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We are having a team meeting tonight, where--if all goes well--we will decide on our team name. So, I guess you all should check first thing in the morning!!!

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Thanks, and they do taste great... mmm... chocolate...

Thanks. Please forgive my ignorance but could somebody please explain what BAE GSR is? :confused:

Thanks again
timytamy

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BAE Granite State Regional, it is a Regional. I'll let someone more informed than me tell you more (Im a Midwest guy myself)

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Several of the regionals have been given a three-letter "nickname". Here are a few:

GSR--Granite State Regional
SVR--Silicon Valley Regional
GTR--Greater Toronto Regional
MWR--Midwest Regional
WPI--WPI Regional

There are some others, but they've had a name change or two and no longer have an applicable common three-letter nickname.

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So... you are probably all wondering what the team name is.

We are now team 3132--Thunder Down Under. For those of you who enjoy The Outback Steakhouse, this name might have more meaning to you...:D

Anyhow, we are looking forward to seeing you all at GSR in March!!!

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First off, congratulations on coming up with a name!

More info for Granite State Regional (GSR) can be found here timytamy- http://www.baesystemsfirst.org/regional/

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That's an awesome name! I'll be excited to see what you guys come up with for your team imagery; you can do a lot with "thunder" and the general Australian image/stereotypes. Good luck!


Also, if any of the new users use the search function and look at old threads, GLR was the very competitive Great Lakes Regional, which was abolished with the rest of the regionals in MI when the district system was put into effect last year. (however, the MI State Championship is at the same venue)

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Thanks for clearing that up. One more thing is BAE a sponsor or something, I've something about sponsoring our team (one of the mentors works there... I think)

So as you've been told we've got a name now and we are looking at getting a domain for the website.

I checked the member page and it looks like we have a grand total of 5 team members on Chief Delphi (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/me...&s ort=field5 look for 3132in the teams field) :yikes:

Thanks
timytamy

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Thanks for clearing that up. Is BAE a sponsor? (one of our mentors works there)

As you no we now have a name. Thunder Down Under got chosen against RoboRoos 15-4 and there were a few other ones that got one or two votes. So we are now Thunder Down Under!!!!
We also have 5 people on Chief Delphi (look for 3132 on the member page)

Thanks again
timytamy

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Yes.

Some regionals have sponsor names as part of the name, like the SPBLI Long Island Regional. (Don't ask me what SPBLI stands for; I don't know.) Others state the sponsor name after the regional name, like the San Diego Regional (sponsored by Qualcomm). VCU and UCF are old names for the Virginia and Florida regionals, respectively; those codes are for the sponsoring universities.

Kara: You forgot WMR, the West Michigan Regional. It's now a district event.

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School-Business Partnerships of Long Island, Inc also just as Trenton used to be the Johnson&Johnson Mid-Atlantic Regional


Also, with a BAE employee on the team you could possibly get BAE funding. It might be a little late, but there's no harm in finding out. Note in my signature that there are many teams BAE sponsors from all over.
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Yes, BAE is a large sponsor in FIRST. As mentioned they sponsor several regionals including the one your team is going to (it's full name is BAE Granite State Regional). Almost all the teams in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and lots of other teams around the states and possibly a couple around the world are or have been sponsored by BAE.

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One of the reasons we have so many BAE Systems mentors is that they are a sponsor of our team. If it were not for all the help BAE Systems has given us (both back in NH, and here in Sydney) this team would not have happened. Right by Macquarie Uni--where we meet--there is a HUGE technology park so we are looking at what other companies are there that might know about FIRST from the USA.

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Hello There.

A Quick Update for Progress of team 3132.............

We have now a team name and it is called................ "The Thunder Down Under". Yes, this name sounds creepy. But hey, it does make sense, doesn't it?

We have also managed to build Lego Robots for the little children of the FLL tournament later in the week, as part of our community service. Some people are also helping out in the tournament, such as judges and team helpers.

Finally, we have starting proper organising and training for the people in the sub-teams, especially those who are in Controls and Mechanical Building, with other sub-teams still being organised.

I can smell the sounds of a FRC tournament already. The only thing we need is a Team and Robot to come with it. Be sure to check the progress of 3132.

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Umm, FLL teams are supposed to build their own robots. I hope you didn't take that learning experience away from them.

Good for you on helping with the FLL tournament, though. That's a great service project for any FRC team.