[mtrawls]

This sounds like a really good idea. I'll go ahead and ask the question since no one else has ... for those of us that are going to be working in the pits/on the operator team (or otherwise partially occupied), is there anything that we can do from time to time to help out? E.g., walk to various teams handing out fliers about the program and direct them to the division "headquarters" (primarily for thursday, I imagine)?

Also, would other things besides strictly "spare parts" be put on the list? I'm thinking about things like soldering irons, hot glue guns, and other items many teams seemed to need (I know we lent ours out many times at our different regionals). Another thing that might be included is the IR beacon; I was suprised that not a lot of teams went this route, and so not many have them ... and even some teams that use the IR sensors didn't bring their beacon (again, ours has been lent out ... and even just the EDU controller itself without the beacon has been lent out extensively).