Team Update #13

[Joe Johnson]

Originally Posted by dlavery

Team Update #13 is out and available here. This should hopefully fully explain the limits and opportunities of the revised withholding allowance, and let some folks calm down a bit.




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We understand that this may appear artificially restrictive and confusing. We are not trying to be excessively particular in this area. There are specific restrictions (e.g. contractual requirements, union rules, etc.) on how complete ROBOTS are delivered to competition venues, and how they are loaded into the venues, that limit our flexibility in this area. We ask for your understanding and patience as we work through these requirements.

Nicely stated (imho). The whole rule but the example above in particular. I believe this is an excellent example of how to diffuses potentially problematic rulings.

First of all, most folks have no idea about the various constraints that FIRST is under with regard to rules, ship dates, etc.

I love that FIRST helps to educate the masses to the larger picture.

Second, I think the explanation above is great not because it explains everything, it doesn't, but because it hints at larger issues that FIRST has to consider, acknowledges that the solution is less than ideal and then asks for forbearance.

Nice. I think more rulings of this flavor and tone will go a long way to help us understand the way things work and (perhaps) accept the less than perfect world we all inhabit.

Joe J.