2005 Rochester Regional @ R.I.T
 

Just wanted to know how many teams would be willing to come to Rochester for a Regional in 2005? this would help in planning something like this! Thanks in Advance!

Ellery
Team Leader - #191 Xerox/Wilson X-CATS
Team Adviser - #1126 Xerox/Webster SparX
Probable Volunteer - Rochester Regional planning Committee

Of course we would. We're 2 hours away and we have two veteran members @ RIT right now.

I wanted to vote: "Yes, we're hosting the regional."

Matt

Clarkson University 229 will be there.
We're talking about whether we'd rather compete, or volunteer to help out.

(Is it too early to ask if you need a head-ref? ;) )

But we will definitely be there! Gotta support an upstate NY regional!

mmmmmmmmmmmm
FIRST and Nick Tahoe's. It just doesn't get any better than that!!! :D
It's been way too long since I've had a garbage plate!

Well since RIT is going through all this trouble, I guess we can make the long trip from Fairport NY. We'll probabally have to get a school bus or car pool or something - ten miles is too far to walk!

Oh and before I forget:

WHOO HOOOOO!


WHOO RAH!

[im almost done]



WAY TO GO!!!



[ok, im done for now] :c)

ahhh,
nothing like a empire hots garbage plate or bay hots garbage plate....mmmmm double cheese burg plate i want one now

Although I'd prefer Syracuse, Rochester's a great spot for a regional 8^)

Yeah, I guess we will go too. Ken was right, 10 miles is too far to walk. Maybe we should charter a bus or something?

Oh and YEAH for Rochester!!!!

With all the fun we're having at meetings setting his thing up I figure we might as well show up. What I would like to know is, are the other upstate NY teams planning on attending. You know, Lockport, Syracuse, Ithaca and the others. Also, are any of you interested in helping us start up some more new Upstate teams. If you are I'll do some leg work if you can get me some contacts. BTW, Chad it's nice to see you in here snooping around.

Definately; if only we had the money.:(

Yes! I am quite sure team 639 here in Ithaca would be willing to come.

By the way, Ithaca NY is named after the greek town, Ithaki, which is on the island of Ithaka... maybe that's where the extra I came from? You know, Odysseus was the king of this island. We've got a statue of Herakles, too, who was on Ithaka.

- Patrick

Ewe no, in for years of posting hear on cheifdelphi eye have had very few spelling errors and have tried to never correct somebody on there mistakes. In won e-mail eye misspelled a word bye placing an eye where an eh belonged & eye got chastised by three people four it. Eye am sorry for the insult, it was not intentional. Eye do greatly appreciate everyone pointing out the mistake. Thanks.

BTW. I honestly liked the history lesson. I do enjoy finding out neat little facts about weird stuff.

Now can we please get back to the point at hand. Making the Rochester Regional an Upstate NY regional… Yes people from Canada, and other states are welcome.

I was not insulted by the spelling mistake :) People do it all the time. I love random facts & tidbits of history. YES, anyway back to the topic on hand:

Us college students at Cornell were thinking of trying to start more than the one FIRST team (639) in the area. I think there are a number of schools in surrounding towns that would be interested in having teams. But I don't think Cornell will be willing to fund more than one (although we can try asking), so we will need to rely on NASA grants and local manufacturers and such for funding, hopefully they can find places to sponsor more long term. I'll try and encourage our college FIRST organization to get going on this... Although our hands are full right now, starting up & mentoring a new lego league team :D Hopefully we can get a rookie team or two to attend their first regional ever in Rochester 2005 :)

The problem around Central New York region I think is finding companies to sponsor. I know there are enough in Ithaca (which is a city, kind of) to sponsor our team. But I'm worried that in anywhere less populated, there is not enough economy (for lack of better words) to support teams. On the other hand, I think between the school districts and small companies, it may be possible. So anyway, I will take initiative in the Ithaca / Tompkins County area to try and get more teams started. Any other volunteers from other upstate NY regions?

Another idea: Why not start a regional robotics forum for Upstate NY area? We can start off just with a ChiefDelphi forum, and then maybe it can grow enough that we can have meetings one or two times a year. This would help foster ideas on how to start teams and keep them going in low-economy areas, provide support for those struggling, etc... Let me know what you think.

Thanks,
Patrick

That's actually exactly what we are thinking as a group up here in Rochester. We are having regular meetings to help form new teams & get organized for the 2005 regional. I think the idea of using Cheifdelphi forums as a means for communications is a good idea to get started. It is a great place to gather larger groups of people from a wider area.

We are aware of the economic issues of the schools in rural areas. There will probably not be a NASA grant for the Rochester Regional because there is no NASA facility around here. We do have a group of people working on helping teams find funding & other resources. If you know of schools that would be interested please let me know I would be more than happy to help you get them started.

Thanks