**FIRST EMAIL**/New 2006 Woodie Flowers Award Winner Recognition Plan!
 

Out to Championship Teams...

Greetings Teams:

We are very excited to announce a new plan for the recognition of the 2006 Woodie Flowers Award winner at the upcoming FIRST Championship in Atlanta.

On Thursday at 5:00 pm, Dr. Woodie Flowers will host a ceremony located on Einstein field to honor and announce this year's Woodie Flowers Award winner. Dr. William Murphy, founder of the award, and a few past winners will also share their wisdom. There will be live music as an
introduction and finish to this ceremony, so arrive early to catch all of the excitement of this new addition to the Championship event. All
are welcome and encouraged to attend.

Also, visit the Hall of Fame (HOF) to see a new Woodie Flowers Award booth! The HOF is located in the pit area, so please come over and take a look at the teams and people who exemplify the meaning of FIRST.

Go Teams!

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Hmmm...music before and after, Baker indicating DSATKB might be going south, Brandon (a known roadie for them) mysteriously changing his plans to come to Atlanta...coincidence?

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A big, bald birdie told me something about DSATKB coming up from south of the equator and heading to a US city. (They went back down under after causing some ruckus in the monkey cages after the WI Regional Social at the zoo.)

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I hate birdies....especially bald ones :ahh:

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WFA winners in the Hall Of Fame?

It's about time!

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I win! :D

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...293#post463293

(well, along with Koko Ed)

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So we get to hear the likes of Copioli, Baker and Patton yuk it up?

This should be good.

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Unfortunately the timing conflicts with the FVC qualification rounds... :( Can someone please tape it so we can watch it later?

Re: **FIRST EMAIL**/New 2006 Woodie Flowers Award Winner Recognition Plan!
 

The Woodie Flowers Award (WFA) ceremony on Thursday is a new event for the Championships. It is FIRST's way of giving more attention to the award recipients and candidates.

Dr. William Murphy will speak, and many of you have not heard him since he last attended the Championships in 2003. Dr. Murphy was one of Dean Kamen's first customers back when Dean developed lighting shows while in high school. He has been a strong supporter of FIRST and an advisor to many in FIRST over the years. Dr. Murphy is the founder of Small Parts, Inc. and Cordis Corporation. His father was a Nobel Prize winner in 1934.

Also, a few other WFA winners will address the crowd during this 30 minute ceremony. At the end, the 2006 WFA winner will be announced and celebrated.

The DS&K band will start an intro at 4:50 and finish up at the end of the ceremony.

Also, FIRST is recognizing WFA winners in the Hall of Fame area in the pits. You will see information about past WFA winners and possibly see the mobius sculpture (shown in Dave Kelso's picture on the previous link) that is a travelling trophy for the winner.

See ya in Atlanta!
Andy Baker

(As for timing conflicts, this is the best FIRST could do. The pits are still open for robot work, but the FRC practice rounds are completed by 5:00. The Autodesk session and FRC driver's meeting begins at 6:00.)

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I'm glad that they aren't doing it in the morning like they did last year. I thought that completely undermined the importance of the award, particularly since nobody knew ahead of time that it wasn't being presented along with all the other awards.

It kind of sucks that it's on Thursday when the pits are still open, and not during the awards ceremony on Saturday, but it's probably a fair tradeoff, since it's now getting the emphasis it deserves.

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There still will be a WFA award announcement during the Friday opening ceremonies. This Thursday thing is a bonus.

AB

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I can see it now...all those wonderful WFA winners speaking...or trying to speak over the sounds of screaming Vex kids, music, and announcers. Don't get me wrong, I think the ceremony is a great idea...but we already had this scheduling issue with the Vex tourney and FRC at UTC...annnnd I really would rather not whisper during matches again!

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Exactly my initial thought, too, Andy. Not only do you not want to whisper during the matches on Vex, you don't want to have to shout to be heard over a band playing on the Einstein field. Great idea, too bad about the scheduling conflict. And then again, Andy should be over at Einstein as a Regional WFA recipient - hmm... have you been cloned yet Andy?

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Perhaps the matches could pause for the ceremony, then pipe it over on the big screen? I mean, it's one of the biggest awards in all of FIRST--nobody wants to be talking over or under it. (I wonder what FRC will do if any of the fields run late for whatever reason.)

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I'm still waiting on the creation of my clones. Although, this world is in enough trouble with just one of me...I wouldn't want to force another me on everyone! I figure, worse comes to worse I can just peak my head around the curtain between matches to watch the ceremony. :p