UFH: Ed Sparks

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Thread created automatically to discuss UFH Honoree: Ed Sparks (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/ufh.php?action=honoreedetail&id=57/).

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[Amanda Morrison]

Congratulations to Ed Sparks, our next Unsung FIRST Hero.

[Jay H 237]

Ed, this is long overdue!

You've helped countless teams with your CAD drawings and library, and some may not have been able to design their robot without them. I can only imagine the amount of time you put into maintaining and updating them.

Congratulations and thanks for your commitment. :)

[Rich Kressly]

About time!!!
Raise your hand if you ever used anything from FIRSTcadlibrary.com :)

[Billfred]

Congrats, Ed! Your site rocks!

[nehalita]

Congratulations Mr. Sparks, you certainly have an amazing resume. I look forward to meeting you sometime =).

[Arefin Bari]

Congratulation Mr. Sparks. I want to thank you for keeping up with the cad library and still making parts for us. Your cad library made my life easier for all my designs. You sure deserve this honor.

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Ed,
The committee has chosen another FIRSTclass guy for this award. Your dedication to the program shows in what you do here and in competition. It is a pleasure to work with you as a fellow inspector. Congratulations on a this great honor. See you in Atlanta.

[KathieK]

Congratulations, Ed! It's amazing to read about how so many different people contribute to the success of FIRST in different ways!

[Marc P.]

I had the opportunity to inspect robots under Mr. Sparks last year at the Championship in Atlanta, and it couldn't have been any more fun. Ed is just about the nicest guy you can put in a position like that, and always made sure everyone understood what was going on in the rare event of a problem. Congrats, and hope to work with you again come the end of April!

[tiffany34990]

Congradulations Mr. Sparks! Thanks for all the work you do!

[Stephen Kowski]

hey just got back from Peachtree, and had I known I would have congratulated you in person. Anyways Ed congrats you've been doing great stuff for a loooong time. Hopefully you get to rest your back some before Sacramento. good luck

[Gene F]

Hey Ed! Great job. Like Steven I would have given you a big High 5 if I had know when I saw at Peach Tree. You're a walking institution of FIRST. Our team too has used your drawing library and valued your comments. Thanks for the inspiration!!

[FourPenguins]

About time!!!
Raise your hand if you ever used anything from FIRSTcadlibrary.com :)
*raises hand* Ed, Team 11's AutoDesk team this year started with nothing. We had no models of any parts from previous years because our team had never entered in the AutoDesk Inventor Award. Thanks to you and firstcadlibrary, we saved countless hours on those small, complicated parts that just eat time. You gave us a jumpstart because the common parts were already made. (And almost all of your models are much better than those in the Virtual Kit of Parts!)

[delerious]

Ed is definately a lifesaver, and I'm proud to know and work with him.
Team 34 just wouldn't be the same without him.

[Ellery]

Congratulations Ed - your FirstCadLibrary was a savior when I first became part of this program. Keep up the great work hopefully I'm meet you in person sometime to say hello.

Ellery