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Rookie Year: 2005
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Re: Should teams be allowed to attend multiple regionals?

As a rookie team,
we attended three (3) regionals

Did it cost a lot of money? YES
Could we "afford" it? OBVIOUSLY, we did.

Could the same funds have been otherwise spent? MAYBE

Will we spend the funds in the same manner next year? MAYBE

Each team should be empowered to spend their funds just like a real corporation does to earn the maximum RETURN ON THEIR INVESTMENT.

I will tell you that going to all three regionals for a rookie team has had a HUGE value on each one of us in many ways more than just additional practice with the robot itself.

But, not to brag.....
Finger Lakes Regional....."Rookie All-Star" Award
Buckeye Regional.........."Highest Seeded Rookie" Award
Toronto Regional..........."Rookie Spirit" Award, "Rookie Inspiration" Award and #1 winning alliance.
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The THUNDER just keeps getting LOUDER in 2008....
Team 1511 now supports over 15 FLL teams

RollingThunder....Winner of the 2007 Chairman's Award at Finger Lakes Regional and Spirit Award at Boston.....Winner of 2006 Finger Lakes Regional Engineering Inspriation and Boston Imagery awards.......Winner of 2005 World Championship Rookie All-Star (plus FLR Rookie All-Star, Buckeye Top-Seeded Rookie, GTR Champion, Spirit, and Inspiration)

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