TM Corner

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.

Youth Appraisers

We value the experience that alumni of Destination ImagiNation bring to appraiser teams. That is reflected in California Creativity's long-standing policy to allow appropriate exceptions to Destination ImagiNation's requirement that Appraisers be 18 or over and no longer in high school.

What changed last season is that we will no longer automatically accept youth appraisers for the team-supplied appraiser for state finals.

It worked up through 2008 to allow them, but in 2008 we learned the hard answer to, "What if lots of teams supplied youth appraisers?". That's why state finals team-supplied Appraisers must be over 18 and no longer in high school. Trained and experienced youth Appraisers not affiliated with a team may register for state fnals as an Appraiser — make sure not to specify a team number. Contact the Affiliate Challenge Master for the challenge in which you served at regionals about what your responsibilities would be at State Finals, so there are no surprises.

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