[Bills Blog] Ready or not, week four has begun

[Alex Cormier]

Originally Posted by Bills Blog; Bill Miller

Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Ready or not, week four has begun
Good Morning Teams,

We’ve tracked down some of the field delays to an issue with the interface between the new radios, the old radios and the field management system. You can still use the WET610n radio, but if you are using it, please give the lead queuer a heads up when you’re in line to take the field. The FTA will have a specific boot up sequence for your match.

There’s another Jaguar update available here.

Is this your last week? When you complete the Fedex bill of lading to ship your robot back home, be sure to check the lift gate box under Assessorial charges if your school/workshop doesn’t have a loading dock. If you forget to check this box, delivery of your robot will be delayed. If you do have a loading dock, don’t check the box.

To be proactive about potential delays at Championship, we’re currently looking at expanding activities during the Wednesday night load in for teams. The times will remain the same (we’re constrained by pit area set up, robot crate delivery and GWC staff availability), but teams will now be encouraged to encrypt their radios that night. We’re also looking into making inspection stations available during Wednesday night load in, but until I can confirm the inspection stations will be ready and enough inspectors will be available, I’m not promising that option yet.

Teams wishing to take their robot home directly from Championship should contact FRCteams@usfirst.org to make arrangements.

You don’t have to pack away your robot after Championship. Instead, consider holding your own Post Season Event. Information on borrowing an official FRC field is available here reservations are first come first served and fields are limited.

21 days to Championship
See you then!

Very good to see that FIRST has listened to us again, looks like we are able to do more come Wednesday of Championships. Too bad, they didn't come out with all of this before teams set-up travel plans.