[Beth Sweet]

Well, now that the award has been won, I can tell you a few things that were included in the submission. (Being an alumni, I've heard it)

-team alum starting 2 teams this year, 1 of which was international
-basically creating the FLL program. HOT started a group called HOTSHOTS (don't ask me what it stands for) before LL existed which basically did the same thing, and told FIRST about it. Since then, they have basically been the base for Michigan Lego League
-CASEY (once again, I don't know what it stands for) is a showbot, a robot built for the sole purpose of going out into the community and showing people about robotics in the way that they think of robot. When most people hear the word "robot" they think of Rosie from the Jetsons. CASEY looks like a human with a laptop face, a body (and full wardrobe) and the ability to blow up balloons and be driven by virtually anyone.
-helped out a team last year that had lost all engineering help and basically taught them how to build their own robot.
-so so so very much more

I was on HOT's Chairman's team for two years and know a bit about their activities so if you have any more questions, I would be more than willing to answer questions as I'm sure would be any member of their current team.