[Mark McLeod]

We ship our tools independently to Atlanta each year to a pickup location separate and apart from the FIRST drayage. They can hold the tools until you arrive. One of the sponsors we enlisted is a shipping company, so they have all the contacts and make all the arrangements.

We have an advance group of Non-Engineering Mentors (including alumni attending Emory in Atlanta) that travel earlier than the main group to smooth our arrival, pickup the tools, work with hotel management to rearrange the allotted rooms, etc.