2010-3-31 Meetings and Important info
31
Mar
2010
FOR EVERYONE:
Good Afternoon Teams,
It’s going to happen. I’ve found enough Inspectors and the set up crews promise they’ll have the stations ready. If you’re coming to Championship, plan to have up to five of your team members (at least one must be an adult mentor) ready to un-crate your robot, charge your batteries, encrypt your radio and get your robot inspected all on Wednesday night. You can even start to set up your pit if you have time. Pits open at 6PM and close at 9PM. We’ve made this change this year to help teams be ready to go at 1PM on Thursday when competition rounds begin.
It’s going to happen. I’ve found enough Inspectors and the set up crews promise they’ll have the stations ready. If you’re coming to Championship, plan to have up to five of your team members (at least one must be an adult mentor) ready to un-crate your robot, charge your batteries, encrypt your radio and get your robot inspected all on Wednesday night. You can even start to set up your pit if you have time. Pits open at 6PM and close at 9PM. We’ve made this change this year to help teams be ready to go at 1PM on Thursday when competition rounds begin.
We will most likely be sending in some parents and mentors to uncrate the robot and work on some of the check in stuff. We will discuss this at the major meeting on Monday the 12th from 6-8:30. If you are going to Atlanta you will be at this meeting. Also, if your parents are coming, they should come too!
FOR PROGRAMMING:
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.
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.
I don't know how much of that effects us, but I thought I'd pass it on in case we need to update anything.
Build captains, we will most likely meet on the 6th, right after school. If you are unable to make it, please let me know.
