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 >> > ------------------------------ > To UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE your settings, please visit > https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-l.html and select "Join or > leave the list". > VADCFLL administrative announcements are sent via VADCFLL-ANNOUNCEMENTS-L. > Visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-announcements-l.html to > subscribe. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE your settings, please visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-l.html and select "Join or leave the list". -- VADCFLL administrative announcements are sent via VADCFLL-ANNOUNCEMENTS-L. Visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-ANNOUNCEMENTS-l.html to subscribe.