Israeli team asking for volunteers to drive their robot at Champs

[Leav]

Hello,

Team 3358 is a from a religious jewish school, and all the students and teachers are orthodox jews. This means that they can not drive their robot or do any other work during the "Shabbat" (sunset friday till sundown saturday).

On their behalf I am requesting assistance from teams willing to drive and operate the robot during most of friday and saturday.

We would ideally like a group of 4-5 people who would work together with the team on thursday and friday morning to familiarize themselves with the robot and the team's tools, and then take over later on friday to drive the robot and take care of it all the way through the rest of the competition.

This is a great opportunity for a team to get some field experience for a new drive team.

ideally we would like:

• 2 drivers
• 1 coach
• 1 human player
• 1-2 pit crew

Please feel free to ask questions, and please discuss this with your team leaders before committing to anything.

Teams willing to fill in all the above spots will be given priority since it simplifies the process, but it would also be cool to assemble an allstar team made from students from many teams, so don't hold back!

Thanks from the YTPT J.E.T.S, and the FIRST Israel community!

-Leav

[billbo911]

Originally Posted by Leav

Hello,

Team 3358 is a from a religious jewish school, and all the students and teachers are orthodox jews. This means that they can not drive their robot or do any other work during the "Shabbat" (sunset friday till sundown saturday).

On their behalf I am requesting assistance from teams willing to drive and operate the robot during most of friday and saturday.

We would ideally like a group of 4-5 people who would work together with the team on thursday and friday morning to familiarize themselves with the robot and the team's tools, and then take over later on friday to drive the robot and take care of it all the way through the rest of the competition.

This is a great opportunity for a team to get some field experience for a new drive team.

ideally we would like:

• 2 drivers
• 1 coach
• 1 human player
• 1-2 pit crew

Please feel free to ask questions, and please discuss this with your team leaders before committing to anything.

Teams willing to fill in all the above spots will be given priority since it simplifies the process, but it would also be cool to assemble an allstar team made from students from many teams, so don't hold back!

Thanks from the YTPT J.E.T.S, and the FIRST Israel community!

-Leav

I will mention this to my team this afternoon! We will be in St. Louis with our primary drive team and our backup drive team. This would be an awesome opportunity for FIRST to show support for ALL people of ALL faiths. What an excellent way to also demonstrate Gracious Professionalism!

[Ana Paula]

Hi, my name is Ana Paula Lamas I´m team member of Fervot 3462, we are a Rookie team from Mexico, I read your message and think this is a great opportunity to work with and meet other teams, my team would be glad to help you in whatever you need. =) my e-mail adress is ana_lamas_20@hotmail.com please let us know.

[pfreivald]

Okay, Leav is away from a computer at the moment and apologizes that he can't post this message himself, but I have volunteered to give the following information in regards to 3358 at Championship:

First, thanks SO MUCH to everyone who has volunteered! The outpouring of support is wonderful, and we wish there was room for everyone to drive, coach, etc., as they indicated they wanted to. We tried to spread things out amongst multiple teams as best as possible.

Second, there will still be a need for pit crew and scouting, so even if your name didn't make "the list", your effort in those capacities will be most appreciated.

Third, the list, assuming everyone is still interested:

Danielle Sisk (2493; Dean's List finalist) will be Pit Crew Lead.
Jason Law (2834; Dean's List finalist) will be the Drive Coach.
Justin Johnson (357) will be the Human Player.
Adam Dean and Alex Whipple (1551) will be the Drivers.
Hannah Farrell (433) will be the Programmer.
Chris Lin (365) will be on minibot detail.
Michael Crane (357) will be Lead Mentor of the amalgam team, with me running backup as needed.

Everyone else who volunteered to be on the pit crew and/or to do scouting, etc., your help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks so much!

[Leav]

Hi everyone,

very sorry to have dragged this out so long, but there were several "unscheduled events" going on during the last week which really kept me busy and away from a computer.

I'd like to thank everyone who volunteered to help, and wish you all a great championship.

This experience has been very heartwarming and I'm proud to be part of same community as you all.

make St. Louis 2011 a championship to remember!

-Leav

[Alex Cormier]

That would be really fun to coach. I am somewhat interested.

Hmm...

[Leav]

I will mention this to my team this afternoon!

That would be really fun to coach. I am somewhat interested.

This is an interesting situation and we would love to help out in any way we can.

Thank you all for being so enthusiastic about this!
To you and all others who will post here later: I hope we can all work together to form the best team we can for 3358, so that their robot will show it's full potential!

[Alex Cormier]

Originally Posted by Leav

Thank you all for being so enthusiastic about this!
To you and all others who will post here later: I hope we can all work together to form the best team we can for 3358, so that their robot will show it's full potential!

Have any pictures of the robot?

[XaulZan11]

My first thought was that this could be a great opportunity for some Dean's List finalists who are in St. Louis without their team.

[rsisk]

Hmm, my daughter is a dean's list finalist, drove for our team in San Diego, coached for her team in LA, and will be in St. Louis without a team. Sounds like the perfect candidate for the 3358 drive team. I forwarded her the link, but she is in school right now and cannot respond. I'm sure she would be thrilled to be part of the drive team.

Danielle would prefer to be a driver but would also accept a position on the pit team. I have PMed you her contact information.

[Ed Law]

Originally Posted by rsisk

Hmm, my daughter is a dean's list finalist, drove for our team in San Diego, coached for her team in LA, and will be in St. Louis without a team. Sounds like the perfect candidate for the 3358 drive team. I forwarded her the link, but she is in school right now and cannot respond. I'm sure she would be thrilled to be part of the drive team.

My son is also a Dean's list finalist from Michigan. He was drive coach of the team for the last 3 years and is very good at it. He is also in charge of the pit and can fix any mechanical, pneumatics, electrical and control system issues. He will also be there without a team as we did not qualify for the first time in our 3 short years. My son goes to a public school that is mostly Jewish families.

I think it is a great idea to let these Dean's list finalists without their team work together.

I will be there also and as an automotive engineer for almost 25 years, I can be available to help support this all-star Dean's list finalist team.

[GaryVoshol]

Originally Posted by Ed Law

My son is also a Dean's list finalist from Michigan. He was drive coach of the team for the last 3 years and is very good at it. He is also in charge of the pit and can fix any mechanical, pneumatics, electrical and control system issues. He will also be there without a team as we did not qualify for the first time in our 3 short years. My son goes to a public school that is mostly Jewish families.

I think it is a great idea to let these Dean's list finalists without their team work together.

I will be there also and as an automotive engineer for almost 25 years, I can be available to help support this all-star Dean's list finalist team.

I agree, Jason would be a great addition to the team.

[viperred396]

leav,

I have pm'ed you our details

Thanks,
Bryan

[Jon236]

Originally Posted by Alex Cormier

Have any pictures of the robot?

Alex.....I am looking for them and will post them when I find them!

[ktress357]

Team 357 may be able to offer two or three students to help out. I'm talking to my team's head mentor now about it. We have team members with three years of driver/ operator practice that may be able to help out,also we have a couple students which got some practice as human player this build season, and a lot of our members have a lot of practice working as pit crew. I will see what we can do, and let you know.