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Re: Mesuring start point at base.
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ODD Merit Badge Jamboree <[log in to unmask]>
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ODD Merit Badge Jamboree <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 29 Oct 2013 18:34:06 -0400
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Your team should be able to find that answer in Rule 4.  It is exception 1.
 The answer is yes--paper notes are allowed for reference.

Steve Scherr
VA/DC FLL Referee Advisor


On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 6:23 PM, Ramesh Subbanna
<[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> Sorry if I am asking the same question differently. Will the team be
> allowed to write up few notes on flash cards or a sheet of paper to refer
> to during running the missions at the field table.
>
> Thank you in advance,
> -RAMESH
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 1:59 PM, Lloyd O'Hara <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
>
>> **
>> Thanks Steve.
>>
>> That's what I was thinking but I was hoping that was not the case.
>>
>> I'll send the team back to the drawing board
>>
>> Lloyd
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> *From:* VA/DC Referee Advisor <[log in to unmask]>
>> *To:* Lloyd O'Hara <[log in to unmask]>
>> *Cc:* VADCFLL-L <[log in to unmask]>
>> *Sent:* Sunday, October 27, 2013 1:38 PM
>> *Subject:* Re: [VADCFLL-L] Mesuring start point at base.
>>
>>  Lloyd,
>>   What you describe is not allowable.  It's explicitly prohibited in Rule
>> 23, Aiming:
>>
>> You may use a frame/"jig" to aim the robot, but its use must be
>> completely in Base at all times, and you must let go of it prior to
>> starting/restarting.
>>
>>
>>   It's also part of a more general prohibition in Rule 20,
>> Sending/Handling Objects Outside Base, because it sounds like the team
>> would be "strategically extending" the object out of Base by hand action.
>>
>>
>>   "Aiming" is a strategic action, so only the robot may cause things to
>> be outside Base for strategic purposes.  This is different from "Storage"
>> which is not allowed to have strategic (i.e. points-scoring) consequences
>> ever.  A "stored" object must be picked up and used entirely within Base
>> before it can be used for strategic purposes.
>>
>> Steve Scherr
>> VA/DC FLL Referee Advisor
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 9:34 AM, Lloyd O'Hara <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
>>
>>> **
>>>  Steve,
>>>
>>> quick question, we have a quick, straight piece, setup jig, it actually
>>> sits mostly outside base while aiming and then is picked up, and off the
>>> table, before the robot is started, is this outside the rules?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Lloyd O'Hara
>>> The Crestwood Monarchs
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> *From:* VA/DC Referee Advisor <[log in to unmask]>
>>> *To:* [log in to unmask]
>>> *Sent:* Sunday, October 27, 2013 1:29 AM
>>> *Subject:* Re: [VADCFLL-L] Mesuring start point at base.
>>>
>>> Everything that you use on the field must be made of LEGOs, and must fit
>>> entirely within Base while you use it.
>>>
>>> In addition, your team may look at the markings on the mat.
>>>
>>> Steve Scherr
>>>
>>> On Saturday, October 26, 2013, Prasanna Kumaran wrote:
>>>
>>>>  Hi,
>>>> Could any one please answer that if we could use any rules or any other
>>>> kind reference to measure the start point at the base.
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Prasanna.
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