UFH: Michael Martus

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[Amanda Morrison]

Congratulations to Mike Martus, our next Unsung FIRST Hero.

... the awesome guy that lets me follow him around Michigan when I get lost :)

[Mike Schroeder]

Congrats Mike Martus a UFH and a bear hug victim

[Bharat Nain]

Congracts Mike Martus..

[Lisa Perez]

Congratulations, Mr. Martus! Thank you for all you've done for FIRST and OCCRA :)

[Arefin Bari]

Congrats Mr. Martus. Your contribution to FIRST is unforgetable. you are welll deserved for this award. The UFH Committee has done a great job for more than a year to honor these deserved FIRSTers. :)

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Mike,
How wonderful to open CD this morning and see you have been nominated for UFH. I have had the chance to work with Mike for several years now and it is always a great time. From the CDI competitions to working as competition volunteer, Mike has always put a lot into this program. He is truly one of those background people that keeps everything working smoothly.
Congrats, Mike!

[Raul]

Congrats Mike,

Well deserved - I really respect your dedication to inspiring students. I consider you one of the benchmarks for teachers in FIRST.

And, I do not know about handsome - but you definitely are handy.
Raul

[dlavery]

Mike -

Congratulations! This is well deserved!

I get to see Mike several times each year, ususally at one of the many FIRST competition events at which he volunteers. He is always ready to jump in and help as an inspector, referee, field hand, or just all around good guy. When he is with his team, he is the consumate mentor.

The UFH group did a good job with this one.

-dave

[meaubry]

Mike - a well deserved nominee as UFH. Mike is the glue that holds us together as a team. For FIRST he goes out of his way to try and improve the way things are done and when we aren't at a competition, he volunteers to help as an inspector or what ever they need done. Mike is so dedicated to making the FIRST experience as good as it can be for the students. It has been a pleasure just traveling and being around him, even though he forces us to watch RED GREEN. Congrats to Mike !!

[Wetzel]

Congratulations Mr Martus. You gave me some suggestions early on when I started posting, and because you haven't mentioned it again I think you did a good job. :)

Wetzel

[JohnBoucher]

Congratulations Mike,
A very well deserved honor. I really appreciate you being so kind to this newbie. Let me know where to send the chocolate chip cookies :)

[Jeff Waegelin]

Congratulations, Mike! I'm always amazed by all the things you do for your team, FIRST, and OCCRA, year-round. You are truly an inspiration to us all.


.... and, you have a really slick license plate ;)

[Brandon Martus]

Mr. Boucher: Just send the cookies to me, and I'm sure they'll somehow end up in his belly before I hear about them. :-D


Congratulations, dad. I can't believe you quoted Red Green .. weird-o. :)

[Rich Kressly]

Congrats Mike. It was a pleasure to finally meet you last year in Atlanta. Keep going.

[David Kelly]

Congratulations Mr. Martus!! Ever since I started coming to the forums back in '99 - '00 I have learned a lot and enjoyed listening to your thoughts. Thank you for all your contributions to your students and FIRST all around the world!

[Steve W]

Mike, after getting to meet you a lot this past year, I realized how much you do for FIRST. You are a great inspiration to us all. A lover of Red Green, how much better can it get. Maybe you could use your influence and make it mandatory for all FIRSTERS to watch the Duct Tape Movie. :rolleyes:

[Andy Baker]

Mike Martus is one of those guys who has made a great impact on FIRST. The FIRST community all owes a bow and a round of applause to Mike Martus. I shudder to think what FIRST would be without Mike around. Most likely, I would not be typing on this website right now.

We all know that Mike is a great mentor and teacher for ChiefDelphi, but I want to talk about how great of an inspector he is.

I recall the first regional that we had Mike as a robot inspector. It was the 2001 West Michigan Regional. He gave us the most complete inspection our team ever had. Mike was grilling our lead electrical student about some details and the student was looking to us engineers for help. He knew the answers, but Mike was so completely thurough that the student began the wilt. We engineers just let our student ride it out as Mike continued to ask him questions, and it was a good test for this student. Later on, the lead students came to me, saying "that was not fair... who does that guy think he is? Those were tough questions! waaaa! waaaa!"

I just said "That is one of the best mentors in FIRST who just gave you the best inspection you ever had. You work so hard on this robot and you DESERVE a good inspection. You should go back to him and thank him for a good, complete inspection." The students agreed and did thank him.

From that point on, Mike Martus set the example for inspecting robots. His unwavering, detailed, thourough and caring style sets the standard for the rest of us. All inspectors should take after Mike... all FIRST teams deserve great inspections.

Good job, Mike.

Thank you,
Andy Baker

[Andy Brockway]

Congratulations Mike! It is great that you are being honored. Thank you for the help you give!

[shyra1353]

Congrats Mike .. even though I have never met you in person ... I can tell by your posts that you care deeply for FIRST and those involved .. the advice you continue to give is valued greatly ... Thanks for everything ....

[Greg Ross]

Congratulations from one greybeard to another. ;)

[DCA Fan]

Yay Mike! Congrats! :D

[Dorienne]

Congratulations Mr. Martus! From what I read in the UFH description, you definitely deserve this awesome honor. Way to go!! =)

[Vince]

Congratulations Mike - the number of students you have directly helped numbers in the tens-of-thousands, as well as batches of mentors (including me) - Cheers - Vince

[John V-Neun]

Mike Martus is a pillar of this program.
Without him, I have no idea where we'd be...

Thank you for all you've done, and all you continue to do.
This honor is truly well deserved, and long overdue.

As more and more people like Mike become honored with UFH, I feel more and more shocked to have been a recipient of this award. The company just keeps getting more and more distinguished.
Mike was changing lives in this program years before I even knew it existed. His impact, and the impact of those like him are what makes FIRST incredible. All of us current participants in FIRST have a huge debt to those who have upheld this program for so many years. I fear we will never be able to pay it off. The least we can do is say thank you.
Thank you Mike.


I'm not worthy,
John

[Jay H 237]

Congratulations Mr. Martus! :)

[Tytus Gerrish]

YAY for MR. Martus. thanks for the conversation at IRI

[ColleenShaver]

Congrats Mike..

Well-deserved doesn't begin to cover it... I have so much respect for you and all you do.

Great job!

[Josh Hambright]

Congrats MIKE!
You are totaly deserving of this nomination. A true inspiration to us all. Ohh and the red green quote ROCK MY SOCKS OFF!

[mtaman02]

Congradulations Mike:

You deserve this recognition 10 times over =) for each year that you have helped spread the word of FIRST and have shared your knowledge to many teams.

[Alexander McGee]

Congrats Mr. Martus.

It was a pleasure speaking with you at Ypsi lat year.

You are very well deserved of this award. I'm glad to see UFH going to honorable people who really deserve it.

Keep up the excellent work!

[Jack Jones]

Who took that picture; and when did they catch him at a loss for words?

Congrats! Mr. Martus. You've been our UFH from day one!

[Rich Wong]

Congratulations Mr. Martus!
One of the true FIRST pioneer that contributed to the success of Team Chief Delphi and FIRST. :)

[michelleL]

As a 2nd year veteran on the team, Mr. Martus has done so many extordinary things for Team 47, and for FIRST. In school, he's such a great teacher. He's great for the UFH because he's put in so much of his time for Team 47, volunteering for FIRST events for inspection, and teaching! He deserves this the most. Congrats Martus, see you at school. :)