[Jaine Perotti]

I would have a really hard time NOT being on my team...but if I had to pick, I would go with a team that is very similar to ours, collaborates w/ others AND makes fantastic robots. This team would be 237.
I am always looking to learn about improving public outreach efforts. A year on 237 would help me. Recently, 237 visited our team to ask us if we would like to help collaborate with them for a fundraiser, and I was astonished at how similar they are to us, and how willing they were to ask neighboring teams to collaborate. Both of our teams are from the NW corner of CT, and therefore in a very rural location, which means that it is very hard for us to find large corperations willing to donate lots of $$. It's great that they were willing to collaborate with other teams to help do this. I also found that they were a very friendly bunch, which is always important. I was impressed by their ability to organize, which is something my team needs to learn to do better. They are about more than building great robots (which they happen to do consistently); they are willing to reach out to the teams around them in a spirit of cooperation. That virtue is something that ALL of us could learn more about. I would like to be on a team that exemplifies this quality.