Administrative Manual - Team Update - 2014-03-04

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Posted on the FRC Manual site, 3/4/14: [http://frc-manual.usfirst.org/Updates/0#term 170](http://frc-manual.usfirst.org/Updates/0#term 170)

Administrative Manual - Team UPDATE - 2014-03-04

Administrative Manual

5.3 INSTRUCTIONS FOR “BAG AND TAG”

Information on where to obtain additional tags can be found on the Where to Get More document on the Kit of Parts website.

  1.   Bag and Tag your robot on Stop Build Day, and complete the *Robot Lock-Up Form*.

The Proper Bagging Procedure:
Set the bag on the floor, leaving room for the robot in the center.
Bags are provided in the Kickoff Kit for your convenience; however there is no requirement that Teams use those exact bags. Any commercially available clear bag large enough to contain the Robot may be used.
Place the robot in the center of the bag and pull the bag up around the robot. Be careful not to catch the bag on any corners or sharp edges.
Tightly seal the bag with your next numbered tag.
If you run out of the tags supplied, you may use any commercially available serialized security tags
If you need to lock up your robot and are not able to obtain additional tags in time, you may use a cable tie and create a numbered label yourself.
Inspectors will pay close attention to these home-made tags. Be prepared for additional discussion

6.4.3.4 Interview Process and Video Requirement

All teams submitting for the Chairman’s Award will need to sign up at pit admin in order to be interviewed by the Judges at the event. If a team does not sign up for an interview slot, they will be considered ineligible to win at that event. Chairman’s Award interviews are limited to ten minutes total; five minutes for a presentation by the team (which includes set-up) and up to five minutes of question and answer led by the Judges. Not more than three (3) team members, of which one (1) may be an adult mentor, are allowed to attend the interview. Only student (non-mentor) team members are allowed to present information or answer questions from the Judges. The one (1) adult mentor from the team who may attend may observe and later provide feedback to the team, but the mentor is not allowed to provide any assistance during the interview itself. If the mentor provides any assistance during the interview, the team will be downgraded. Exception: If necessary, [strike]the[/strike] an adult mentor/assistant [strike]present[/strike] may provide translation services for students needing foreign language or sign language translation so the students and Judges may communicate. This adult mentor/assistant may be in addition to the three (3) Team members noted above, but may provide no assistance to the team other than the translation service.

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That’s it?

I was kind of expecting more. Like something about the field timing being totally off in auto and at the end, or the pedestal lights, or the issue with the referees having too much to do with a scoring system that’s way too slow.

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I expect that to be in a Game Manual update, this is just for the Administrative Manual.

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My guess is there might be a game rules update, but maybe they need more time. Every year I can remember, in the week 1 rules update, even if no game rule updates, they give an update on how week 1 went. My guess is that they need more time, which if there are big changes could happen.

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There will probably be another update for the game manual later. In the q and a question about hitting a ball back onto the field, the answer says the issue will be updated in the game manual update for today.

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Q417 Q. Can the drivers un-score the opponents ball by hitting it back out onto the field through the goals?
FRC4490 on 2014-02-26 | 1 Followers
A. No. Team Update 2014-03-04 will clarify.

So maybe a later update? I figured it would be today as well. hopefully it will come before the week 2 regionals.

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It’s also possible that they don’t want to change the rules in the middle of the Israel Regional…