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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.

Silicon Valley Region

Regional Director John Cardosi cardosi1@comcast.net cell 408-506-7146 Regional Operating Committee and Challenege Masters			We are here to provide training and support to teams and their managers in the six counties of the Silicon Valley Region. Be sure to check our newsletters, which are published here 4 or 5 times during the season, for timely information. Modify your notification settings by checking off the "sv" region and saving to be notified when these newsletters are posted. If you're a new Team Manager looking for a clue what to do, or an experienced TM with care to share, join the Silicon Valley Team Manager's Yahoo Group.

Regional Director

John Cardosi
cardosi1@comcast.net
cell 408-506-7146

Regional Operating Committee and Challenege Masters

We are here to provide training and support to teams and their managers in the six counties of the Silicon Valley Region. Be sure to check our newsletters, which are published here 4 or 5 times during the season, for timely information. Modify your notification settings by checking off the "sv" region and saving to be notified when these newsletters are posted.

If you're a new Team Manager looking for a clue what to do, or an experienced TM with care to share, join the Silicon Valley Team Manager's Yahoo Group.

SVDI Regional Operating Committee

Name	Roles(s)	Email	Phone
John Cardosi	Region Director Training Coordinator	cardosi1@comcast.net	408-506-7146
Bob Burns	Tournament Appraiser Coordinator	bob@bokabu.org	512-666-4551
Diane DeFrees	Treasurer	SiliconValleyDI@yahoo.com	408-227-5321
Jim McCarthy	Tournament Director	acm-s0910@californiacreativity.org	650-424-9366
John Cardosi Ivy Orcutt Alan Orcutt	Team Manager Trainers	cardosi1@comcast.net dinivy@decksawash.net	408-506-7146
... a host ...	... of others ...	... some below ...	... some not!

2011-2012 SVDI Regional Challenge Masters

	Challenge	Master	E-Mail	Phone
A	assembly required	Bob Burns	bob@bokabu.net	(512) 666-4551
B	the solar stage	Lynn Macey Raye Koch	acm-b0910@californiacreativity.org
C	coming attractions	Doug DeFrees	acm-c0910@californiacreativity.org	(408) 227-5321
D	news to me	Lala Red Dutta	twoputt@mac.com
E	hold it!	Dennis Lu	dennislu@gmail.com
pO	the world canvas	Mary Jane Campbell	acm-p0910@californiacreativity.org	(408) 248-4356
RS	built to last	Peter Shepherd	acm-r0910@californiacreativity.org	(408) 679-0975
IC	Instant Challenge	Ivy Orcutt Alan Orcutt	dinivy@decksawash.net
SR	Score Room	Viresh Amin	viresh9@yahoo.com

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