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BEFORE THE TEAM COMPETES
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all competition sites, a Staging Area
is used. A Staging Area Judge will
meet the team here approximately 15 minutes
before its scheduled competition time.
Teams should have the required number of
completed copies of their Style Form,
Material Values Form, Outside Assistance
Form, clarifications specific to the team's
solution, and any other paperwork designated
in the long-term problem. They must
also have all items needed for their problem
solution. The Staging Area Judge will
check for clarity and completion of all
paperwork and pass it to the Timekeeper,
who will distribute it to the Problem and
Style Judges. The Staging Area Judge will
then check all props for safety, the team
members’ foot coverings and the membership
sign. The team will then have an
opportunity to ask questions.
The Staging Area Judge will explain
the procedure for picking up the long-term
raw score to the coach, who is then directed
to sit in a designated area, if available.
After that, no one may assist the team in
any way until the presentation is completed.
Once time begins, the team must clear
the Staging Area within the first 3 minutes
of its 8-minute performance time, unless a
Pre-Staging Area was used.
At some competition sites, a Pre-Staging
Area may be used. If this is the
case, the team will report here initially,
and the Staging Area Judge will perform
all of the tasks mentioned above in this
area. When dismissed by the Staging Area
Judge, the team members will have 3 minutes
to remove their materials from the
Pre-Staging Area and proceed to the
Staging Area, where they will be met by
the Timekeeper. Others may help to move
items into the Staging Area.
The Timekeeper will introduce the
team to the audience, and ask that all cell
phones and other electronic devices are
turned off. The Timekeeper will announce
if the team will allow flash photography
and/or videotaping of its presentation. No
one, including the Timekeeper, may read a
description of the team's solution aloud. If
the team wants it read, it must do so during
its competition time. When the
Timekeeper says, “Begin,” the team has 8
minutes for setup, Style and the presentation
of the problem solution.
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