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To all 2011 Dean's List Finalists

Please pass the following information around to your Dean's List Finalist recipients!:

The 2011 Championship's creeps ever closer, and the highly anticipated Dean's List award ceremony will be well underway along with all other occurring events this coming week, and weekend!

First off, congratulations to ALL 2011 recipients! The 2010 class is happy to have you aboard in this well honored title.

Now some of you are probably wondering how it works if you're a Dean's list Finalist at the FIRST Championship, and want to know what it was like for us of the 2010 class to roam the grounds of Atlanta. So here's my answer to all of you:

The truth is, there isn't any real special treatment. You're just the same as the kid next to you! Remember that the Dean's list award is a representation that you as a student are a leader among your peers and other FRC teams.

So, what do I do then?
Do what you always do at your FRC competitions and show others why you're a Dean's list finalist!

Logistics

If it's anything like last year, the following things should be done:

Sign In.
Last year, the sign in was a Pit Admin, so tune in to Emcee announcements and Pit Admin announcements to find out the who, what, when, where. Signing in allows FIRST to know who's present at the Championship (more details below).

Retrieve Yellow Button!
At the FIRST Championship last year, a volunteering Dean's List Finalist (Brandon Dean) started a tradition, where he created yellow Dean's List buttons for Finalists to wear throughout the competition event so that said finalists could be recognized, because unfortunately, FIRST doesn't give you anything "official" until post-competition (with the exception of your cert from the regional and any Championship winnings). This year, I picked up the tradition and punched out all the yellow buttons for the 2011 recipients!

So, wherever you sign in, be sure to ask for one of the yellow Dean's list buttons. (I will deliver them to Pit Admin ASAP or wherever finalists must sign in).

Attend Dean's List Award Ceremony
As far as I know it's scheduled for Friday, April 29th at 12pm in the Ballroom and runs until 1pm (which is conveniently ALSO when the FRC break is before QT matches). If this is incorrect or changes at any given point in time, please post the new time, and I will immediately edit my post! Thanks in advance!

What are these Championship winnings?
Last year, all 90+ finalists received a Nike backpack full of tshirts, hats, socks, a pair of Dr. Dre Beats headphones, $100 giftcard (to some department store), FLIP Camera and many other giveaways. As such, if this tradition continues, it's important to sign in! This will indicated whether FIRST needs to ship the goods to you if you couldn't attend!

When you attend the Dean's List awards ceremony, BE SURE to listen to what they list off as "giveaways" in your package, because last year, some of us found that we were missing items, or never found them because they were hidden in small compartments (like the gift card, which was in a small zipped compartment in the back of the backpack).

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Keeping in touch & staying posted
As of right now, Brandon, Kyle and I are still trying to connect all the 2011 Dean's List recipients through social networking...AKA Facebook. Kyle is still working on the full Dean's List recipient list which is located here: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...28#post1035528

If you know someone who is missing from the list, please post in that thread!

There is an official Dean's List Facebook Group that we'd like all recipients to join. It is invite only though, so you need to friend me, Brandon or Kyle to get a hold on joining.

Finally, Robo Prom...It has been one of the most popular events of the competition season, and is a great place for people to meet up and have a fun evening of crazy wild lights, music, dancing & more!

Amidst all the partying it's also become one of the the best opportunities for Dean's List finalist to meet up, in fact, that's how some of us finally came to catch up and really "meet" each other (we all friended up on Facebook!)

So consider purchasing a ticket, and come meet other FRC team members!
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We ask that all Dean's list recipients wear their yellow pins to this event so it's easy to find you!

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So, as much as I'd like to share my FIRST Championship Dean's List experience, this was quite the hefty post, and all I wanted was to get some information out to you guys! Sorry it was soo so so sooo long!

Please don't hesitate to ask questions!

Crystal.