[BB]: Two steps forward and one step back

[Jimmy Nichols]

Done with Fall Training and our FLL Sate Qualifier was last weekend. This weekend will be our Mock-Kickoff/Build day where we take one of the previous challenges and ask the teams to strategize, conceptualize and prototype a robot from basic materials. We invite the other local teams so that we can prepare all the rookie team members and remind the veterans of what to expect on kick-off.

Our local FTC Championship will be the last weekend of the build season, so unfortunately we won't be volunteering for that.

[Foster]

Maybe the experience is different in this area but I know a lot of teams who are feverishly working now.

Yes indeed, our FRC team went to 3 fall off seasons, we ran the Downingtown Jr and Sr Fall Classic (two VRC events in the same place, same day), PSU Abington/Abington Bank Scrimmage, did some outreach events, set up in our new 17,000 sq ft space with 15 VRC teams on one side, FRC on the other, put the full size field together, moved the mill from the high school to the Robotics Center (thanks East Coast EDM!), getting ready for the practice kickoff (Dec 11/12) and our open house (Dec 15)

I'm looking forward to January when things will slow down some!