The bin is a great idea, but I would advise checking with your local tournament director before bringing your own folding table. The rules specify what robot parts may be brought to the competition table, but I don't recall seeing any mention of a portable table. Some tournaments may not have space for this. Ralph Grove KevinHines wrote: > 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". > -- Ralph F. Grove, Jr., Ph.D., Associate Professor James Madison University Department of Computer Science ______________________________________________________________ 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".