Re: 2010 Monty Madness
 

Thanks to the dozens of the volunteers that made the fifth Monty Madness a success.

While we had a number of last minute volunteer cancellations, we were extremely lucky that such qualified individuals took on those roles and did such a great job. I'm talking about Nate Knauss, Andrea Tribo, and Pete Kieselbach. Special thanks goes to our FTA Liz Smith, our head referee Carol Perrotto, and the tireless Chris Gregory (who just happens to be my favorite FIRST game announcer). Of course, special thank you to the rest of the experienced and professional field, queuing, pit admin and referee staff. And thank you to our independent judges who took their jobs very seriously: John Giardina, Libby Kamen, Peter Torres, Erin Peacock, and our five year "judicial" veterans Ruth Kamen and Michele Zubatkin. On the other side of the fence, let me express my gratitude to the very busy volunteers working the snack, novelty, and lunch areas.

The core planning committee deserves a hearty thanks, the committee consisting of Tim Leicht, Mary Kazan, Patty Leicht, Bob High, Tim Ryan, Deb Trohalides, Kathy Martin, Brian van Liew, and Rosy Thakksr-Singh. For FTC, the kudos go to Vince Frascella, while Lego League kudos go to Ernie DiCicco. Most may not realize that Tim Leicht built those beautiful wood and acrylic awards that were awarded to FRC teams (including our five year recognition awards), as well as to the FTC teams and the Lego League teams at Monty Madness. I think they will look wonderful in any display case.

And finally, thanks to all those teams participating in the Monty Madness competitions as well as the FIRST and non-FIRST guests from the community.

Re: 2010 Monty Madness
 

On behalf of team 103, I would like to thank everyone that was involved with the planning and following through of this awesome off-season event. Monty Madness will surely be an event that will live on for quite some time because of these dedicated and responsible people!

We would also like to thank our alliance partners, 341, Miss Daisy, and 75, the RoboRaiders, for a great run! We enjoyed playing with you guys, and were very glad we picked the both of you! It was especially interesting to talk to this years National Chairmans Award winners and having them talk to us about sitting on the stage watching Einstein!

Also, we would like to congratulate teams 25, 369, and 303 for forming an awesome alliance! 303 was KILLER in the home zone! 25 was unstoppable pretty much everywhere. And 369 was great all around! Quite an impressive alliance!

Kudos to all of the other teams who competed at this event! It was very interesting to say the least! :D

Re: 2010 Monty Madness
 

The best thing about Monty Madness - aside from the facility and awesome competition - was the food.

It is rare to find good food and reasonable prices anywhere, but this was exceptionally good food at reasonable prices. They had coffee starting at 7 am (thank goodness!) and lots of hot and tasty food (including several healthy choices) for lunch.

It was really great seeing so many friends, and being able to kibbitz in a more relaxed atmosphere.

Re: 2010 Monty Madness
 

Monty Madness always impressed me with its professionalism. On behalf
of Team 369 thank you 1403 and all the volunteers for running another great one.
Thank you 25 and 303 for picking us. We were the strongest and like someone
on team 25 said, everyone on the alliance did their job well.Thank's again
and we'll see you at Bridgewater.

Team 369 Coach/Mentor
Joe Finkel

Re: 2010 Monty Madness
 

On behalf of MOE 365, I would also like to thank all the folks already recognized for holding a terrific off-season competition. This was MOE's first Monty Madness and we will definitely be back.

Special thanks go to our alliance parters 1640 and 2344. Thanks for partnering with us in the elims! It was a short, but fun ride!

Wishing everyone a safe and enjoyable finish to the school year!

Re: 2010 Monty Madness
 

Ahh man. I just wish we didn't have our battery severed in the first match haha. We both hit hard but 369 had a great bot. It's funny because there is some problem with our robot that we have to fix in the upcoming weeks but somehow we fixed it in our last match. I want to thank you all for choosing us. Check your private messages man. We both have to keep in touch for next season. :cool: