Dean's Homework

[JGecko146]

Did anyone happen to catch the link the showed at last weekend's Regionals to help with Dean's homework? I know they said it was supposed to be available today on FIRST's website but I can't find it yet.
Thanks!

[Michelle Celio]

http://firstcommunity.usfirst.org/

[JGecko146]

Thanks!

[CrashTestPilot]

Why does FIRST require so much detailed info? Shouldn't we be able to fill out as much or as little as we want? I can't seem to register without filling out all the fields related to my employer.

[Herodotus]

Originally Posted by CrashTestPilot

Why does FIRST require so much detailed info? Shouldn't we be able to fill out as much or as little as we want? I can't seem to register without filling out all the fields related to my employer.

I was also confused by this. I have sent a message to them through the "contact us" button at the top of the page, and hopefully this little thing can be changed or cleared up.

[CJmango]

There are definitely extensive requirements. You MUST have a middle initial/name, for instance... sorry those of you with only two. And knowing all that information about your old team... I'm lucky my old team still exists, I was able to look it up. You apparenly can't register if that isn't the case, or otherwise you should make some educated guesses.

My guess is that they just flagged way too many fields (if not all of them) unintentionally as mandatory. They will likely sort it out in the near future, especially with reports from users.

[Nate Smith]

Originally Posted by CrashTestPilot

Why does FIRST require so much detailed info? Shouldn't we be able to fill out as much or as little as we want? I can't seem to register without filling out all the fields related to my employer.

I'm guessing on this, but if you look at the bottom of the page at firstcommunity.usfirst.org, you can see a link that says...

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I have a feeling at least some of the "required" info was part of the standard signup form that the site provides, and it was not completely checked over prior to the site launch.