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 [log in to unmask] www.RoanokeRobotics.org -----Original Message----- From: First Lego League Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Michael Blanpied Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2008 4:46 PM To: [log in to unmask] 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 ______________________________________________________________ To UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE YOUR SETTINGS, please visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-l.html and select "Join or leave the list". If you want to join the VADCFLL-ADMIN-L mailing list - to which FLL administrative announcements will be distributed - visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-admin-l.html and select "Join or leave the list". ______________________________________________________________ To UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE YOUR SETTINGS, please visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-l.html and select "Join or leave the list". If you want to join the VADCFLL-ADMIN-L mailing list - to which FLL administrative announcements will be distributed - visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-admin-l.html and select "Join or leave the list".