[Pat McCarthy]

Greetings from the West Michigan Regional Planning Committee!
Here are the official details for the Team Social!

Now that all of us have shipped our robots, it’s time to start planning for the regional. As most of you have seen by now, the West Michigan Regional is having a Team Social.

Grand Valley University is sponsoring the Team Social to showcase their downtown campus. The event will take place Friday, March 21, 2008. And yes, it is Good Friday. Information about the event is posted at http://www.westmichiganregional.com/...s/page0010.htm

The event is free, and all students, mentors and guest are welcomed. It will start around 6:00 pm and start winding down around 9:00 pm. The food and activities are being held in the bottom of the parking ramp next to Grand Valley State University. The ramp is owned by Days Hotel, so if you have elected to stay there it is just a short walk. Otherwise transportation is on your own.

The event will have inflatable games, such as bungee runs and obstacle courses, along with a 24’ rock climbing wall. The inflatables and the food will be in the bottom of a parking structure. Dress appropriately.

The food will be subs, chips, and pop. We will have special cheese only subs for vegetarians and those observing Lent. Otherwise, the subs will contain meat. Deserts will be served inside of Grand Valley State University’s building, and there will be activities there to showcase Grand Valley State University.

Grand Valley State University has also made arrangements for teams to have a classroom to do debriefings and strategy meetings. Most rooms have white boards, projectors and internet connections. We will have to stagger use times.

Holland Team 74, Grandville Team 288, and Creston Team 904 will be co-hosting the event, and supplying the volunteers. Parties-n-More and Rock-on-Climbing Walls LLC are donating the games. Days Hotel is gracefully letting us use their parking ramp, and Grand Valley State University is supplying the food and drinks. Please take time to thank these people for their contributions to make this event happen.

Teams who are registered for the regional will have gotten this information in an email along with information needing to be sent back in to the Team Social organizer about how many people will be attending from each team.

As an additional note: There will be no more buses than on a normal Friday night. That means 1 every hour. I would recommend that teams use their own transportation to get to the Team Social.