What is COB in the submission dates mean?
COB – Close of Business: data must ARRIVE by 5 PM local time at the specified location. • Question: When will we receive information of the exact contest location, housing options, and the contest day schedule? Answer: Detailed contest location and schedule information will be sent to the teams by January 1999. • Question: The contest day is graduation. Is there any possibility of moving the contest. Answer: In selecting the contest date we have tried to minimize the conflicts with graduation, finals, mothers day,… We can’t miss all possible conflicts as each university is on a slightly different schedule. Moving the date earlier would greatly increase the risk of unacceptable weather, and further shorten the time available to design and build the entries (which will seem VERY short by then). • Question: We were wondering if it wouldn’t be easier to just send an official representative from the competition to our school, fly our plane, and take down the score. Then compare with all t
