There are way too many people to thank so I imagine I'm going to miss some.
Cyber Blue Parent Crew They deserve a big thanks! They are responsible for setting up the Hog Roast dinner and working with all the IRI crews. They did a bunch of work and don't get recognized enough for what they do.
Clark and Kyle Gilbert Awesome music with lots of suggestions from me. If you thought the music was too loud blame me, Libby and Scott Ritchie, Paul Copioli, Dan Green and Andy Baker because we all said to turn it up louder!!
Dan Green and Paul Copioli You guys did a hell of a job! It made the competition much more exciting and hilarious when you guys were dogging all over Baker with the "Belly Check's" and just generally making fun of him
. Nice work, we'd love you have you both back next year!
Judges We had a very prestigious panel of judges with rookies and with people that have been in FIRST for quite some time. Excellent job in selecting great teams for the awards.
Ashlee Snodgrass and Erin Rapacki Crowning DJ Fluck with the flower bouquet during alliance selections was a time to remember!! DJ was so surprised
Refs We had all veteran refs this year with exception to Jeff Waegelin, who did an excellent job in his first competition. All those belly checks would have worn me out in no time
Andy Baker I don't know what else I can say, you're just Andy Baker
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Wildstang What and excellent idea of having a human player competition! You guys put on a heck of a show and something cool to watch during the dead time between qualification rounds and elimination rounds.
Lawrence North staff Thanks for providing the facility this year and for helping with the setup.
Kenny Ardizzone Kenny came all the way from Florida to represent SOAP at the IRI this year. Having digitized matches will be nice to have and to show people how we run the competition. It looked like for a while that we weren't going to be able to get the webcast going this year but Kenny was able to get it going. Kudos to you and NASA for providing the support. We are now the first out-of-season competiton to have a live webcasted event. We hope to see you back again next year.
Ken Leung It was great to finally meet you for real in person at the IRI and come all the way from Sacramento. With the unfortunate circumstances that came up, you certainly deserve a BIG hand for running the scoring system and setting up all the network and databases. You always try to downplay your what you did, but we certainly wouldn't have had such smooth running matches without you being there. You will always be welcome to come back whenever you would like.
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Scott and Libby Ritchie They certainly don't get enough credit for what they do for the IRI and IndianaFIRST. It's hard enough for you two to both live in the same house, have different teams, and still manage to be nice to each other. The IRI has grown to what it is today due to the dedication of the Ritchie's. Everything you guys do never goes unappreciated. Keep up the good work!!!
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