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Well, after a lot of sleeping today, I'm ready to write this long list of thank yous to everyone that made this such a wonderful event!
First of all, thanks to all of the teams that made the 2004 IRI such a great event. The competition level was high and made for a very exciting two days. BAX Global THANK YOU! You have been good to us and we appreciate you all so much. We would be in trouble without you guys!!! Chris Fultz Thank you for all the work you did! I know you were running around like a crazy man, but it all came together! Great job! Andy Baker and Refs What can I say! Although we all know you are such a positive influence to the FIRST community....I must say I have a whole new respect for you. As I watched you and your band perform at the talent show, all I could think was "WOW!" You guys were GOOD!! In addition, you and the ref crew did an awesome job out there on the field. We all help make the IRI happen, but you bring a very special thing to this event...you are loved and admired by many! Paul Copioli Thank you for doing another great job of keeping things rolling and making it exciting. Please tell your wife and family thank you for sharing you with us just days after the arrival of a new baby!! Dan Green: Thanks for bringing your excitement and experience to the IRI! You and Paul have been so good on the mics! We appreciate it so much! Josh H. and DJ F. Hey! The new guys did an awesome job!! I see a future for you guys. Thanks for jumping in and bringing new faces to the announcing side of the IRI. You guys did a wonderful job! Josh...it was fun to see you again. Thanks for making me laugh so much! Comau Pico & those that worked in the machine shop Thank you so much for providing the machine shop and the assistance to all the teams that needed help! We appreciate you doing this so much. Nancy Hoff and the Cyber Blue Parent Crew What a nice group of people! Thank you for all the time, effort, and worry into the dinner. It was great!! Team 393 parents Thank you for your help both with the event as well as with the team! Team 217 and 447 and others Thanks for taking care of breakfast on Saturday morning and delivering the carpet. Marci Cochran You make me laugh! You are a good friend and I appreciate your friendship. Dave Scheck and Wildstang What a great HP game!! Thank you for running this competition. It was fun!! The Women of Team 71/Marci Cochran It was fun to be in the talent show with you guys. We weren't THAT bad...were we? :) You guys are so sweet and I love you to death!! You are a fun group of people! Thanks for the shirt, too!! Thanks to everyone who performed in the talent show Jessica B for the fantastic National Anthem both mornings. You have a wonderful voice. Thank you as well for the information on your business classes! We will have to email you and let you know how we do with what we implement at the high school level. Amanda Morrison You were awesome and full of energy. Thank you for organizing the UFH, the talent show and just being there with a smile. Tom, Ken, Brandon, David You did a great job, as always, with the scoring and field work. Thank you!! Ken Leung I just love you!! :) You bring out the best in people and don't ever apologize for that. You give so much of yourself to others and to the FIRST community and it doesn't go unnoticed!! Jason and Matt from 234 for the video work, and Perry Meridian for loaning us the equipment Ryan D. Great job with the music!! LNHS and team 1024, Carletta and Mr. Norman Thank you for the providing an air conditioned school and for providing the concession stand. Team 818 Thanks for coming down to Indiana!!! Randy Lam Thank you for coming! You and your team were so kind. We appreciated all of your help and your kindness. All of the FIRST people who came to see the IRI! Collin and Jason for the work with the judges, trophies and putting together the awards slide show. IPD and Channel 8 It was a lot of fun to have you fly in to let us see the helicopters. Delphi and Rolls-Royce THank you for sponsoring Scholarships for our 2004 Seniors. Team 45 for the electrical work for the pits All of the students who volunteered to be tour guides The judges who gave up a bunch of time to be there Friday and Saturday A fantastic referee crew Students and adults from team 234, 393 and 45 who set up the field, took it down, reset it after matches and did just about anything that was asked of them. All of the volunteers who came in from all around the USA to help. Field reset, scoring, team queing, tour guides, pit administration, and on and on Thanks to those who donated backpacks. WOW! What a list. There are so many people that make this thing work. Chris, Andy and I hear many compliments about how well we run the event, but really, it's everyone that we simply coordinate that make the IRI a fun, exciting event. It's not just three people...it is MANY people that make it what it is! So, thank you to all!! |
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I have to thank everyone at the IRI for once again making it the best competition in FIRST. It's non-stop fun.
I want to thank Andy for letting me ref. Sorry I had to skate early. I'll never do it again, I swear. So please let me ref again. A big thanks to everyone for making the IRI such a good time for me: Ken Leung, Jeremey Roberts, Amanda Morrison, JVN, the Copioli brothers, Aaron Lussier, Jess Boucher, David Kelly, Jeff Waeglin, Andy Baker, Dave Scheck, and all of the others that hung out. I got to meet some new people (if only briefly), and I enjoyed that a lot. Of course I need to thank Andy, Ernie, Brandon, and Dave for making the band a reality. I had a lot of fun, and I hope you guys did as well. A BIG thanks goes to Chris Fultz for getting us the PA and to Al Skierkiewicz for running the sound board. These guys did a great job - we didn't use the PA even once before the talent show, yet they got it sounding good in no time. Lastly, I want to apologize to everyone for leaving without saying goodbye. Some friends of mine from Arizona were coming to Detroit Metro airport and I promised them they could stay at my place, so I had to be home on Saturday. I feel bad that the weather didn't pan out as forcasted - as it turned out, I could've stayed. What a bummer. |
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Here is my Thanks rambling...
My team (1018) - I had a great time this year, and even though the ending was not quite what we had hoped, all of you have made an impact on me. Chris Noble and Stuart Bloom - Thanks for writing me excellent recommendations. I enjoyed haging out with you guys, and thanks for dragging me along to nationals also. Chris Fultz, Libbie Richie, Andy Baker and Scott Richie - Thank you for coordinating the best off season tournament even, I had such a great time I was asking on Saturday afternoon if it was still Thursday. Talent Show Judges/Participants - I had a great time watching, laughing, and admiring our amazing acts. Amanda, David, Big Mike, Brandon, Tom, Ricky (GMD, baby), Melissa, John, Jessica, Ken, Jeremy, Cory, all my new FIRST pal/idols - (i'll let you try and firgure out which one you are!!) I had the greatest time hanging out with you guys on Thursday/Friday/Saturday. I will try to volunteer as much as I can next year so that I can see all you wonderful people again. Students - I love you guys/gals, Keep up the hard work, and make something great of yourself! |
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Team 1008 wishes to thank you all for a great event.
A special thank you to Sam from team 45 for your help reloading our program. |
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Team 447 (and I) would like to thank everyone who helped make IRI such a great time!
A special thanks to Teams 234 and 45 for the alliance partnership and a great ride into the finals. Another thanks to everyone involved in planning, hosting, working, volunteering, competing, observing, etc. Yes, this even includes the Talent Show Judges! Thanks to Rick and Team 217 for making 5am Saturday morning fun, even if someone did set the grill on fire! Sausage and eggs will never be the same now that I know you can make them on a grill! Amanda, thanks for organizing the Talent Show. I had no idea there was so much talent in this FIRST family! I agree it should be included in all FIRST Events! IRI is always a blast because...there's more than corn in Indiana! :rolleyes: ...and Libby...you rock! Thanks also to Chris, Andy, and Scott, etc, etc, etc, ;) |
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Here it is Monday night in LA, and I'm still reliving IRI. Mike Kirkland, our lead engineer, woke up in his hotel room Sunday morning at 4 AM Indiana time (2 am Los Angeles time) and couldn't get back to sleep. He was reliving the adventure--his first IRI.
To all the IRI organizers, volunteers, family members and team members, thank you for inviting us and for letting us join your robotics family for this amazing experience. It was like a huge 2 day party with real time action thrown in to the mix, great music, dancing, entertainment, contests, and a bunch of people who really like to help others to have fun and to grow as people. As to the competition, wow! Where else can you compete with so many awesome teams, teams of legend. And yet those very teams welcomed us and invited us to join the excitment, laughter and friendship that is IRI. It was...a truly exciting, joyful, friendly, wonderful, amazing, thrilling, at times nerve wracking, but extremely memorable, awesome experience. I had very little sleep, but so much fun, I wouldn't have traded it for anything. So thank you all for the time of our lives. |
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My thanks go out to pretty much the same people. Especialy to Andy, Chris, and Libby. Thanks for allowing me to come back and get involved again. You guys have no idea how much this all meant to me.
Thanks to all the CD'ers i got to see again. I missed you guys. Thanks to DJ for being an awsome field announcer and rockin out with me. Thanks to 461 for still being my favorite team in first. Thanks to Kurtis, Rufus, and Marcie and the rest of 447 for making me laugh as usual. Thanks to Paul and Dan for all the kind words and encouragement and something to look upto. Thanks to the Kammens for making my weekend one to remember. Thanks to Amanda for always being one of my favorite people in the world. Thanks to the nobles, i love you guys like a second family. Thanks to Carter and Jerry from 461 for hauling my butt around. Thanks to everyone who made this weekend possible. Thanks to the teams that provided food, the ritchies for the delicious cow we ate, and the 234 parent crew who fed all of us volunteers, Free food is always appreciated by this silly little poor punk kid Thanks to anyone else i forgot. This weekend reminded me why i loved FIRST so much and reinvigerated me with that magical letter "I" in FIRST. I realize now why i missed FIRST so much and why it became so important in my life, and now i realize why i will forever be as chris noble calls it. A lifer! |
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Also, i forgot to add Chris Noble. If he wouldnt have been able to get the UPS from work for the scoring system after it caught fire, Saturday would have not happened/ been tremendously hampered or delayed. Thank you Chris Noble!
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I know I wont remember everyone to thank, but there are a few that really stood out to me that I wanted to thank.
DJ Fluck- Dude, you are awesome. You put up with me and Meli all week (Or shall I say we put up with her!). You drove us everywhere, you let us invade your house. Thanks for all the fun times. Andy Baker- Thanks for letting two total strangers come hang out with you at your house. Playing tennis and riding segways and just hanging out was tons of fun. Hitting DJ on the segway with a serve should definitely be a professional sport! Im glad I finally got to meet you. Everybody else who I met for the first time, or saw again: you people are awesome, and the reason why competitions like IRI are so great. I can't wait until next year, because I'm sure I'll be back! Thanks for one of the greatest experiences ever, Cory |
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Heres my list
Cory & Mel, thanks for coming and invading my "pad" I had fun even though there is nothing to do in this town as you learned other then go to walmart and play baseball.... Scott & Libby Ritchie, Chris Fultz, and Andy Baker- These people deserve a lot of credit for organizing this quality event and givng myself and Josh a shot. Josh Hambright - Thanks for being an awesome MC along side. Amanda can't kill us now for her birthday embarassment :p Hopefully we can partner for a regional next year. Paul "Copioil" Copioli and Dan Green - Thanks for the chance to work along side two pros such as yourself, hopefully this isn't the last time that I get to work with you guys. Ben Lauer - Thanks for breaking my ribs when I tried to bearhug you after winning that scholarship. Oh congrats on that too :p The Technokats - These guys have been great to me over the my last half decade with them. Its going to be odd next year not being in the shop. Tom Schindler - Thanks for the fun again and you running the IRI field (no punches this time :p) maybe I'll work my way up to BAE next year. Amanda Morrison for organizing the dinner and talent show Dean Simmons & The Kamens - Thanks for allowing me to show up for your sound test/jam session the night before Im sure there are more, so ill add later |
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Because I'm not nearly as eloquent as some of the others who have posted here, and to avoid sounding like a broken record, I've only got two things to mention...
A bit more brief and blunt than I would have liked...but as I said before, I'm not a great writer. IRI was a great competition, and I'd love to be back next year, whether as a member of 818 or as a volunteer. |
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Silly me...I forgot a few more really important thank yous...
Randy Lam and his #1458 crew: Dave, Chris, Eric, Paul, Dom, and Derek (the toothpaste people!) Thanks for coming all the way to Indiana to experience this awesome event! I am sure it was worth your time! Thanks for being gracious guests in my home and for making my team feel so appreciated. ...you guys are awesome! We hope to see you at CalGames in September! Another thanks to Carter Kizer for helping me with the "Media Tour Guide" group. Thanks to all of the students who helped with the tours and gave up a two hour block of their time to be gracious hosts to visitors. Another huge thank you to Libby, Scott, Andy, Chris, etc. for continuing to make this our favorite FIRST event every year! ...and Josh H. you are my favorite mowhawked person! Next time, bring enough of that stuff for all of us to do our hair! IRI...holy cow! |
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On behalf of myself and my team we would all like to say thank you so much for all the teams who helped us out. We really couldn't have done it without all the support from other teams. I would especially like to thank team 571 for their awesome support and help with technical repairs as well as teams 45,47, 808, the Archer Geeks and 469 for help and materials.
I also want team 65 to know that a really appreciated their wonderful spirit and great sportsmanship. Also a big thanks to all the other teams and people who helped us out and told us they'd be there if we neede anything. Thanks to all the judges,refs, mentors, officials, volunteers, coordinators, teams, teachers and friends that made IRI possible. It was great! |
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I wanted to add something....
Has anyone heard the ENTIRE story of Team Emoticons and their RV trip to/from Indiana? If you haven't heard the entire story, it's a must to hear. They had so many problems with pulling their trailer....losing their trailer...their toolbox flying out the back of the trailer on the interstate, large, heavy items falling on top of their robot, crushing it, getting run over by a 4 wheeler while visiting relatives in Richmond, IN, and being trapped in the RV after live powerlines fell on their RV! I've never heard such a string of bad luck happening to anyone! So...I have to say, hats off to you for making it to the IRI and home again...ALIVE...and thanks for coming, despite the troubles you guys had. |
Thanks to our first partner at IRI: Team 1243
Our first match at IRI was very exciting. Team 48 played a good, tough defensive game against us, while their partner Team 808 went and hung. We were trying to get a yellow ball, and Team 48 pushed us and then literally drove up the side of our robot. Finally (miraculously) we got the yellow ball, but Team 48 was still on our tail. Suddenly, our partner Team 1243 came out of nowhere and pushed Team 48 against the side and then blocked them, allowing us to cap the stationary goal. Team 48 climbed up on the platform and started working on decapping our goal. Luckily for us, our drive team had really stuffed the yellow ball in there. Team 48 went and hung, as did we and the score was then tied. In the last seconds of the game, Team 1243 removed the capping ball from the mobile goal, allowing our human player to drop a ball in just before the buzzer.
That was the first of many great matches. I have wanted to thank Team 1243 for watching our back since that match ended. So thank you Team 1243! Truth of the matter is, we owe thanks to a lot of teams. However...I am flying to Canada in 2 hours and need some sleep. Who knows. I may wind up keeping this thread going until next year's IRI. |
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