I think publishing a major and minor changes summary PDF from previous
seasons to current season, would avoid this confusion and surprises. I know
it's teams responsibility to read every rule, but how often do you read
every word, like credit card agreement.

On Thu, Nov 7, 2019, 11:25 AM VA-DC FLL Referee Advisor <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> Kaitlin Ilnitzki and I can carry feedback to FLL.
>
> I don't really understand what the concern is yet.
>
> Using Home as a target area to return to is larger than the Launch Area,
> and it also has more walls to help stop the Robot, so it seems to me like
> it would be *easier* to return to Home than to the Launch Area, although
> it is a little bit farther, so it would take a little bit more time.
>
> We've tried to be pretty emphatic about this change in trainings and on
> this discussion list.  Do people have recommendations for additional
> techniques we could use in the future to help your teams understand what
> they are reading?
>
> Steve Scherr
> Virginia-DC FLL Referee Advisor
>
> On Thu, Nov 7, 2019 at 10:17 AM aprille.j.ericsson <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> I agree with Heather's and others comments. I am at a loss for the
>> reasoning behind the changes. There will be many teams that will not be
>> aware of the difference between home and launch.
>>
>> I find it disheartening that we will penalize teams if they bring the
>> robot back to it original launch location. This would be typical to
>> Industry. I note FLL has already made it a smaller base. So it is already
>> more challenging.
>>
>> How do we provide feedback to FLL?
>>
>> Best regards
>> Dr. Aprille Ericsson
>>
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