UFH: Greg Marra

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[Arefin Bari]

It is great to UFH back again. Thank you to the UFH committee.

Congratulations Greg. Very well deserved. :)

[Tottanka]

Congratulations Greg, well deserved!

[Koko Ed]

All right!
The long awaited return if UFH!
And how appropriate that the first honoree is one of the founders of best resources available to FIRST The Blue Alliance.
Congrats Greg.

[KathieK]

It's my pleasure to know Greg and see his accomplishments up close. Congratulations, Greg!

[Bomberofdoom]

Bravo Zulu, Greg. :cool:

[EricVanWyk]

Well done, Marra. Now get back to work and send me those names!

[Ericgehrken]

Congratulations Greg! Thank you for all of your hard work and dedication to FIRST! I can not imagine my FIRST experience with out The Blue Alliance.

[Josh Hambright]

Congrats Greg!

[JaneYoung]

Yay! Congratulations Greg!

Thank you for nominating Greg, Tom. Awesome!

Jane

[BandChick]

Congrats Greg!

[Kim Masi]

aww greg, im glad me and jeremy convinced you to join. :-p. and thanks for making 177 way more awesome, and for being my friend since the 3rd grade :)

[henryBsick]

Congrats Greg :)

[Gary.C]

Congrats

[Greg Needel]

With only 4 years in Greg has done more then most do in 10. I can't wait to see what he will have accomplished by the end of 2012.

Congrats Greg, much deserved.

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Greg,
There are some people we know early on will do well. I can certainly believe you will be someone we will hear about in the future. Congratulations and good luck!

[Karthik]

It's amazing how much The Blue Alliance has changed the FIRST community. In the past we would have to scrounge for event results and video. Now these things are regularly available at our fingertips. Pretty neat stuff. Congratulations to Greg for being one of the driving forces behind this change, and on a well deserved award.

[Beth Sweet]

What a great choice to bring back UFH!

Greg is really a great example of a FIRSTer who is an inventor after Dean's own heart. He saw a void and a need within our community, and followed through, inventing something which has truly been an exceptional asset to the FRC community. Congrats Greg, UFH well deserved!

[Cynette]

Congratulations, Greg! :)

[Pat Fairbank]

Congratulations, Greg, and thanks for the great tool that is The Blue Alliance.

Also, I don't think he's said anything about it here on CD (presumably out of modesty), but Greg spent the summer interning for Google at their headquarters in California, which is not exactly an easy job to get. I'm sure we'll be seeing a lot of Google-inspired improvements to TBA. Congrats!

[Akash Rastogi]

Congratulations, Greg, and thanks for the great tool that is The Blue Alliance.

Also, I don't think he's said anything about it here on CD (presumably out of modesty), but Greg spent the summer interning for Google at their headquarters in California, which is not exactly an easy job to get. I'm sure we'll be seeing a lot of Google-inspired improvements to TBA. Congrats!

Wow, in that case, congrats on both accomplishments! TBA is an awesome tool to learn about teams and to scout. For that, I thank you.

[Tom Bottiglieri]

My congratulations goes out for a well deserved honor, Greg!

I am still amazed by the amount of time and effort Greg has put into the side projects he works on for nothing but community gain and improvement. He has wisdom beyond his years and is a role model we can all look to.

A quick congrats also goes out to Chris Marra, Chris Jelly, and Sam Hillyer for all of the work they have done to support TBA.

[Greg Marra]

Thanks, everyone. One of the things that always has inspired me is looking around at how many members of the community have been passionately contributing for years and years. Their dedication is extremely impressive to me. I look forward to seeing many other members of the community featured as Unsung FIRST Heros in the coming months. Thanks to the UFH committee for their work with this award.

I want to echo Tom's thanks to all of the people who have had a hand in making The Blue Alliance into what it is today. Tom Bottiglieri, Chris Marra, Chris Jelly, and Sam Hillyer were all in my basement, helping film the first episodes of our podcast and have been a reliable team for all of our remote coverage. Kim Masi, Corey Balint, and Ellen Chisa have all also helped with episodes at one point or another. Chris Jelly also co-develops thebluealliance.net, and Jonathan Norris has done a great job helping us with video management. Art Dutra graciously created our logo for us, and contributions from HostRocket and AndyMark enable us to keep providing you with what is hopefully a useful FIRST resource. Especially thanks to the community, without whom there would be no Blue Alliance at all.

Thanks, everybody. :)

[Bharat Nain]

Congrats Greg!

[Libby K]

Greg, this is well deserved. Congratulations.

[Jonathan Norris]

Congrats Greg! Its been a pleasure working with you and the other TBA folks over the last two years, it really is an amazing resource for the FIRST community and the hard work you put into it really shows.

[AV_guy007]

Congratulations Greg!

Kick-off again this year? let me know.:rolleyes:

oh and hey look I'm in the picture whoo! :yikes:

P.S. 177th post. Well spent on you Greg.

[K.Shaw]

congrats greg! woo!

[Scott Shaw 237]

Congratulations Greg! Well deserved.

[Andy Baker]

Mega congrats to Greg. This is much deserved, as he has done much for his team and the FIRST community. I can't wait to see what he comes up with next.

Andy Baker

[Andy Brockway]

Congrats Greg!

[Andy Grady]

To one of the brightest, hardest working, unstoppable young adults I know...congratulations. Greg, you ARE FIRST.

[Rich Kressly]

Greg,

It's obvious from reading this thread that you've made a positive difference in a program you care for as well as in the lives of many others. At the end of the day, this kind of impact is a true measure of what kind of human being you are. And to think of all the years you have left - keep going :)

Namaste,
Rich

[Mike Schroeder]

I know Greg, I have even taken a trip on the "T" with him, he knows all about those local sports teams scoring all those points

[AshWalker]

Gregs, many many Congrats. I am honored to have learned the ropes from you.

You deserve it.

[aksimhal]

Congratulations Greg!!

[Barry Bonzack]

My post is a bit delayed, but congrats are still very much in order. Hizzah for Greg and all of his efforts in promoting FIRST and providing a service to all of us scouters. I credit The Blue Alliance for my Fantasy FIRST Success last year.

[Peter Matteson]

Sorry I misssed this earlier (I haven't logged on in about 4 months).

All this praise for a former student whose younger brother twisted his arm in to joining his Junior year. And to think we never saw this coming when he was a student on the team.;)

Congrats Greg, but don't think this means we'll take it easy on you when you stop by the shop this year.:P

Pete

[Chris Marra]

On a similarly late not as Pete (I just got a PM from May 2nd...), congrats Greg! It's been a pretty crazy ride watching him join FIRST, pick up the ball, and just keep running with it. Not to mention what is yet to come. It's been a truly remarkable four years for everyone who has experienced Greg's work.

[MikeDubreuil]

Congrats Greg! (Sorry, I forgot to tell you at tonight's meeting)