Withholding Allowance

[nitneylion452]

I read through all of Section 4 of the manual and did not find a listing or any mention of what can be withheld. Could someone point me in the right direction?

[EricH]

Section 8.2 has this to say:

WITHHOLDING ALLOWANCE – A limited amount of FABRICATED ITEMS that are withheld from the ROBOT shipping requirements (specified in Section 4) and retained by the team following the shipping deadlines. These items are then hand-carried to a competition event by the team. The OPERATOR CONSOLE is automatically included in the WITHHOLDING ALLOWANCE. Beyond that, the incoming material maximums specified in Rule <R38> limits the amount of FABRICATED ITEMS included in the WITHHOLDING ALLOWANCE.

<R38> says:

<R38> Teams may bring a maximum of 40 pounds of custom FABRICATED ITEMS (SPARE PARTS, REPLACEMENT PARTS, and UPGRADE PARTS, plus all WITHHOLDING ALLOWANCE items) to each competition event to be used to repair and/or upgrade their ROBOT at the competition site. All other FABRICATED ITEMS to be used on the ROBOT during the competition shall arrive at the competition venue packed in the shipping crate or lockout bag with the ROBOT.
A. Exception: the OPERATOR CONSOLE is not included in the incoming parts weight restriction.

Wrong section of the manual = no results in this case.

[nitneylion452]

Originally Posted by EricH

Section 8.2 has this to say:

<R38> says:

Wrong section of the manual = no results in this case.

WITHHOLDING ALLOWANCE – A limited amount of FABRICATED ITEMS that are withheld from the ROBOT shipping requirements (specified in Section 4) and retained by the team following the shipping deadlines. These items are then hand-carried to a competition event by the team. The OPERATOR CONSOLE is automatically included in the WITHHOLDING ALLOWANCE. Beyond that, the incoming material maximums specified in Rule <R38> limits the amount of FABRICATED ITEMS included in the WITHHOLDING ALLOWANCE.

I read Section 8 as well and am very familiar with the rules in that section (I am my team's rules expert), but I was confused by the portion I bolded above. I thought an actual list of sorts would be specified in Section 4, but reading the line again, I see that the parenthetical text was referring to the shipping requirements.

Thanks!