Infinite Recharge #14: The End… For Now

Hello everyone! It is with mixed emotions I write what is going to be one of our last posts for a while. As I mentioned last week, the Arizona North Regional was canceled/postponed. Thanks to the hard work of members of our team, our mentors, and our Regional Director, we were able to get into the Central Valley Regional, to ‘replace’ the Arizona North Regional. Unfortunately, upon our arrival in Fresno, the event was canceled, with the health and safety of all in mind. On our drive back home, FIRST released a statement regarding the cancellation of both Championship events and the suspension of the duration of the 2020 FRC season. While this news was initially very hard to read, especially as our robot has not yet made it to the field, we applaud FIRST for making our health a top priority. Additionally, we are eager for the season to resume once it is deemed appropriate.

On Friday, our County announced that all schools will be closed for three weeks to help slow the spread of COVID-19, and today announced that we will be entering a “shelter-in-place” until April 7th. Needless to say, we will not be having any meetings, so there will not be any new updates to share. Hopefully (in my ideal dream scenario) my next post will be to share that all of our events have been rescheduled and that we are currently arranging plans to attend.

Until then, keep washing your hands and practicing “social-distancing”
-Team 2643