Re: Documentary FIRST Robotics 2008
 

We got a notice today that we had not been chosen.
It would be neat to see who did get chosen at some point.

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I heard today that our team was not selected, but another team in the St. Louis area was. Congratulations to them, and I know they will represent our area well. Hopefully one of their students or mentors will post something here soon.

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We've yet to hear either way.

Stay tuned.

Re: Documentary FIRST Robotics 2008
 

The Storyhouse Pro company was really interested about the scholarship we give out to one senior on the team. They wanted to see how the idea of the scholarship would create tension between the seniors vying for the scholarship. However... there is no tension created, in fact, that's not even on the seniors' minds during build season.

So, we came up with another proposal involving how there are many strong seniors who will be leaving the team and how the younger students will need to be trained for fill in for them following years.

I don't know if we have heard back from them, though.

Re: Documentary FIRST Robotics 2008
 

I have been out primary contact with Tara and I have not heard anything one way or another yet. Good luck to all!

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We received this email today:

Hello!

First, I just wanted to thank you for all of your patience and efforts in helping us with our project! I know we expected a lot in a short amount of time and then have made you wait to find out what is going on.

We have made our preliminary decisions and have contacted the teams that we will be working with in the coming months. It was a very hard selection process with over 150 teams submitting videos. Every team has a great story to tell, unfortunately, we could not feature everyone.

However, we will be seeing you at Regional competitions and of course in Atlanta for Nationals! Good luck with everything this build season and, again, many thanks for your participation!

Have a safe and happy holiday season!

--
Heather L. Hogan
Associate Producer

Re: Documentary FIRST Robotics 2008
 

We received this same email.

I'm sorry to hear that you guys won't be a part of the documentary. There is such an incredible story with multiple areas and levels that could be explored in your team. Actually, there's probably enough material to make a documentary just about Team 842. Truth is, that is probably true about many of our teams.

Have a great 2008! Good luck to all of the FIRST teams participating in this project!
Jane

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Thanks for the encouragement. We were speculating reasons why they would not select us when we submitted our information. A biggie is our location. Logistically, it would be difficult to have a camera crew and producer in AZ.

Also, we have received a bit of exposure already and media do not like to do stories that have already been covered. With so many interesting teams, our notoriety probably works against us.

Anyway, hopefully, this is just the beginning of a dearth of media stories about students who are thriving in an excellent extra-curricular academic competition that promotes, math, science, engineering along with gracious professionalism.

Allan

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We still havent heard anything either way......AAAAHHHHHHHH

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We haven't received a acceptance or rejection letter either. Hoping we hear from them soon.

Re: Documentary FIRST Robotics 2008
 

I think that, instead of "dearth", you perhaps meant glut, abundance, bounty, or profusion.

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Spell checker, grammar checker ... I need a This-Is-What-I-Meant checker.

Allan

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We haven't heard either way. That's either very good or very sad.

Either way, congratulations to the teams that got chosen, and to those who didn't, I'm sure there will be other opportunities.

:)

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1923 just received an email saying that we were not selected.


Good luck to the five teams chosen!

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1902 just heard...we aren't in it either.....can't wait to see who is!!!