be too much but we will most likely leave it up to the teams attending to come the day before and set up or practice if they wish. Thank you all the feedback is great keep it coming. And if anyone is in contact with teams that would probably wish to come but aren't likely to see this post please have them contact josh_1323@yahoo.com

[AdamHeard]

973 would probably go as it is much closer than our other options.