On behalf of the Planning Committee, I want to thank everyone who made this regional possible. The volunteers, the sponsors (shout out to our key sponsors, RIM, Toyota, Province of Ontario, and UW), the FIRST event staff, the UW support staff, the teams, and of course the mentors. When I say I reserve my highest thanks and utmost respect for the mentors, I truly mean it. (where's that bow-down-you-are-God smiley??)
And personally, I'd like to thank my Committee: Maud, Nenone, Naomi, Dana, Ian and Karthik. Awesome job.
Congrats of course to the regional champions, 1114/1503/1281, and to the finalists 188/610/771. I didn't think I would see such exciting final matches with the powerhouse Niagara teams there, but you three put up a good fight! And congratulations to all the other award winners, and to all the teams who competed; you all show your winning spirit just by being there!
I look forward to seeing you all back next year, for a bigger, better Waterloo Regional.
I've created another thread to specifically discuss what went well and what could be made better, from an organizational/planning/event point of view. Please
contribute your thoughts and ideas!
For those of you going to GTR and CMP, see you there!
And thank you all again for a very successful event!
Rob.