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Originally Posted by Billfred
media badges: My solution: people badged as media should have to show some kind of equipment in addition to their badge in order to gain access to controlled areas (queueing and the Dome floor come to mind). Exactly what kind of equipment is not important--point-and-shoot cameras are just as welcome as bajillion-dollar HD video cameras--but you'd have a hard time convincing me that you need to be on the floor as a media rep when you have no method of recording that which is around you.
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In order to stay on the daVinci Fields, they had to show me proof that they were indeed media people.
I thought the people of Atlanta were wonderful! Every one of them was pleasant. The amount of damage to the area was unexpected; I didn't realize so many buildings had lost so much glass. Kudos to the city for cleaning up and welcoming us so graciously!
I loved checking in the FTC teams in Bldg. C on Wednesday; the FLL teams had to walk by us to get to their check-in table so we got to see teams from both programs.
I love the excitement of being on the Dome floor for competition. I wouldn't want FLL or FTC competing in another building, even if it meant that we didn't have schedules and AV systems competing with FRC. I wish more of the 800 FTC teams could have qualified to attend. I wish more people would come by and cheer for the teams. I wish more people would volunteer to help on the FTC fields. The volunteer pool is starting to grow, but it isn't quite there yet. I can't say enough Thank You's to the folks who did volunteer; we had an awesome group!
I disliked having to share the AV system between Franklin and Edison. I hope FIRST can resolve that in future years. And add a DJ so we have some music on the floor.
I respect that we needed to hold off on starting our matches Friday morning until the FRC Opening Ceremonies were complete, but it would have been nice to be able to see what was happening. Someone said we had a former President there???
We couldn't see nor hear anything of the ceremonies on daVinci. I understand wanting FRC teams to sit near Einstein to fill the stands, but FTC HAD to be ready to go as soon as they ended, so we couldn't go watch.
I apologize to the volunteers and teams who were so late leaving on Friday night - I know many of you had people waiting for you for dinner and team social plans.
I love that so many mentors attended our NEMO meeting on Friday and wish that I could have spent more time with you all (Thank you Jenny!), and am sorry that I missed the CD Web Hug and most of the FIRST Senior Mentor meeting - I need to be cloned.
For those of you who kept checking with me, my final pedometer reading for The World Championships was 36.6 miles!
Next year I encourage everyone to wear one to each competition they attend, and let's keep an ongoing log - can you imagine how many miles we'd log over the course of a competition season?!