disaster in israel regional

[Mr. Van]

Originally Posted by Karthik

The gracious and professional thing for FIRST to do is offer some sort of compensation or registration credit for all teams attending the event.

I believe Karthik is right here.

I very much hope that FIRST will extend a $4000 grant to ALL teams attending the Israel regional in 2010 to be applied to attending the 2011 Israel Regional.

FIRST should also invite ALL SIX of the Finalist/Champion teams to Atlanta in 2010. (That opportunity should not be decided on a coin toss!)

My greatest respect goes to those who worked so hard to make the event possible and as good as it could be. My sympathies to the students and mentors who worked so hard to prepare for an event that was so disappointing. I'm glad that apparently most people at the event were able to make the best of the situation.

-Mr. Van
Coach, Robodox

[GaryVoshol]

I was referring to the crew that actually worked at BAE. Every other event here in the US has reported delays. NH BAE did not. You look at their match results page, and you see lots of 6, 7 and 8 minute cycles; very few over 10 minutes. No other regional has managed to accomplish that. How does the crew at BAE manage it? Those people should give their methods of success to other regionals, especially Israel this year. And yes I realize the radio systems are different. But if the crew at BAE can run almost perfectly, they can probably debug the unique situation in Israel.

I would put this into perspective, though. As bad as the situation was, the disaster does not compare to what happened last year when someone dropped dead on the sidelines. That was a true disaster.

When I first saw this post headline, I had thoughts of a terrorist attack or the building collapsing.

[Katie_UPS]

Originally Posted by GaryVoshol

I would put this into perspective, though. As bad as the situation was, the disaster does not compare to what happened last year when someone dropped dead on the sidelines. That was a true disaster.

When I first saw this post headline, I had thoughts of a terrorist attack or the building collapsing.

Is there an article or a thread on this somewhere? Not to challenge your validity, but so I can learn more.

Other than that question, I don't know what to say. I can't really put to words how frustrating that must be. Not just the field issues, but what happened in the stands and pit as well. I congratulate all the teams that kept their cool, and hope they can be a positive role model to other teams.

Also, I agree with Karthik. FIRST owes you guys some sort of compensation.