Championship Drayage?

[TKM.368]

We never assume that we'll be able to attend Championship in any given year, but we prefer to make placards/stickers with the shipping address for our crate should we need it.

I emailed frcteams to ask about the shipping address for Championship (after receiving the shipping address for CVR today) and the response I got was:

Originally Posted by frcteams

Hello,

Thank you for your email. In the event that you qualify for Championship at your Regional, you will be emailed the shipping information for Championship the following Monday. I apologize for any inconvenience.

We received a shipping exemption for CVR. Should we qualify for Championship there (though the odds of that happening at CVR don't look too good), it will be difficult to affix the shipping address to our crate the following Monday when we're already back in Hawaii thousands of miles away.

I'm just wondering why the shipping address would be kept a secret. Those who prequalified supposedly already got the address.

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...77#post1139477

Originally Posted by Andy Brockway

Hello Team,

You are receiving this email because your team is registered for Championship and will need to ship your robot. Attached to this email you will find detailed information on how to ship your robot and where to ship it to. Please also read section 5.8 in the FRC Administrative Manual “Robot Shipping” here: http://frc-manual.usfirst.org/viewItem/7#5.

Please note: Your team will need to ship your robot by the Tuesday after your last event.

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If your team was granted a Bag & Tag exemption, you will need to Bag & Tag your robot and crate it up at your event. You will then need to complete your proper shipping documents. The drayage location that you shipped to will handle scheduling your pick up from FedEx to Championship.

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Sincerely,

FRC Team Support

http://frc-manual.usfirst.org/viewItem/7#5.8.1

Originally Posted by 5.8.1

Your robot will be shipped to a drayage location identified by FIRST and brought to the venue by the drayage organization in its crate. You will uncrate the robot at the event, and return it to the crate at the conclusion of the event for re-shipment. The drayage company will pick it up at the event, bring it back to the drayage location, and ship the robot to its next destination using instructions you provide.

Just trying to determine the instructions that we would need to provide...

[waialua359]

This year has been the most confusing and frustrating as well. First, the forms being different, then being left in the dark about the where to, and finally being told we have to ship our robot two days before the Hawaii regional to Lone Star two weeks later.
Now how the heck are we supposed to compete in Hawaii.

If the procedure isn't broken, why fix it?

[PAR_WIG1350]

Originally Posted by waialua359

This year has been the most confusing and frustrating as well. First, the forms being different, then being left in the dark about the where to, and finally being told we have to ship our robot two days before the Hawaii regional to Lone Star two weeks later.
Now how the heck are we supposed to compete in Hawaii.

If the procedure isn't broken, why fix it?

Because if it isn't broken you didn't drive hard enough ... wait, no. I think it had something to do with shipping companies not wanting to donate as much as they have in the past. Or they don't want to donate more than they have in the past (since the number of teams keeps rising) so they just switched over to B&T so they don't have to worry about it in the future.

[waialua359]

Originally Posted by PAR_WIG1350

Because if it isn't broken you didn't drive hard enough ... wait, no. I think it had something to do with shipping companies not wanting to donate as much as they have in the past. Or they don't want to donate more than they have in the past (since the number of teams keeps rising) so they just switched over to B&T so they don't have to worry about it in the future.

Is this an assumption or based on fact?

Last time I checked, the instructions (stated in my packet at kickoff) for donated Fedex vouchers isnt guaranteed for back to back events. However, in our case, we are told its not guaranteed as of today for a week 4 to week 6 event.
Shouldn't FIRST have told teams prior to signing up, paying for the event(s), and booking travel costs such as airfares, hotels, and transportation?

Or perhaps you dont have to worry about those kinds of things being that you can drive to events.