Good Afternoon Teams,
Thank you for your feedback last week on the elements of Championship you want to see remain. It has been a big help to be able to say “the teams want” during the discussions on how to set up St. Louis. Nothing is firm until all the parties (and the St Louis fire marshal) sign off on the plans so I can’t share the outcome yet. I will let you know when it’s a go.
This week we’re discussing the FRC season as a whole and wondering if opening early registration even earlier (like in September maybe) would benefit teams. Do you have an opinion?
We’ll be reviewing the 2010 season in detail next month so please be sure your team completes the FRC team survey before June 16th.
Machine Design magazine is planning a spotlight on FIRST in June. http://machinedesign.com/ Igus (supplier of the igus bag containing Energy Chain Systems and polymer bearing components in the Kit of Parts) is involved in the creation of that article and would like some feedback from FRC teams on how you used igus parts. If you want to participate, email Courtney at ctoomey@igus.com and tell her your team number and robot name; which igus parts you used on your 2010 robot and how; and if your team won any awards. She’d also love a photo of your robot. She needs your input by the end of this week in order to include it in the article.
Other suppliers and vendors want your feedback too. Please be sure your team completes the Kit of Part Survey before June 16th. Let us know in the comments section which Kit of Part components you found the most useful. Kate will pass your comments on to the suppliers who really appreciate the feedback.
This week is your last chance to order 2010 FRC medallions.
234 days to Kickoff
See you then!
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Yes, having the schedule released earlier (the earlier the better) would be a great help to our team, as well as other teams. Why?
1. Allowing students to know ahead of time that they have commitments on these days allow for students to clear other things out of the way. Better yet, students will be able to make time for the competition. This helps more students to be able to attend.
2. Organization with the school and sponsors. We can get a bus, a van, etc. lined up if we know further in advanced when the events were. The same is true for other teams that I have talked to. Furthermore, to be able to tell sponsors/donators/school administration when our event is when we see them and give demos or even just talk to them, we can mention, "Hey, by the way, you can stop by our competition on ____________." This makes it a lot better in that regard.
3. Lastly, an early registration would allow rookie teams more time to decide. This was the second year of the team. I know our first year, it was hard because we didn't have AS much time.
All in all, an early registration would definitely help. I'm sure you have a lot of contacts, but if you have any more questions about our team specifically, about this subject or anything else, you can email me at team2834@yahoo.com .
Thanks for everything you have done.
Jason Law
Team Captain/Founder
Earlier registration would help us in the lengthy process of getting Board of Education approval for trips and budgeting, as well as the time consuming processing of PO's for FIRST. Including a correspondingly earlier registration opening for 2nd/3rd Regionals and Championship, all of which would allow more time to process Board approvals and cutting of P.O.'s before the payment due dates.
Moving registration too early in September would be problematical in conflicting with the beginning of the school year. In our case our robotics Advisors must be Board approved each year and this must take place before we are authorized to register our FRC team.
An opening no earlier than mid-September would allow sufficent time for team members to meet and finalize our desired event schedule.
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