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Don't worry - most people outside of Indiana didn't know you previously DIDN'T observe daylight savings time. :)

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Probably the most ambitious application of rock-paper-scissor-lizard-spock ever!

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This list makes me nervous, and glad we haven't booked rooms yet.

-Nick

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I don't mean to be obnoxious or anything, but I'm not seeing evidence that 973 applied... Wouldn't that bring us back to 11 Einstein teams?

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From talking to them, they applied over the weekend but after the website stopped taking applications earlier than it was supposed to. That may be why they don't show up.

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They are in Andy's list: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...0&postcount=79

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Does that mean that Indiana has officialy given up on the northwest corner of the state? Are we no longer welcome to call ourselves "Hoosiers" ?? :p

(For those that don't know, NWI and I also believe the Southwest corner observe central daylight time due to their proximities to other large municipalities).

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Good Point. Though the majority of the state, including where IRI is held, is now on Eastern time.

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But it is daylight saving time, right? It's just CDT, not EDT.

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Ugh.

We're on Eastern time, folks - same as Ambler and Exton PA, and Ewing, NJ. It's the same time as Orlando, FL and Suwanee, GA, same as Warren, Ohio, which is on the same time as Lawrence North High School.

Andy B.

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So, 66 - automatic bids = how many teams left?

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62

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Only the 4 previous year's winners get automatic bids?

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I was looking at the wrong list (ie not the lastest update). I feel pretty dumb right now.

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I live in Ambler, PA and I never know what time it is. Ask anybody. ;)

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Yes. Part of the "winnings" has been an automatic invite to the following year.

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I new they got AB but i thought Indiana teams did too?

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Other than last year's IRI champions, nobody is explicitly guaranteed an invitation to compete. I'm pretty confident that the "what does this team bring to IRI" factor will put the host teams high enough on the pile to make the list, though.

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With the number of teams increasing in Indiana every year that would be unsustainable.

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Don't feel dumb. At least you know what time it is. :cool:

John was anxiously awaiting the list to come out at noon Eastern, 11 am Central. Today.

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Yay, our town was mentioned.

/warmfuzzyfeeling

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What about 62 years from now? :rolleyes:


EDIT: At first I thought it was that winners got automatic invites forever. Now I get it. Makes much more sense now.

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The number will still be 4! :p

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We have a new announcement, and this one trumps Fultz's words above. This change of timing will be the start of a new, fun thing.

Get your popcorn ready. The IRI invite list will be coming out 8 hours later than originally planned. We are happy to announce that Mike and Justin will be broadcasting the IRI invite list through their popular FRC Top 25 webcast. The webcast will begin at 8:00 Eastern time, Wednesday night (May 18th).

So, gather your teams together at 8:00 Eastern time and watch Mike and Justin's webcast to see which teams are invited to IRI this year.

There will be 70 teams invited. Of these 70, we are planning for 2-4 teams that decide they cannot make the trip, so we will end up with approximately 66-68 teams. There will be no wait list. The selection committee focused on robot performance, on the competition field, more than any year prior. However, we still had other factors weighing decisions. We hope that the resulting list of teams brings together the best assembly of top-performing FIRST Robotics Competition teams that ever has been on the same field.

Sincerely,
Chris Fultz
and
Andy Baker

ps. After Mike and Justin's webcast, the invite list will be posted on this thread and the IRI website, and teams will be sent more information with an email.

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Awesome! We have a team meeting tomorrow night too...

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So do they recognize Daylight Savings Time in Rochester? Isn't that tomorrow night on "Mike and Justin in the Morning?" :rolleyes:

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Justin and I couldn't be more honored to host this IRI invite list show!!
It's gonna be a great show, and as Andy said, grab your popcorn! It's going to be so fun announcing 70 different teams! See you tomorrow on MikeandJustinITM!

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Yes, Eastern time and Exton Pa and sunset moments are all magical times. The sun descends, and shines through the current day pollutants, to put a purple/orange glow on Exton.

Which is why going to IRI is a bonus, only the rich orange and burnt umber rays of a closing day warm the ground, making you think all is right with the worlds.

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Mr. O,

IT'S GAME TIME

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Now that the FRCTop25.com guys have jumped on board, here's one more stat.

- 9 of the top 10 and 20 of the top 25 teams according to FRCTop25.com have applied for IRI

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Less than 2 hours until the list is announced...time to freak out:ahh:

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Never been nervous before the IRI team list announcement before. Just shows what an amazing event it has become.

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125 is in! We're very excited for our 1st IRI!!

-Brando

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# Team Team Name
1 11 MORT
2 16 Baxter Bomb Squad
3 25 Raider Robotix
4 33 Killer Bees
5 45 Technokats
6 48 Delphi E.L.I.T.E.
7 51 Wings of Fire
8 67 HOT
9 70 The More Martians
10 71 Team Hammond
11 74 Team C.H.A.O.S.
12 93 N.E.W. Apple Corps
13 111 Wildstang
14 118 The Robonauts
15 125 The NUTRONs
16 135 Penn Robotics
17 177 Bobcat Robotics
18 217 ThunderChickens
19 233 The PINK Team
20 234 Cyber Blue
21 245 Adambots
22 254 The Cheesy Poofs
23 292 PantherTech
24 294 Beach City Robotics
25 303 Panther Robotics
26 330 Beach 'Bots
27 341 Miss Daisy
28 359 Hawaiian Kids
29 399 Eagle Robotics
30 469 Las Guerrillas
31 494 The Martians
32 548 Robostangs
33 781 Kinetic Knights
34 829 Digital Goats
35 868 Techhounds
36 910 The Foley Freeze
37 931 Perpetual Chaos
38 968 RAWC
39 973 Greyhound Robotics
40 987 HIGHROLLERS
41 1018 Pike RoboDevils
42 1024 Kil-A-Bytes
43 1038 Thunderhawks
44 1114 Simbotics
45 1126 Sparx
46 1477 Texas Torque
47 1501 Team THRUST
48 1503 GM Spartonics
49 1519 Mechanical Mayhem
50 1538 The Holy Cows
51 1625 Winnovation
52 1640 Sab-BOT-age
53 1718 The Fighting Pi
54 1730 Team Driven
55 1732 Hilltoppers
56 1741 Red Alert Robotics
57 1747 Harrison Boiler Robotics
58 1771 North Gwinnett Robotics
59 1902 Exploding Bacon
60 1923 The Midknight Inventors
61 2016 Mighty Monkey Wrenches
62 2056 OP Robotics
63 2081 Icarus
64 2122 Team Tators
65 2169 KING TeC
66 2337 EngiNERDs
67 2415 WiredCats
68 2826 Wave Robotics
69 3098 The Captains
70 3138 Innovators Robotics

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So excited for Team 1923! I'll be there! :)

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Invited teams -

You will receive an email invitation that you must accept to confirm your attendance.

Acceptances are due by May 25th.

Entry fee is $650. Please make checks available to:

Perry Meridian High School / IRI

Mail to
Perry Meridian High School
C/O Chris Fultz
363 Bennington Road
Indianapolis, IN 46227

Payments are due June 15th.

If you would like to pay via paypal, send an email to chrisfultz@att.net with your team number, team name, contact person name, contact email, contact phone, and any scholarship fund donation. You will receive an invoice through paypal.

Even if you pay through paypal, you must acknowledge the IRI invitation so we have other team information and number of attendees.

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Congrats everyone! See you there!

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1126 looks forward to attending their 2nd IRI, and saying hello to their Buckeye friends 781! All of the teams in attendence compete at such a high level, and we are honored to be able to join you this year. See everyone in July!

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Chris:

You don't KNOW how much I'm grateful for the Paypal option. Paying via personal check and getting reimbursed through Delphi was a royal PAIN. Thanks to those who set this up!

Re: 2011 IRI
 

Extremely excited for IRI, when do the official rule changes come out?

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Gratz on all the teams that made the list. Wish we could have gotten invited, but maybe next year. Most of the team that would have gone this year is ready to come back and get better for next year to go! :D

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Team 1501 is going to IRI!!!!!
We haven't missed one since our rookie year.

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Meredith,
Let John know it's "Book the Hotel" time!:D
Congrats to the Bomb Squad! Look forward to seeing all of you again in Indy! You are not only a class act but lots of fun too!:cool:

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In case anyone was wondering just how good this field is, here is everyone's highest finish. Several teams have multiple instances...

IRI stats:
12/12 divisional champs
6 division finalists
12 division semifinalists
16 division quarterfinalists
14 championship attendees
10 non championship attendees

of the 14 championship attendees that did not play in elims:
6 won a regional
3 were a regional finalist
3 were a regional semifinalist
2 were a regional quarterfinalist

of the 10 non championship attendees:
5 were a regional finalist
5 were a regional semifinalist

Now for a little bit about the teams that are left on the sidelines...

Of the teams that were NOT accepted:
16 attended the championship
31 did not attend the championship

Of the 16 championship attendees:
1 division quaterfinalist (this is us unfortunately :( )
1 won a district
1 was a regional finalist
5 were a district or regional semifinalist
8 were a district or regional quarterfinalist

Of the 31 non championship attendees:
2 won a district
7 were a district or regional finalist
11 were a district or regional semifinalist
7 were a district or regional quarterfinalist
4 never played in elims

Re: 2011 IRI
 

should be fun. glad we could make it. A lot of NJ showing there so, should be good :).

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What kind of inspections will there be? Hostbot? Minibot?

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IRI has traditionally been a honor system event.

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We are officially booked-invitation accepted, hotel, airfare, and rental cars for 8 people.:D

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Looking forward to a return to IRI after a 1 year hiatus.

-Nick

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Since we were delayed with the formal invitations, the Acceptance due date is moved to May 31.

Payment is stilll due June 15th.

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From the IRI website:
Is this a typo, or will there really be a mentor tournament this year? If so, I know of two of our mentors that might be interested... :)

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There will be a mentor competition, but it will not be with team robots.

More details to follow.

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This scares me a little!
A mentor competition but not with team robots?
:eek: :ahh:

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Hmm.. Each mentor gets thrown on a different team... =O

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mentor races? Each mentor starts with a minibot in their hands and in their lanes. They must cross the field (past an opposing mentor) and deploy their minibot on to the pole. The third mentors start back to back in the center and attempt to stop the other alliance from scoring. Full contact.

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Evil ice cream sundaes? Pig kissing? Pie eating? It could be anything... :ahh:

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I would so do this.

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Well it is Indiana and knowing Hoosiers, I would brush up on my cornhole skills.

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As a mentor I try to think things through before acting. Let's try thinking it through here:

No problem, our minibot snaps on the pole and you pull the pin/lanyard and off it goes.

Ok, need to dodge an opposing mentor on a 50/50 chance basis.

Thinking JVN. Running full tilt for me. "Full Contact". Not happening. Sooo not happening.

But I will be happy to be in the sidelines cheering you on and groaning when you get flattened.

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Yes. Definitely down for some cornhole.

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Or Copioli. Or Big Mike.

Thinking back to 2004 Dean Simmons and the Kamens' IRI mosh pit (shhh those aren't allowed any more). :cool:

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How does one go about donating something to the silent auction? Team 1114 has something relatively special we're thinking of donating. Hopefully it can raise some decent money for the IRI charities.

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Are you taking pre-bids? If so I got $50 down for the "spend a evening with karthik" auction

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I checked the website but didn't find any info on how to submit a donation. Maybe I overlooked it. In the past, I've sent Chris Fultz a private message and that has done the trick.

Whatever 1114 donates will be awesome - I hope it brings lots of money to the charities selected.

Jane

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Also interested in the details on donating (and/or what 1114 is planning...)

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Pretty simple.

Just bring the item to the event and let me know it is there and it is for the auction. We will make the sign up sheets for each item as we place them out on Friday morning.

If you are not coming to the IRI but have something to donate, send me a PM and I can get the details.

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We have added a bunch of new info to the IRI web page. Now there is much more information regarding the silent auction, mentor dinner, mentor matches, and talent show. Check out these pages below for more information:

• IRI Talent Show: show your stuff in front of your peers at IRI!
• Mentor Mini-Bot Madness: sign up your favorite mentor to compete with your team's mini-bot
• Mentor Dinner: mentors get a chance to network while eating dinner on the FRC field. Want more lemonade? Send up a mini-bot.
• Silent Auction: do you have something to donate to the silent auction? Get more information here.

Please let us know if you have any questions.

Sincerely,
Andy Baker

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Have there been any changes to the IRI team list (drops, additions)?

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How large are the pits going to be?

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254 will not be able to attend. Hopefully we will be there next year.

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There are some team changes and we will post an update on Monday morning (11 July).

Pits will be about 10' x 10'. Lots of space!

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Well its not really team changes its just teams dropped, because you guys said that it was going to be a smaller amount of teams and would just get to that amount by picking a solid number of teams and waiting for the statistical amount to drop out, right?

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We have an updated page on the IRI website listing all of the teams.

In the past, they have been about 9'x9'.

Ut oh... we better make sure to get these closer to 10 feet!

Revisiting the layout drawing,
Andy B.

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Thanks for the updates!

I know Liz and I are excited about the dinner and will get our reservation in soon.

Also, Two Pencil Designs is gearing up for IRI to debut a few new items and to bring a good amount of free stuff for the silent auction.

See ya'll there!

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When are volunteers assigned?

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Ed - We are working on assignments right now and will send you an email tomorrow.

If anyone else wants to volunteer we could still use people for Team Queuing, Field Reset, and Real Time Scoring. Send us an email at volunteer@indianaroboticsinvitational.org if you are interested.

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Exploding Bacon will have some goodies for the silent auction too. And so far they migh include a bit donated by thinkgeek. Think BACON! geek

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This matches what is on the IRI website, and also identifies the 2011 CHP Einstein Teams and 2010 IRI Returning Champions.

We are excited to have 9 of the 12 Einstein teams and all 4 2010 IRI Champions. See everyone in about a week!


1 11 MORT
2 16 Baxter Bomb Squad
3 25 Raider Robotix Division CHP
4 33 Killer Bees
5 45 Technokats
6 48 Delphi E.L.I.T.E.
7 51 Wings of Fire Division CHP
8 67 HOT
9 71 Team Hammond
10 74 Team C.H.A.O.S.
11 111 Wildstang World CHP
12 118 The Robonauts
13 125 The NUTRONs
14 135 Penn Robotics
15 217 ThunderChickens Division CHP
16 233 The PINK Team
17 234 Cyber Blue
18 245 Adambots
19 292 PantherTech
20 303 Panther Robotics
21 330 Beach 'Bots 2010 IRI CHP
22 341 Miss Daisy
23 359 Hawaiian Kids 2010 IRI CHP
24 399 Eagle Robotics 2010 IRI CHP
25 447 Team Roboto
26 461 Westside Boiler Invasion
27 469 Las Guerrillas 2010 IRI CHP
28 494 The Martians
29 548 Robostangs
30 573 Mech Warriors
31 781 Kinetic Knights Division CHP
32 829 Digital Goats
33 868 Techhounds
34 910 The Foley Freeze
35 931 Perpetual Chaos
36 973 Greyhound Robotics World CHP
37 987 HIGHROLLERS Division CHP
38 1018 Pike RoboDevils
39 1024 Kil-A-Bytes
40 1038 Thunderhawks
41 1114 Simbotics
42 1126 Sparx
43 1477 Texas Torque
44 1501 Team THRUST
45 1503 GM Spartonics Division CHP
46 1519 Mechanical Mayhem
47 1538 The Holy Cows
48 1625 Winnovation
49 1640 Sab-BOT-age
50 1675 UPS
51 1718 The Fighting Pi
52 1720 PhyXTGears
53 1730 Team Driven
54 1732 Hilltoppers
55 1741 Red Alert Robotics
56 1747 Harrison Boiler Robotics
57 1902 Exploding Bacon
58 2016 Mighty Monkey Wrenches Division CHP
59 2056 OP Robotics
60 2081 Icarus
61 2122 Team Tators
62 2337 EngiNERDs
63 2415 WiredCats
64 2826 Wave Robotics
65 3098 The Captains
66 3138 Innovators Robotics

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Hey Everybody!

I just wanted to let you know that students from Michigan Tech's Robotics System Enterprise plan to be at IRI this year. Several of them are traveling and helping out their high school teams, but they'll be wearing name tags and have some information for you if you plan on attending Michigan Tech in the futures. If you have any questions about the program or MTU in general, please feel free to approach them!

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"Final Call" - We need to know if you are coming for the mentor dinner, tournament and performing in the talent show!

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I currently plan to attend the IRI this year. Last time I went, I got there and didn't really plan properly to meet everyone. If anyone wants me to try to find them and say hi in person, PM me and I'll do my best to find each of you. I'll only be able to go on Saturday though so thats the only time I'll be able to talk. Depending on how many people I'm looking for, will decide how long I'm available to talk to each one. Last time I was able to have a good conversation with Jane and Billfred as well as several others here. I hope to meet many others I respect here this time around.

Jason

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Just sent an email about our interest in the mentor dinner.

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What: 2011 Non-Engineering Mentors Meeting at IRI!
When: Saturday, July 23, following Opening Ceremonies
Where: Listen to announcements for more details

Last year's meeting was very fun, high energy and informative for everyone! It had some great results too, with a few attendees holding meetings in their own areas. With the additional help of Renee (LadyLogistics) and Libby (LibbyK) our 2011 meeting is going to be even better.

This meeting is open to all mentors who are interested in networking in order to help each other with any Non-Engineering tasks on our teams (like Chairman's and other award submissions, marketing, funding issues, spirit, travel planning, food/meals planning, etc.) If possible, make sure to send a representative from your team, even if you do not have a Non-Engineering Mentor. Afterall, managing a FIRST team involves a lot more than designing and building the robot. So come to the NEMO meeting! Bring your questions, pens to take notes and business cards for easy information exchange.

My favorite improvement: we'll have a sign-in via laptop this year, so I won't have to try and decipher everyone's handwriting and miss people on the email listing!

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We bid $1114 for Simbot Steve's elevator!

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Haha. You're quick on the draw, Brendan!

But yes, Team 1114 has decided to donate a fully powdercoated spare elevator from Simbot Steve to the IRI Silent Auction. We're hoping this mechanism will draw some interest and help raise funds for the IRI family of charities.

Here are some pictures for those of you aren't familiar with it:





If you're interested, be sure to place a bid. Also make sure to check out the items up for bid, IRI always has some good stuff available. We once got a life sized Oscar the Grouch doll!

For more details, check us out at http://www.facebook.com/frc1114

Re: 2011 IRI
 

We'll be offering the championship winning minibot chassis (sorry, no rollers/motors!) which we ran for every single match at champs.

Re: 2011 IRI
 

Now that is cool!

Good luck this weekend everyone!

-Nick

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I know what I want for Christmas...

Re: 2011 IRI
 

Sorry everyone, this item is restricted to bidding by only the host teams ... :D

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Hope bidding doesn't go to high. It could mess-up your BoM the year you use it and does this mean it has to be made available to all teams. :)

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COTS-a “Commercial, Off-The-Shelf” COMPONENT or MECHANISM, in its unaltered, unmodified
state. A COTS item must be a standard (i.e. not custom order) part commonly available from the
VENDOR, available from a non-team source, and available to all teams for purchase.

Emphasis mine

Although you could make the argument that IRI is non-team. That could be scary with 910's robot in a future year with 1114's lift. :yikes:

Re: 2011 IRI
 

Pretty sure it was a joke. I don't think anyone would actually just straight "bolt on" 1114's elevator.

Re: 2011 IRI
 

The point wasn't that they were going to, the point was that it would be within the rules. :D

Re: 2011 IRI
 

If anyone wants some sweet photos of Dr. Woodie Flowers, autographed by the man himself, those will be available at the auction also.

See ya soon!

Andy

Re: 2011 IRI
 

How about some sweet autographed photos of Mr. Andy Baker and Mr. Mark Coors? ;)

Re: 2011 IRI
 

Well I know one year, they offered some sweet Baker/Coors autographed AndyMark sprockets, and then the person who won those brought them back for next year's auction, mounted all nice inside a frame. I currently know this because I have this hanging on my wall at home. So you never know what will be available!

Re: 2011 IRI
 

Was there a Twitter hastag for IRI last year?
At the MARC this year we used #omgMARC to go along with #omgRobots! A couple of us were thinking of using #omgIRI but if there was one last year, it would be better to keep it consistent.

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There was not one last year, but I believe Jeff Maberto (1024) was setting something up.

Re: 2011 IRI
 

Yeah, there is an IRI twitter already: it is @2011IRI
https://twitter.com/#!/2011IRI

Just wondering about a hashtag for people who mention happenings about IRI.
If no one has any objections, let's just go with #omgIRI