[Chris Hibner]

I have to thank everyone at the IRI for once again making it the best competition in FIRST. It's non-stop fun.

I want to thank Andy for letting me ref. Sorry I had to skate early. I'll never do it again, I swear. So please let me ref again.

A big thanks to everyone for making the IRI such a good time for me: Ken Leung, Jeremey Roberts, Amanda Morrison, JVN, the Copioli brothers, Aaron Lussier, Jess Boucher, David Kelly, Jeff Waeglin, Andy Baker, Dave Scheck, and all of the others that hung out. I got to meet some new people (if only briefly), and I enjoyed that a lot.

Of course I need to thank Andy, Ernie, Brandon, and Dave for making the band a reality. I had a lot of fun, and I hope you guys did as well. A BIG thanks goes to Chris Fultz for getting us the PA and to Al Skierkiewicz for running the sound board. These guys did a great job - we didn't use the PA even once before the talent show, yet they got it sounding good in no time.

Lastly, I want to apologize to everyone for leaving without saying goodbye. Some friends of mine from Arizona were coming to Detroit Metro airport and I promised them they could stay at my place, so I had to be home on Saturday. I feel bad that the weather didn't pan out as forcasted - as it turned out, I could've stayed. What a bummer.