[Williane]

Ola Manoel,

My family and I are Brazilians. I have been following the Brazilian teams for a while and once in while I contact someone from FRC BR to see how things are going.

I heard how all teams are "adopting" a rookie team there. Good Job! We are concerned that with the delay of the parts, the veterans will also be busy when the boxes arrive and rookies may need some extra help this season. The info with the teams willing to help will be given to Guilherme (I think) and he will pass it to the teams in need… some are very far from yours.

To test the manipulator you can try to use a regular "boia". You may get the sizes with Logoloc and see if you can find one that is closer in size. At least the team will have fun until you don't have the kit. Why they don't ship internationally? Is it because of the payment or shipping? If you need someone calling a company here, just send me an email.

We had the pleasure to meet two of your students in WA and later at Epcot. We exchanged emails for a while until they graduated. I still have a flag with the signatures they gave us. Feel free to have your students emailing me or my son Caio. He is our team captain and mechanical leader.

Abracos,

Willie