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Corey Balint 17-03-2006 22:49

Re: Are you a MAVERICK?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Andrew Blair
Eh-hem..Just me back on my soapbox...

This is quite obviously simply a play on N.E.R.D., prolly a little left-outedness, and most importantly, a fun little, probably short lived group in our ever evolving community. Most of the maverick stuff is simply a play on the acronym! You can't tell me that mid-Atlantic FIRSTer's are going to beat the crap out of a Nerd because he's got a black t-shirt. There's been nerds in FIRST for a long, long time (me included), and they've stayed safe.

The East Coast Drivers Union exists, but it really didn't do anything. If rivalry could make it in FIRST, then there would be teams showing lots of animosity towards better and bigger teams already. It just can't go anywhere.

(Besides, there's probably more N.E.R.D.s who can ride horses in New England than the Mid Atlantic. Equestrians you know.;) )

Well, ECDU might not have seemed like it did alot, but it really did. It connected hundreds of kids around the coast to each other and now many of us are going to be life-long friends. Again, while this is all for fun, it is also to pick up pride in the region, make stronger bonds among teams, which will ultimately make teams start to help out each other, and make FIRST expand greatly, and positively.

Bemis 17-03-2006 22:53

Re: Are you a MAVERICK?
 
I might as well join in, since i'm from PA. And I do enjoy a brutally offensive defence. Its the only real kind.

Cody Carey 17-03-2006 22:55

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Plus you can't just say
"We have a group, you can't be in it, and you can't make your own"
You have to expect a little competition...
Just like FIRST teams, but on a much-much-much larger scale. You don't need to openly FIGHT with each other, in fact you HELP each other quite a bit, but there always have to be points of rivalry... just to keep it interesting :)
If everybody agreed with everybody else, nobody would make any progress.
If you want all of the groups to live in a perfect harmony as one, then expand n.e.r.d territory to the entire U.S.A.

/stepsoffofsoapbox


P.S. I wish I was cool enough to be a nerd AND a maverick :p

Andy Grady 17-03-2006 23:15

Re: Are you a MAVERICK?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Andrew Blair
There's been nerds in FIRST for a long, long time (me included), and they've stayed safe.

Yes there have...NERD was created about 3 or 4 years ago in the mid-west...I believe it is called IndianaFIRST. Kinda funny, the region I poke fun at the most is the region which holds the example of a portion of what I'd like to see out of NERD.

jessjank. 17-03-2006 23:31

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For all the positive things it does and may come to represent, I'll be a MAVERICK. Smile and laugh about the humour/sarcasm in these posts; don't let it get in the way of forming these unified networks, whether you live in the region of MAVERICKs, NERDs, or the soon to be formed M.W.... Go teams in all Regions!

Conor Ryan 18-03-2006 15:57

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Well I hope we all agree that the regions that MAVERICK and NERD have are overlapping slightly, but hey let's not make world war 3 over it. MAVERICK wasn't created to steal NERD territory, and I'm guessing we won't see Revenge of the NERDs 4. Both groups are here to unite teams together so let's call it a truce.


Anyway, now that thats settled. Can we get some guesses to what MAVERICK stands for?

*hint* Mid Atlantic.... */hint*

Freddy Schurr 18-03-2006 16:47

Re: Are you a MAVERICK?
 
From Greg Marra,


Quote:

Mid-Atlantic Visionaries Everyone Really Interesting Can Know?
I agree, I AM A MAVERICK FOR NJ!

Question, how do you make those cool banners for MAVERICK AND NERD? I would like to make some for Mentors Unite!

Michael Leicht 19-03-2006 13:28

Re: Are you a MAVERICK?
 
so corcor what is the list of people in this group so far?

Aaron D. 19-03-2006 13:52

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I couldn't agree more ..
Quote:

Do you feel that winning Ramp Riot, Duel on The Delaware, or Brunswick Eruption carries more weight than any regional outside of the Mid-Atlantic?
winning any of those is one of the most amazing things ever
I am a MAVERICK and darn proud

emnasson303 19-03-2006 14:28

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It's a good thing I'm a MAVERICK.. because a lot of those apply. lol.
... I definitely do miss college ave. gym for the "J&J Regional" hah.

Rick TYler 19-03-2006 14:35

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Nope, not a Maverick, but I guess the Washington teams were behind the Nerds and ahead of the Mavericks. We've had an email list server running since before I started FIRST last year, where we trade information, help each other, plan some community activites and generally try to insure that we are all successful in keeping the program running. We don't even have a name for ourselves (although I'm going to backronym SLUGS if we ever need a name -- and if you don't know why Washington robotics would be called "Slugs" you need to visit).

Whatever keeps the program moving forward sounds great to me. I just hope that organizations like the Nerds and Mavericks are more about supporting each other than geographical loyalty.

BandChick 19-03-2006 20:52

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I'm definitely a MAVERICK. And I'd love to know who else is. Could we maybe get a list up on the Maverick page of who is / wants to be?

Andy Baker 19-03-2006 22:20

Re: Are you a MAVERICK?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Andy Grady
Yes there have...NERD was created about 3 or 4 years ago in the mid-west...I believe it is called IndianaFIRST. Kinda funny, the region I poke fun at the most is the region which holds the example of a portion of what I'd like to see out of NERD.

... which stole the idea from an organization that started up in New England, then called "Boston FIRST". I believe Colleen Shaver tried to start that group up during her first year in college at Boston U. She posted the idea on this site. I thought it was an excellent idea to have in Indiana and asked some friends to put in some work to get it started.

Now, just a few years later, we have these benefits:
  • a board of directors
  • an annual team leaders meeting
  • an annual workshop involving all state FIRST teams
  • an annual local FIRST kickoff
  • an awesome off-season event supported by multiple teams (this was started before IndianaFIRST and is not organized by IndianaFIRST)
  • a strong relationship with the Indiana Department of Workforce Development, who has given sponsorship to FIRST teams
  • a strong relationship with the Indiana Department of Education, who highlights FIRST teams and encourages other schools to start FIRST programs
  • has a working organization that can attract grant money for Vex Robotics training through RoboEducators
  • can get people working closely together in order to strongly support a VERY well-organized regional at Purdue University (not organized by Indiana FIRST, but involving many of the same people)


Rock on, NERDS and MAVERICKS. It's all good. We didn't organize IndianaFIRST with the intent for Indiana teams to be more competitive, but it is a nice side-effect.

Andy B.

Corey Balint 20-03-2006 18:37

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Here is the current roster of Mavericks w/ Shirts...upon receiving your shirt, you get your number.. :cool:
1. Corey Balint
2. Bharat Nain
3. Greg Needel
4. Pete Kieselbach
5. Dez
6. Scott Shaw
7. Elgin Clock
8. Anthony Ramnauth
9. Jess Jank
10. Mike Leicht
11. Em Nasson
12. David Beck
13. Cathy Beck
14. Dori Plaitt
15. Nate Thomas
16. Ted Boucher
17. Kevin Shaw

Expect to see me at Boston, Thursday-Saturday. I'll be carrying about 10 shirts on me of various sizes...no smalls though, dont wanna take any chances.

And Rick, the geographic loyalty is just a fun little side thing, and also an easier way to organize all these groups. It would be near impossible to organize everyone from everywhere in such a group.

emnasson303 20-03-2006 20:22

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shweeeeeet #11. :cool:


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