Michael,



Bringing a small, folding table to the competition's robot performance table

is an excellent technique and it's both legal & recommended in FLL.  My FLL

team has been doing for this years; I believe I learned this idea at an FLL

coach's workshop 3 years ago.



It is also recommended to use a plastic bin to carry the robot at the

tournament, and to have the team set the bin upon the small folding table

next to the robot competition table.  We put a row of self-adhesive, felt

pads all along the four edges of the small table, to decrease the chance of

the plastic bin being bumped off of the small table.



Additional pointers: Always have a designated team member carry the robot in

the bin, and another designated team member carry & set up the small,

folding table near the base area next to the big robot performance table.

Same thing goes for carrying the robot & all props to & from the judging

sessions; always have a designated person for each role, so that nothing is

forgotten.  The designated person for each role can change between robot

rounds, so that everyone who wants a turn can have a chance to do one of

these jobs.



The robot itself, plus attachments, etc., can all be stored in the plastic

bin, on top of the small folding table, until each item is needed, during

the robot performance rounds.



I hope that all made sense!  :-)



Good Luck,

Kevin



Kevin Hines

Coach, Colonial Elementary, Blue Ridge, VA

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From: First Lego League Discussion

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Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2008 4:46 PM

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Subject: [VADCFLL-L] May the team bring a small table to the match?





Karen, Phil,



The new Housekeeping rule, that only the two kids at the table may

hold competition objects, has a significant effect on the match

logistics for some teams.



Will a team be permitted to bring a small table to the competition

room? Our team would like to set a small table next to the robot

table, on which to place attachments and loose mission models during

the match. I know they're permitted to bring a box, so in effect this

is asking if that box may have a team-supplied table underneath it.



--

Thanks,

Mike Blanpied

Reston, VA

2006 Nano People #4809

2007 Power Bunnies #1666

2008 BLT (Brilliant Lego Team) #5013



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