[1002Founder]

Originally Posted by santosh

The first person I would like to thank for ptree this year would be Mr. Jeff Rosen. Although he bad some terrible jokes as announcer he is one of the many reasons so many of the teams in Georgia exist. Without him, my former 1002 members and myself would never had made 2415. Chances are, 3091 wouldn't have had as much initial help, 1848 also got off the ground with Jeremy Roberts myself and Rosen, we also helped with getting 1746 off the ground. There are a ton of other teams that he helped to start along with over 100 fll/FRC/vex/jfll teams. You are a horrible conversationalist due to how long you talk, but you have gotten better, and have clearly been an inspiration to the mentors of 2415 (Andrew, speedbuggy76, and myself) ever since you talked us into ultimate submissions early on freshman year of hs haha. I'm glad I did not prank you this year bc I heard you brought a jack and cinder blocks this year
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Santosh Thank you for the kind words.
As an educator/mentor is a true feeling of pride to be able to look out at all of the teams and volunteers and see so many of the young people that I worked with spreading the knowledge and passion for FIRST. I take pride in the success that you all achieve and know that for all the grief we put each other through was done with to help you all grow and aspire to achieve. Thank you to all of the 1002 students and Alums for upholding a standard that was the cornerstone of the CircuitRunner team.