Robo-Prom 2009
 

Greetings to all teams from team 399,

We have qualified for Atlanta, and would love to put on another Robo-Prom. However, this year we qualified a lot closer to atlanta than we usually do, and it seems all of the hotels (Hyatt, Hilton, Marquis, Omni is calling us back shortly) have their rooms booked for Thursday night. Interesting? But eh. We're also looking in to Friday night, and some other places with "meeting" rooms.

So. We'd just like to get a general consensus from everyone else, how much is everyone willing to pay? Last year it was 10$ advance and 15$ at the door. If those prices, say, doubled, would everyone be still willing to come? Last year we had about 200 people, and with all the hype already surrounding it, we're pushing for a room for 300-400 people this year.



We're working hard to get one thrown together, but if nothing else, we should just go dancing in the lobby of a random hotel. Or in the streets. Sounds pretty dang sweet to me.


I'll update with more details as we have them. See you all in a few weeks. ;p

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I'd do it for $20 but $10 would be preferable.

I've never been able to attend one (either team rules or, not staying in the city) and I've really wanted to go.

Good luck, if you need any help I might be able to assist. (Pictures anyone?)

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I really wouldn't pay more than $20 for it (and it sucks that it would be on Friday... scouting metting better take all of 10 minutes :/), but I wouldn't mind a $20 fee, it's well worth it.

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Some of 1511 will be able to attend. Usually we do alliance selections friday night which usually take a while. I will not be able to show on friday :(

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We promise it won't be over $20! And it is looking like it will be on Thursday night after all. We should have full details up by tomorrow, so look for a post from myself or Brad Voracek.

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im definitely in... im willing to pay up to $20... I had a blast last year and really enjoyed the party you guys put on. I honestly think this could become a FIRST Championship yearly tradition.

can we do a mentor's party afterwords? (im just kidding, but that would be cool)

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I'd be willing to do it, but I don't know how many others on my team would be willing for $20.

It was a blast last year and you guys put on a great party; hopefully you'll be able to figure something out this year!

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I'm sure my team would be willing to pay, a few of my teammates have been talking my ear off about how much they want to go!

I hope this works out, I've never been to Robo-Prom and I'd love to go! :)

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I'd be down to go even if it was like $30. I'll even drag my Roomie with me.

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Tentatively, it's at the Omni on thursday night. Price isn't final yet, but the people at the omni are being really nice. =) once we get a quote from our DJ, like Emma said we'll post final details and allow people to preregister.

Nice to hear people are excited!

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Hey again Brad! You mind explaining what this RoboProm thing is? It must be fun, judging by what people are saying, but I still have no clue what it is

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Haha, I suppose I should have said something in the first post, I kind of just assumed people knew. =p

It started two years ago, when our schools prom coincided with Atlanta. Our seniors on the team couldn't really handle missing prom, so we decided to just throw our own. Not as formal, but twice as fun.

We basically just rent out a room for a night, get a DJ, some punch, get hundreds of robotics kids together, and dance/mingle for the night. It's been a blast the past two years, hope you guys can make it!

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Team 692 is definitely in!! They keep asking if we are going again (we had a blast last year!), so I am glad to see that it is happening again!

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The Space Cookies are interested in coming.
Probably around 15 girls.
We'd be willing to pay $20-25 but probably not much more.....
COOL! Thanks for organizing:)

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Seconded. There's a number of us on 1676 who are interested, and have never been...$20 sounds reasonable. Now time to convince the coach to let us go and wait for the details. When will we need to know exact #'s?

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What we've done in the past is just you can preorder tickets for some price, then when you show up in atlanta we'll deliver/you pick up the tickets for that price (we'll have a list of everyone who ordered before hand). Then we'll also sell tickets at the door (for a slightly higher price), so if someone decides to go last minute, they can always get in then.

So in short, just have a general idea sometime before Atlanta and you're good to go!



On another note, sounds like two all girl teams coming so far. We should work on getting them a discount or something. :rolleyes:

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Sounds like a lot of fun! I think I'll try and get my team there, but I can't make any guarantees. We're working hard just to get the money to get out there, but I'll definitely bring this up with my coach.

Also, love the idea of discounting all girls teams. Basic club economics right? ;)

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Due to team issues I wasn't able to do it last year. can someone e-mail me some information?

Is it a formal attire thing or is it just a bunch of people go to a hotel and dance?

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Everybody from 1712 is super pumped!!! None of us have ever been but we love dancing! :D

Will final details be posted in this thread?

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People come in jeans and a t-shirt, or in semi-formal attire! So anything goes.

Ideally though it would be semi-formal, with girls in cocktail dresses and guys in slacks and collard shirts.

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I'll probably start a new thread so all the main info is in one spot, I will post in this thread with a link to the new thread, however.

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Myself or Emma will post the final details here, and I'll update the first post.


Looks like its going to be a big event this year. ;)

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Because Emma had no idea you could do that :)

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HORRAY! Team 1675 didn't go to Atlanta last year- so I was really depressed that I missed Roboprom, but it looks like it's in our hotel this year, and we have a bunch of team members going! (about 12 or so) I'd pay between $10-20. Thank you for planning the event.

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This is so cool. I was in the Marriot last year so I barely had to leave my room; now I'm in the Omni and it's... moved. :D

Needless to say I'm super excited.

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michelle, you beat me to it.
but yes, we are all super excited and can't wait to hear more!!

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Ha ha ha. Mentors party sounds good to me :P

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lemme know if you guys can work something out. I really think it would be a good way for the mentors to relax after a hard day's (Thursday's...ahhh) work. Plus it would clear our minds for the event Friday/Saturday.

If there are enough mentors of course.

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I wanna go!!


If I have enough time I'll come by....


probobly just me and one other person,

any word on times?

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never been to one before :P
i reallyyyyy hope that waldo can go to it this year
since we weren't allowed to last yearr :(

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we haven't talked to the teachers yet but i know team 1547's students are all very excited. we've never been allowed to go to roboprom because we didnt know about it until we got to atlanta last year
we have a meeting and we can talk to the teachers tonight :)

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I LOVE it when it says semi formal! Me and a few guys I hang with (not robotics, sadly :( ) use this as an excuse at various dances and things to bust out the tuxes :p

The other guys are more fun though. I show in a straight black band tux, where as a couple of them have tracked down weird 80's tuxes that are weird blues or greens and have bell bottom slacks and these weird collars on the jacket that are kind of hard to explain...


Also, yay for getting CD unblocked at school!

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Thanks! The girls of 1923 have been hoping for this. :)

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I'm in.

For everyone driving to the event, don't forget to bring money for vallet parking as well.

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wait where is it going to be ?
waldo doesnt have a bus so i dont know how we'd get there if it was far away :P

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I just thought I'd let everyone know that Where's Waldo? is an all-girls team :) and we're looking into coming.

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too bad I have a girlfriend:rolleyes:

but seriously...I cant wait....

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It will be held at the Omni. The marta has a stop pretty close, and even Team 399 will be getting there that way.

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Will your date be wearing an orbit ball dress this year? That trackball dress last year was amazing =p

Sadly, after thinking about it, that dress would probably be too revealing...

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do we know what time?

my team is thinking about going now....

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It's not that bad of a walk. It ends up being about a Half mile or so. We're staying at the Westin too and if I go I'll end up walking.

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7-11pm. The last final detail we are waiting on is price, as our DJ hasn't given us a bid yet.

Hope to see you there!

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which Omni?


google maps is giving me 4 lol......

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It's the one directly connected to the CNN center.

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Team 359 will probably bring about 15-20 people, just like last year!
They loved it and will do it again!
Just let us know the confirmed time, date and place!! :D
I just dont want them staying out late........after all, they got some CA presentations to prepare for.;)

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Since I couldn't edit the first post of this thread, I made a new one.

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...threadid=76435

Final details are posted there.

If a mod could just lock this topic so all questions are directed there, that would be great.