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any news from the FRA?
craig seems to be ignoring my request to see any photos? hope this isnt bad news craig - if i had built an arena i would be rushing to get photos on the internet to show customers and us roboteers
dont think im going to be booking a hotel yet - i remember what happened last time
LJ,
Discussions between any event organiser and the FRA are confidential, I can confirm that we have inspected Craigs arena and sent him a full report. If he wishes to make the result of that inspection or any photos he has public then that is a matter for him.
No bad news. I dont remember any photos being taken on the day, mind you it was a bitterly cold day to be outside.
I do have one or two photos of the arena when it was under construction but I am not going to forward them on to anyone unless Craig says its ok to do so.
I am sure we will hear something in the next few days.
so goeff, karoline
he passed the inspection and its all safe to go then yes? well i guess thats correct from karolines post so its all good stuff then
Geoff you said.
Discussions between any event organiser and the FRA are confidential
Fine.
However the FRA .. as I understand it ..represents Roboteers interests NOT the EOs...hence the need for an Arena inspection etc.
Could you please confirm ... rather than us having to infer the outcome of the inspection from Karolines post ..that the Arena is going to be suitable for the upcoming event.
Regards Alan
(Message edited by woody on January 04, 2009)
Alan,
You are quite right, our first duty is to the roboteers.
The aena was inspected and found to be fit for the proposed event. We can also confirm that we have had sight of Rebel Robots public liability insurance which is also suitable for this event.
Other matters of a comercialy sensitive nature were also discussed and these, Im sure you will understand, must remain a confdential matter between the event organiser and the association.
I hope this answers your perfectly valid question and we can now hope the roboteers will fully support this event.
Geoff.
Although the EO or FRA were under no obligation to post immediately the results of the arena inspection, the lack of any news for a week will no doubt have cast a level of uncertainty (albeit small) amongst roboteers in regards to whether this event would run or not, especially when you bear in mind the unfortunate cancellation of the event last September.
However the good news of an able arena and suitable liability insurance is bound to put minds at ease (I will admit, I was apprehensive but am now a lot more optimistic) and Im sure were all more than happy to give the event our full support.
Id like to thank Geoff and Karoline for bearing the cold and taking the time to inspect the arena suitability for us roboteers and thanks too to Craig for the effort put in to building a spiffy new arena for us to play in :)
Plus its a boost to the sport that there is now another arena on the circuit - us lucky lot are getting spoiled for choice!
I look forward to seeing any pics that may surface, and more so to seeing you all in a month for some mechanical mayhem!
To be fair Jamie the thanks has to go to Karoline, Mike Lambert, Steve Johnson & Trevor Wright. They were the ones who froze their colective asses off to inspect the arena! :uhoh:
Unfortunatly I wasnt available on the day!:proud:
Craig. It sounds like things are progressing. But for us its come to crunch time. We dont want to let our good friends at Robots live down but I need re-assurance that this event is on given that there is nothing on magna website relating to this event that I can find. With just 4 weekends left..I want to make sure i am getting the right robots ready as our heavy is in pieces still. Thanks, Ian (Team Shock)