How long have you been with your team?

[D.J. Fluck]

Just curious, how long have you veterans been with your teams?

[ColleenShaver]

WPI T190: 2001-Present
BU T246: 2000
Nypro Clinton T126: 1995-1999

[ChrisH]

1998-the forseable future

ChrisH

[robomama]

my daughters and i joined the team in the 2000-2001 school year. last year my youngest and i were still hooked! she will be a junior this year so i'm seeing another year or two.

so that makes 2 so far.

[mtaman02]

I Have been on my team for at least 2 years

2001- The RoboWizards - Team 522
2002- The RoboWizards - Team 522

Our school has been involved with FIRST for 3 years
This is McKee H.S.'s 2nd year not partnered with another school and had 0 help from engineers for a second year in a row

2000- CMOS - Curtis McKee Omega Supremes - Team 371

Team 522 has made many improvements to its team ever since it broke its partership with Curtis H.S. . Us students of The McKee H.S. RoboWizards are now proud of our accomplishments that we've have made. Meeting the Mayor of NYC. Finishing 2nd. 2 years in a row in the NYC FIRST Regionals !. Being NYC's #1 Robotics School. Finished 3rd in our Florida Division. We would not have gotten this far if we stayed partnered with Curtis H.S.

2000 (NJ J&J Mid-Atlantic Regional)
2000- Team 371 - CMOS - Rookie of the Year
2001 (NYC FIRST Regionals)
2001- Team 522 - RoboWizards - Regional Finalist (NYC)
2001- Team 522 - RoboWizards - Delphi Driving Tomorrow's Technology Award
2001- Team 522 - RoboWizards - Incredible Play of the Day Award
The #1 Ranked Robotics Team in NYC Public School System
The #5 Ranked School in NY State
The #3 Ranked School from over 100 Rookie Teams
2001 (FL Nationals)
2001- Team 522 - RoboWizards - Indestructible Beast (Team 1)
2001- Team 522 - RoboWizards - Smiley Face Award (Team 175)
2001- Team 522 - RoboWizards - Best Alliance Partner (Team 247)
2001 (PA ROBOT CHALLENGE 4)
2001- Team 522 - RoboWizards - PA Robot Challenge 4 Champions
2001 (CT Bash At The Beach)
2001- Team 522 - Bicentennial Award
2002 (NYC FIRST Regionals)
2002- Team 522 - RoboWizards - Regional Finalist (NYC)
2002- Team 522 - RoboWizards - Imagery Award
The #1 Ranked Robotics Team in NYC Public School System
We met the Mayor of NYC days after the NYC Regionals
We aired on CBS 2's Plaza on March 23 before the NYC Regionals Began with other Teams like Teams 121 and 759.

[Ashley Weed]

Since the fall of '99! w00t!

[Joel J]

I have been on team RAGE since the fall of 2000 (and yes.. even with this year's result that game was still the best).

[Justin 188]

4 years now, 1 more to go.

WOW time flies.

[Christina]

Lets see...

1999-2000: 263
2001: 271
2002: 810

Those are my last 4 years. :)

~Christina

[Stephanie]

since june of 2001

[Koko Ed]

First year.

[Chris Hibner]

I have just completed my sixth season with the TRW AE first team. It's hard to believe I've been doing this for that long.

If you're wondering how I could have been doing this for 6 years yet our number is 308, it's because the first two years were with Farmington Hills Harrison High School (not Walled Lake Schools). Back then, we were team 162 - the RoboHawks. This was our 4th year as team 308.

[Andy Baker]

I've been on the TechnoKats since 1998.

However, when I first started at Delphi (then named Delco Electronics) in 1992, I shared a cubicle with an engineer who was designing our team's first entry in the Maize Craze US FIRST competition in '92.

Between the years of '92 and '97 various people in my department headed up the engineering of the TechnoKats before I got involved in '98. Although I wasn't involved with the team back then, I got to see the robots designed and heard how we did in competitions.

Finally, I settled down and got involved with the team in '98 and I've loved it ever since. Actually, my boss is the guy who designed the Maize Craze robot. This is great, since he understands FIRST and supports my effort and time spent away from my "real job" of designing automated production equipment.

Andy B.

[Chris]

Three Very Fun years,

Team
151 - 2000 My First year, and i made Pit Crew

151 - 2001 I made Pit Crew again
Robot Seeded 8th UTC and we won a leadership in contols award, and honorable mention animation award

151 - 2002 I was selected to be the driver,
Quater finalist UTC and Engineering Inspiration
Divional Semi-Finalist Nationals

This year i say goodbye to team 151, but i will always remember my time with them.

2003 - ??? I hope to join team 229 at college.

Chris

[Aaron Lussier]

2 years for me... so far

2001- Low rider

2002- Crunch time

Each of these robots I know intamently I can explain both game in 30 sec. a piece

I've got 2003 my senior year

Then in college who knows..

[D.J. Fluck]

Ooops I forgot to tell mine

Ive been with the Technokats since the 2000 FIRST Season (That year was still my favorite game)

[MBiddy]

Last year's game was WAY better.

[Vin211]

I'll be going on my 5th year.

4 Years in high school

and my 5th year will be done through college.

[George1902]

this was SPAM's 5th year in existance, as well as my 5th year on the team

i can still remember the first meeting. 179 (Children of the Swamp) sent a few folks along with their '97 bot. i was hooked from the start =-]

oddly enough that's the *only* thing i can recall from that year...... so much pain... must have blocked it out

George
S.P.A.M.
Team 180

[Bill Gold]

I've been involved since the 2000 season.

DJ: I agree. I liked 2000 better than the past 2 games.

[Clark Gilbert]

I joined the TechnoKats in the fall of 1999 (beginning of my freshman year)....now i'm going into my 4th and last year as a TechnoKat :(

[melitami]

one of the founders of team 422 in Nov 1999

student leader/admin head 2000 and 2001 seasons

Philly remote Kickoff and Philly Regional volunter in 2002

(hopefully) back with 422 to help out in 2003

[Steve Prairie]

3 years for me, 1 to go. (Pit Crew all 3)

Unlike Joel, I liked 2002 better than 2000. 2000 may have been more fun of a game, but our individual consistancy was much better in 2002.

1 to go... but then there's college ;)

[Wetzel]

Since 99. I think.
Still more to go.
How many, I do not know.


Wetzel

~~~~~~~~~~~~
go and know rhyme

[Katie Reynolds]

Let's see... I've been with the N.E.W. Apple Corps from the summer after the 2000 season was done to the present and hopefully many years to come!! :-)

- Katie

[Jon Lawton]

I've been on 668 since it was started in the 2001 season. Who knows what will happen when I move away? :(

[David Kelly]

ive been on Cyber Blue 234 since the fall of 98. ive been around since the beginning of the team. Only 3 members of our team have been able to experience being a member for all 4 years our lead teacher, an engineer, and myself. it's been quite an experience. i plan on being with my team for another 4 years now that i am attending a college in indy.:cool:

[Molly Menges]

i've been a technokat for 3 years...i'm pretty upset that i didn't hear about it until my sophomore year.:(

[ChrisA]

Originally posted by Clark Gilbert
I joined the TechnoKats in the fall of 1999 (beginning of my freshman year)....now i'm going into my 4th and last year as a TechnoKat :(

got the same problem here.... one more year... better make it good.... i dont think i can live without wildstang, but ill have to try... maybe i can get a job at motorola and never leave the team... :)

[Mike Soukup]

Originally posted by ChrisA
maybe i can get a job at motorola and never leave the team... :)

I know a couple of people who did that :) I was on Wildstang in 96 (its rookie season), worked at Motorola during the summers of my college years, and came back to the team in 2001. So I guess my answer is 3 years.

Mike

[Clark Gilbert]

Just wondering.....

Does anyone have any going to be 12th year members on their team (abviously adults)???

On my team we have 1, 12 year member. He's a teacher that has been involved with the team since the beginning...

After every year i complete with FIRST i still wonder how he has lasted so long.

:)

[D.Stephenson]

871 is a rookie team so i been with 871 since January

[Joe Ross]

5 years on 330 (3 as student, 2 as mentor)
3 months on 73 (or so, before they decided to take a year off)
1 year on 340
Next year (and hopefully many more) on 73

[Rob Ribaudo]

I have been with my team since the very begaining. We started in early October or late September I believe. We tried to do so much to try to prepare for our rookie year, and we did pretty good.

[Matt Attallah]

3 years, going on 4. All high school years, and hopefully a mentor in the future!!

[purplehaze357]

Team 357: 3 years

[MOE]

I have been on TEAM 88 TJ2 since the start of our rookie year in 1996. Back then we were team #23 then team #63 and now, all know us as TEAM 88. What a great time we at TJ2 have had and plan on many more years to come. I think CD was #16 and #32 back in the early days, It is good to keep the same # year after year so that way we can find other teams easy. So I guess that I have been on this TYE - DYE TEAM for 7 short years. We are all ready getting started for year 8 what a HOOT this has been, hope all is well with all FIRST teams and lets get more ROOKIES into this great program.

Oh yeah OH YEAH !!!!
MOE

[Jeff Waegelin]

This was my second year with the FEDS.

[Gui Cavalcanti]

Ever since the fall festival and watching little robosoccer cars scurrying about at fall festival (fall of 2000), I've been on the team. I know the 2000 'bot pretty well, and have been on the team to build the robot for the '01 and '02 season.

Next year as a junior I'll be team leader and hopefully as a senior I may go for project manager (or team leader again, it's been fun for the few short months I've been it for :) )

And, if I get into Olin like I'm planning, maybe I can help whatever team will most definitely start up there!

[Scott Ritchie]

I got Cyber Blue off the ground in 1998 and have been involved since. Getting ready to start my fifth year. We started with 9 students no money two teachers two engineers and built our robot in a planetarium. We sold candy and Blimpe cards to pay for the entry fee that got refunded to us when FIRST cancelled the Houston regional. If we would not have gotten that refund we probably wouldn't be here today. Five great years!