Battle O' Baltimore 2
 

August 9, Baltimore MD

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The Battle O' Baltimore was well received in it's first year and will be even better the second time around. It will be at a roomier venue. The Park School will ber our hosts. The Park School has a huge gym! We will take the first 24 teams to register for this August 9 event.

The website for our event is www.battleobaltimore.com .

In the interest of cost saving measures the fee is rolled back to 150 early registration/200 late registration.

Please sign up quickly we are already registering teams!

Oh and by the way---the crab theme remains!

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1923 will definitely look into attending BoB again! We loved the event, and I hope the team can make it down again.

:)

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Look forward to seeing you there again Team 1923!!!!

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MOE 365 is planning to attend! We loved the way you incorporated the crabs into Rack N Roll last year!

See you in August!

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I doubt we will do another summer/fall prototype bot so we should be able to make it, thoughI will be there even if my team is unable come. Should I contact Julie as the website implies in order to volunteer?

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Look for updated contact information for volunteering later this week.
Thanks.

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Our volunteer coordinator for the 2008 Battle O' Baltimore is Paul Harris. Contact information is available at the BoB website, http://BattleOBaltimore.com/contact.php.

Mike Dennis
Baltimore Area Alliance

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As of 21 May we have 12 teams registered for the Battle O' Baltimore on 9 August, 2008. Since the available slots are rapidly filling you can reserve a spot for your team by sending an email to me with all the information listed on the registration form and then mail in your check later! If you send an email to me at bbruneau@bcps.org I will respond within a few hours and let you know you have a spot reserved!:)

The website is a little behind the times but will be updated by the end of this week!

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The registration for the Battle O" Baltimore is going well! We have an awesome selction of teams that have registered. It should be a highly competitive event. We still have 3 of the 24 spaces open. Many teams have exressed interest in registering so if you want in get registered ASAP.

If you want to register prior to making payment please email the info from the registration form and I will register you pending payment! My email is bbruneau@bcps.org.

The registration form and a list of the awe inspiring teams we have already registered can be found at www.battleobaltimore.com.

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There are only 18 teams listed.
Who are the other 3?

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The team list at www.battleobaltimore.com has been updated. In addition to the 21 teams we have one more registration. Western in Baltimore City registered today bringing the total to 22!

To secure one of the 2 remaining slots please send me an email with the information from the registration form and I will reserve a spot at the Battle!:)

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The Battle O' Baltimore registration committee is pleased to announce:

24 TEAMS ARE REGISTERED!!!

We will start a wait list beginning today (1 July 2008) for any more teams that wish to register. Teams that are registered have until 1 August to submit payment or withdraw due to unforeseen circumstances. Teams that withdraw or do not pay will be replaced by wait listed teams on 1 August. If there are any unusual circumstances please contact Brian Bruneau at bbruneau@bcps.org.

Please take a look at www.battleobaltimore.com.

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I must correct the date posted in my previous post. To provide more timely information to wait listed teams plase provide payment by July 15 to avoid being replaced by a waitlisted team

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NEMO (Non-Engineering Mentor Organization) will host a "meet and greet" for all NEM's attending BoB at lunchtime. Robyn Needel from Team 768 will facilitate.
Encourage your NEM's and parents to attend!

Check out the short video from last year in the media section of the website. http://battleobaltimore.com/

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For those teams needing hotels, please communicate with the organizers asap.
Baltimore will be hopping that weekend-two (other;) ) big events.

About 2 miles away from BoB-Virgin Mobile Festival: http://www.virginfestival.com/
At the Harbor-Otakon: http://www.bccenter.org/eventDetail.php?id=49

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Is BWI the closest major Airport to Battle 'O Baltimore?

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yes

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OK, great. Thanks Greg.
Maybe I'll keep up the insanity of a season of traveling all over the country for competitions & show up this year.

The music fest Jenny posted is tempting me to come down there as well as just for the competition.

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Southwest usually has the best deals on direct flights between Hartford and B-more (but you usually won't see these thru some of the sites like Orbitz).
BWI is about 30 minutes drive to Park School, depending on rush hour traffic.

There is public transport from BWI on the light rail.
http://www.mtamaryland.com/services/lightrail/schedule/
Nearest stop to Park School is Falls Road. You would need to have someone pick you up there.

I believe the hotel block rooms reserved by the organizers have all been claimed.
All 24 teams have paid. See the list here: http://battleobaltimore.com/

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Welcome Race Fans!
The Baltimore Area Alliance organizers are looking forward to seeing all the teams, the parents, the pre-rookie teams and the new mentors, the public, and the special guests this Sat. The NASA field is being packed in the truck. The food is being organized. The decorations are ready to be put up. The awards are polished. The crew shirts are in. The punch list is almost done....

Many thanks to all the volunteers and hope everyone has a great time! Unfortunately I will miss it this year but will be there is spirit..

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I'm very excited to be down there in the pits working with the kids of 191! See everyone there!

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So, how is the Battle O Baltimore going?

Anyone available to provide a status update?

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Dan, John, Nick and Shelby of Team 007 - Thanks so much for adopting me and giving me a fun day at the BoB today! I'll wear my 007 shirt with pride.

Dan and John (and Shelby) - Take care of Nick - I think he is a keeper ;)

Ohmies (623) and MOEs (365) (and all the teams that lent hand when someone other than I was doing the asking) - Thanks for all the help!

Field support, judges, other staff - Great Job!

Blake

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I'm really sorry I missed the BoB. However, family trumps FIRST. There was a lot going on with my family this weekend.

I just received a PM that there was a moment of silence held in honor of my grandfather. Since I wasn't there, I obviously don't know who organized that, but I want to publicly thank...whoever it was...here on CD. That means a lot to me and my family. He loved FIRST and I'm glad to see that FIRST loves him back.

I'm sure the event was great. Hopefully, I'll be able to join in the fun next year.

-Libby

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WOW!
The battle went off as planned. 24 teams and some great competition!
As one of the volunteers I had a really good time.
Please hit this thread and let us know how you all liked BoB-II

Thanks!

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OH! BTW...
If someone comes across a 100' extension cord with the name Eastman on the tag... It's mine! I raided every extension cord I had to get power to the pits and this one is missing.

I understand how easy it is to just coil everything up and throw it in the box while you are leaving so I'm not too upset. The teams that were using that particular power were all local so I'm hoping to see it again!

If you have it just reply to this post. I'll get back to you off-line.
Best regards!

--Mark

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RESULTS
Awards Winners (2008)

Battle Champion (3):
Team 25, North Brunswick, NJ
Team 357, Drexel Hills, PA
Team 1748, Baltimore, MD

Battle Finalists (3):
Team 1719, Brooklandville, MD
Team 888, Glenelg, MD
Team 1418, Falls Church, VA

Time Center Judges Award (Technical Innovation):
Team 357, Drexel Hills, PA

Time Center Judges Award(Promising Team):
Team 2377, Pasadena, MD

Mike Wade Quality Award (1):
Team 1629, Oakland, MD

Gracious Professionalism Award (1):
Team 365, Wilmington, DE

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On behalf of team 191 I would like to thank the organizers of the event in particualr Brian Bruneau and Paul Harris for their help getting my team settle for a hotel and set up at the event. I also would like to thank teams 25 and 365 and in particular a huge thank you to Bob Dudek for his help with repairing our robot so the kids could get some invaluable experience actually driving the robot around the field and competing.
The kids really enjoyed their trip down and hopefully we'll be back.