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Team Manager's Corner

Posted Wed, 2011-08-24 20:53 by webmaster

Welcome to California Creativity's Team Manager's Corner. We're here to trade tips, stories, fears, failures and successes about being a DI team manager (TM). Being a TM can be overwhelming and a little isolating. This is the place to cure both these ills so jump on in and participate. Since this is a public web site, comment submissions will be moderated.

Practice, Practice, Practice

Posted Wed, 2012-02-01 00:00 by aorcutt

Time becomes short with only weeks left until tournament day! [Since regional tournaments are spread out over several weeks, you'll notice a vagueness in these state-wide hints when yours will be]

It's maybe a little early for this topic but I'm making this up as I go (improvisation) and it doesn't hurt to start thinking about it now. Besides as we get closer to the tournament, I'll be overloading you with tournament tips to make your experience less stressful and more enjoyable.

Instant Challenge Teamwork

Posted Wed, 2012-01-25 00:00 by aorcutt

Its now weeks but not months to the regional tournament and by this time I'm thinking every team is putting the finishing touches on their solutions. OK maybe not. They will get there however so hang in there, take plenty of pictures and reread the Rules of the Road.

Side Trips + Improv

Posted Wed, 2012-01-18 00:00 by aorcutt

Side Trips

When it comes to appraising Team Challenges, I really love to do Side Trips because there is so much variety. I've seen teams with mediocre Central Challenges just blow us away with amazing Side Trips and go on to the next level of competition. This is especially important in the more technical challenges where even a good structure design or vehicle can run afoul of "Murphy's Law".

Comments

by jim_mccarthy66 - 2012-01-22 12:00

To not confuse new folks, the parts of team challenge called "Team Choice Elements" used to be called "Side Trips" which fit into an old food theme associated with challenges.

Also, there are 3 scoring elements with each of the 2 Team Choice Elements for the A:, B:, C:, E:, and pO challenges this 2011-2012 DI program year. Check out the details in the challenges.

Affiliate Challenge Masters

	Challenge	Master	E-Mail	Phone	Address
A	assembly required	Andy Loftis	awloftis@yahoo.com	(832) 266-7607	Huntington Beach, CA 92648
B	the solar stage	Lynn Macey	acm-b0910@californiacreativity.org	(408) 288-5105	San Jose, CA 95129
B	the solar stage	Jay Baker	jaysbaker@osualum.com	(530) 263-4926	Grass Valley, CA 95949
C	coming attractions	Doug DeFrees	acm-c0910@californiacreativity.org	(408) 227-5321	San Jose, CA 95111
D	news to me	Lisa Phillips	acm-d0910@californiacreativity.org	(760) 722-3598	Oceanside, CA 92056
E	hold it!	Bruce Summers	acm-e0910@californiacreativity.org	(805) 473-4742	Arroyo Grande, CA 94320
E	hold it!	Jim Schettler	acm-a0910@californiacreativity.org	(925) 838-8036	Danville, CA 94526
pO	projectOUTREACH® the world canvas	Mary Jane Campbell	acm-p0910@californiacreativity.org	(408) 248-4356	San Jose, CA 95130
RS	Rising Stars!® built to last	Peter Shepherd	acm-r0910@californiacreativity.org	(408) 679-0975	San Jose, CA 95129
IC	Instant Challenge	Sharon Kissel Richard Kissel	acm-i0910@californiacreativity.org	(559) 325-7436	Clovis, CA 93612
S	Score Room	Jim McCarthy	acm-s0910@californiacreativity.org	(650) 424-9366	Palo Alto, CA 94306

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