{"id":2935,"date":"2014-02-10T10:00:44","date_gmt":"2014-02-10T14:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/?p=2935"},"modified":"2014-02-10T03:51:40","modified_gmt":"2014-02-10T07:51:40","slug":"carnival-plans-design-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/2014\/02\/carnival-plans-design-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Carnival Plans &#8211; Design Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hey guys, it&#8217;s been around 2 months since the last post went up, so it&#8217;s time to get back into the rhythm before rolls start up. This is a big year as Carnival is celebrating its 100th year, and it&#8217;s only 8 weeks away! Because of this, the buggy organizers are working hard on making this year special. There are some special additions as well as a few major changes that we&#8217;re looking at.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">The design comp chair this year, Connor Hayes (Apex founder), has some pretty awesome ideas to improve design comp and make it a bit more interesting, BUT he&#8217;s looking for some feedback from the community and has written the following&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div>This year we have big plans for design comp. \u00a0I want to get them out to the BAA community so that they can start sending ideas and feedback. \u00a0Here is a list of what is new.<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>New scoring system: \u00a0Consists of a re-definition of the categories buggies are scored on with some being eliminated completely and replaced by new ones. \u00a0This is done to better reflect how buggies are designed.<\/li>\n<li>The scoring sheet this year is also brand new to hopefully elicit more feedback from judges so teams can know what to improve on.<\/li>\n<li>New floor layout for design comp. \u00a0This has a couple of different layers to it. \u00a0The major one is the inclusion of a stage area where we will have talks, video showings and panels.<\/li>\n<li>More interactive events for kids. \u00a0&#8220;Design your own buggy&#8221; tables along with an area where kids can mechanic a buggy<\/li>\n<li>More informative signs and posters around the room discussing currently rolling buggies, the history of design comp and important buggies throughout history<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here is what we (sweepstakes &amp; alumni relations) would like to hear from the community:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Are there any alumni local or elsewhere holding significant historical buggies that they would be okay with bringing back to Pittsburgh? \u00a0We are trying to work out a plan that would allow for easy and safe storage on campus that would also allow buggy to have a bigger presence on campus during carnival.<\/li>\n<li>Does anybody have ideas for events in the stage area? \u00a0Specifically we have been tossing around the idea of a student or student and alumni Q&amp;A panel. \u00a0We want to have an event like this, but are unsure of the exact layout or format.<\/li>\n<li>Does anybody have really good old footage that we can play on a projector in between events in the stage area?<\/li>\n<li>Any questions, comments or concerns from the Alumni?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Here is the new floor plan that he was looking at:<\/div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Design-Comp-Layout.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2938 aligncenter\" alt=\"Proposed new layou\" src=\"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Design-Comp-Layout.png\" width=\"675\" height=\"678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Design-Comp-Layout.png 675w, https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Design-Comp-Layout-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Design-Comp-Layout-298x300.png 298w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">As we move forward, we&#8217;ll come out with more posts carnival related to help get you guys hyped and ready.\u00a0It&#8217;s still pretty cold here at the home of buggy, so it&#8217;ll be some time before rolls can start up again. In the mean time, we&#8217;ll try and come up with some fun things to talk about in lieu of our normal rolls reports.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey guys, it&#8217;s been around 2 months since the last post went up, so it&#8217;s time to get back into the rhythm before rolls start up. This is a big year as Carnival is celebrating its 100th year, and it&#8217;s only 8 weeks away! 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