FRA elections 2009

[godlike]

i will ommmmmmmmmmmmmm the lot of you in a minute

[bex]

Maybe people dont speak out because of the slating they face off you lot if they do! And I agree with Marco, not good for people reading the forum to see this.

[anukhet]

If you do not receive your voting details by the 9th February 2009 then please contact the returning officer (posted by M H-M)

Changes to:
The cutoff date for applications was the 9th.. (not posted by M H-M)

And all within 24 hours. Welcome to the club Mike

Now all together...
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[anukhet]

I will be giving another update after 8pm tomorrow.

Please note that the voting closes at midnight 13th February 2009. Anyone sending their votes on 14th February will not be counted so it is vitally important you get them in ASAP.

[john_frizell]

Christopher: You said: I am a strong supporter of the antweights. If the only way of becoming a roboteer was to spend a couple of grand and 6 months of work, knowing that there was a strong chance that a few hundred pounds of damage could occur after each event I would have just said not for me thank you.

There is little difference in cost between a feather powered by drill motors and an ant, and there are a lot more opportunities to run feathers.

And while I am here on this thread let me say that I agree with all those who have said lets forget about the politics and get on with building robots. There are not very many of us and we can ill afford to fight among ourselves.

[malivoirec]

Another factor I did not mention is that I go to school on Saturdays and that My brother takes most of the Sundays up with his rugby. I just do not have the time with the travel across the countriy to the live events. With the ants, the most common event is only 10 minutes away which I can go to as soon as I have finished school.

I know that it is just as easy to build a feather, I was puting myself in the position that I was when I first started competing. Most veiwers of RW at the time, unless they resarched the internet, would have put down te idea of them building what they have seen on the TV mostly on the TV which were the heavyweights.

[cliveb]

Alex won his first championship (rebel robots) last weekend,I do not see why an 8 year old boy should have his future in fighting robots put in jepordy.As a relative newcomer to the sport i missed only 2 events in 2008(Swindon and Whitwick)i feel i am justified in saying that newblood is still coming in and is commited to the future.
I have fully supported all EOs and just wish to see fairness and hear the truth.This is a democratic organisation but rules are in place that should be adhered to, or you just end up with anarchy.Only we ,the members,can sort this mess out.

[simon_windisch]

Hi John, Id just like to point out that you can make an antweight with batteries, motors etc and fix it all together with Selotape. (http://windisch.co.uk/robots/howto/build_a_robot.htmhttp://windisch.co.uk/robots/howto/build_a_robot.htm)Try doing that with a feather and then tell me how much easier a feather is to build than an ant. Nothing against feathers, and they may be price-comparable (not if you build them with the servos that came with your transmitter though) but I would say that ants are easier to build, and more child-friendly, IMHO.

Simon

[typhoon_driver]

Getting a bit off topic.

It doesnt matter which weight class is easier to build or which is better for starting out in.

[stu]

Hear Hear Gary, so true.

But i fully agree with Clives comments... and yet i dont activily have a combat robot, but im at all the RR shows as im tech crew.. i do care what happens with the future of this sport coz of great new blood and familys and teams like Toon/Sock/Phsyco etc... Ive made some great friends from the new teams on top of the old teams.

Mr Stu