2011 Florida Regional
 

Are you guys ready for some hurricane-throwing, blazing sun, tropical drinks, flip-flopping, beach balls rollin' action here in the sunshine state of FLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORIDA?!

Team Resistance 86 will be back for action! Look out for me in my OHMER outfit glowing with contagious lime green since I will be a volunteer for the Florida Regional.

-Josh

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1557 is ready to finish what we started last year. :cool:

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Miss Daisy can't wait!

For years our friends on 103 have been telling us that the Florida Regional was their favorite event in FIRST, and we are sure it will live up to the hype.

Fun fact - The last time there was an FRC game that involved hanging innertubes (2007), the teams who are attending the Florida Regional in 2011 had a pretty great year:

* 3x Einstein appearances (179, 233, 1902)
* 3x Divisional Finalist (79, 386, 1592)
* 4x Regional Winner (86, 103, 341, 1251)
* 6x Regional Finalist (108, 179, 386, 597, 1251, 1902)

Should be a great time - on and off the field!

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Team 79 is ready. Can't wait to see this years bots in action

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Team 103 cannot wait to get in the Florida sun and kick some bot!

We are also really excited to welcome 341 to Florida, and we will make sure it lives up to the hype!

Florida always has great competition, great fun, great energy, and a great vibe. I hope we can keep that up this year!

Good luck to all the teams! :)

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Bacon can't wait to see all our buddies! Please come to the Bacon Bowling Bash on Wednesday March 9th.. We can all hang out and chat before the madness begins

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Is it going to be fun Wendy?

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And we'll have lots going on in other parts of the arena too! UCF, USF, FIT, ERAU and DeVry will all be there with information on their schools. FLL and FTC will have demos in the lobby. We don't have the final word yet, but 5th Gear might make a return appearance and SAIC will be there.

AND....NASA JPL is bringing the full-scale inflatable model of the Mars Rover Curiosity (http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/fact_sh...laboratory.pdf) to the regional! This will be the debut of the model so be sure to stop by to see it. Curiosity will launch from Cape Canaveral later this year and arrive on MARS 8 months later. Want a sneak peak at the real rover? Take a peak at the Curiosity Cam which takes you inside the clean room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California (http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ms...curiosity.html.)

Sarah
Florida Regional Planning Committee

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I cannot promise anything right now, but after talking with a mentor, we might be going to the bowling bash. She just needs to arrange a bus to the venue since we will be staying in Disney.

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Here is the latest on the 5th Gear topic - I am looking for help from someone who has a SketchUp Pro license: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...threadid=92776

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Ohh!! That sounds awesome and wonderful!!! I look forward to that! How is everything with you, Sarah?

-Josh Simpson

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There's a rumor that a few S.P.A.Mer alumni will make the bowling bash. The rest of us will arrived bleary eye-ed and in need of much coffee, on Thursday morning. As always we are anticipating a well fought, full-of-fun regional. It looks like there a quite a few rookie team attending this year!

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I can't promise anything either, but what time does your plane come in? Maybe we can arrange a carpool.

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Everything is going well Josh. Thanks for asking. The RPC has been working hard and we are getting excited about the regional. Two weeks from today the field will be assembled!

Sarah

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There is a new post on the Florida Regional website with lots of good information for the teams. Check it out!

Sarah