[Nate Smith]

Originally, there was a climbing wall scheduled to be at the party, however, there were issues getting it into the building(3" too big for the door, I heard), so it had to be scrapped. Also, there were FIRST representatives at the party at one point, who gathered input from the teams walking back to the hotel as they were walking to the party. On a (slightly) different note, I was informed this weekend that the event registration cost does NOT go toward the team party, but rather a sponsor of the regional handles it, and the local regional committee sets up the details...