2006 update: Best FIRST experience this year: getting my n.e.r.d. shirt, walking into the new Connecticut Convention Center the Wednesday before the UTC New England FRC Regional and the New England Regional Vex Event and seeing how the months of meetings, planning, e-mails and cellphone calls had come together in that giant venue! Greeting the teams on Thursday morning in the lobby, watching their faces as they peered through the doors waiting to enter the hall, greeting the Vex teams on Friday morning (many of whom traveled VERY long distances to be with us for one day in Hartford)...meeting old friends and new ones.. seeing the eyes of the VIPs light up in Boston when I brought them onto the playing field and into the pits; and of course, being honored with both the UFH and 2006 UTC NER Volunteer of the Year Award knowing that there are thousands of worthy volunteers making this program happen all over the world.
