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Unread 01-04-2012, 11:18
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Re: Silicon Valley regional 2012

I was an inspector for 4086 and was impressed with their robot. They had to overcome a shorted-out AndyMark gear motor, that was hard to track down. Fortunately they got a spare from another team - I hope that they got a GP award, but I don't know who they were.

This was the best run regional I've ever seen. We finished up qualifiers almost an hour early. I got to shake hands with both Steve Wozniak and Sergey Brin! I even had a short conversation with Micheal Brin, who was a judge at SVR. I asked him if he ever worried about his son, and he told me: "Of course I worry about him, he's my child." I've been involved with FIRST for 13 years. I am seeing inspirational young people who were students, now coming back as mentors. 254, 1868 and 971 are among several teams now led by alumni. So I don't have to worry about the future of FIRST.