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You are on a GREAT team, IMHO.
You are on a 10 year team.
You are on a national championship winning team.
You have financial support. Delphi takes very good care of your team.
You have a beautiful facility to build your robot.
You have excellent engineering support. Andy Baker, Kip Gerhart (the two I know, but the list goes on). Your engineers are committed to your team, committed to teaching students, and putting out a great machine. They are some of the finest I have come into contact with.
You consistently put out a great machine. Your team consistently raises the bar by which all FIRST robots must be measured. (Look around for robots with treads nearly identical to yours for one).
While the student body of a team can change very quickly. All my experiences with 45 have shown the students to be very friendly and helpful.
I think the TechnoKats exude what FIRST is all about. I don't think there is a team involved in FIRST that couldn't learn something from the TechnoKats. I wish that the team I was on in high school could have been more like the TechnoKats, and I hope that the team that I will be on in the future will have much in common with the TechnoKats we have come to know and love.
I'm sorry that I will not be able to see you guys in competition this year. You really need to make it back to Michigan.
Bill Whitley
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