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Unread 18-03-2006, 22:08
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AKA: Jess Jankowitsch
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Re: 2006 Chesapeake Regional

Tons of thank-yous now that I'm home from Chesapeake and actually have some internet access (despite how horrible dial-up is).
First off, thank you to my home team, Cybersonics, Team 103, for taking me with them. I am so very grateful to have had the opportunity to go and have such a great time, plus it was great seeing all the kids, mentors, parents, etc again and seeing the team in action. They did an awesome job (despite a some problems with the system that caused a high scoring autonomous game to have to be restarted and leading to a loss in the semi-finals) and I am truly proud of them. Thanks soooo much! Love you all!
Big congratulations and thank you to all the teams who attended the Regional. There were definitely some fierce matches and amazing examples of gracious professionalism. Congratulations to all of the 15 rookie teams at the event... I definitely look forward to seeing you progress throughout the rest of the season and the years to come!
Of course a huge thank you to all those who made the event possible: all the coordinators, directors, volunteers, etc. You all came together to create a spectacular event. There are so many of you who deserve thanks, and really sorry if I miss or misspell your name (running on very little sleep): Carol Kauffman, Ron Taminelli, Steve Chism, Jeff Seaton (the awesome MC), the head refs Anne Bergeron and Steve Shade, IFI representatives, all the field reset crew and refs (including lots of awesome AmeriCorps people), all the other volunteers... ok too many people to name. But truly, I respect all of you for your awesome work. You are amazing people. Big shout out to Greg Needel for letting me help with the game announcing and taking me on as your "helper monkey." I ended up filling in for Greg on Thursday and was asked to help the rest of the competition. I had a blast working with you, even if you did lead me into the guys locker/restroom (jk...actually we were following so other volunteers to the lunch area and they too a short cut... low and behold it was through the boy's room...).
I was also so excited to get to meet up with some of my close friends who I haven't seen in ages. Dori (007), Meyers (56), Anthony (56), Mike (Leicht)(303),and of course Corey (Balint)(25) and my kiddo Bharat(25). I missed you all terribly, so it was absolutely awesome to see you all again. Big thank you to Brat and Corey for making me a MAVERICK shirt (#9!) and for helping 103 throughout the past two days - you two were truly an awesome aid to the team. Also, I was originally told by Brat that only Corey would be coming down, but Brat pulled another Philly 05 on me(told me he wasn't coming when he really was and caught me utterly by surprise) and once again caught me off guard by showing up. You don't know how excited I was, so definitely a huge thank you for helping to make the event even better than it already was. Love and miss you all and can't wait til I see you at Championships/Off-seasons.
Ok, so thanks again to everyone! Hope you have a great rest of the season!
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~Jess Jankowitsch
Program Manager - FIRST in Texas | Assistant Regional Director & Volunteer Coordinator - Alamo Regional FRC: 2010-Present
Volunteer Coordinator - Championship FRC: 2008-11, 13-Present | Event Director - Texas Robout Roundup: 2011-Present
Mentor - ausTIN CANs FRC/VRC 2158: 2010-Present | Alumna - Cybersonics FRC 103: 2001-05
Volunteer/Judges Coordinator - Pittsburgh Regional FRC: 2007-11 | FIRST Senior Mentor - Western PA: 2008-09
Emcee & Game Announcer - World Championship VRC: 2010-11

The University of Texas at Austin, Graduate Student | Carnegie Mellon University, Class of 2005
jessjank@gmail.com

Last edited by jessjank. : 19-03-2006 at 17:05.