[JaneYoung]

Things are beginning to fall in place. At the moment, FRC 2158 should be out at the fair grounds with the field set-up. I've spent my lunch hour getting things finalized and it's looking like we'll have 7 FRC teams in attendance, including
the Discobots, FRC 2587, from the Houston area, and a new rookie Girl Scout team from here in Austin, FRC 2881. I'm not sure if they will make it or not but the Cyberwolves from Killeen, FRC 647, have offered to bring a 2nd robot with them to give the team some hands on driving experience. There may be some more extras that show up as well, the teams in the central Texas area are known for working together and helping each other out.

FLL is going to be in the Maker-Kids area and the mentors will bring the students over to meet the FRC students/mentors. It will be a great opportunity for them to interact and have some fun together. Some of the FLLers may recognize FRC 418, LASA Robotics, along with FRC 2158, AusTIN CANs, from the Mindstorm Mania event earlier this year.

There aren't any FTC teams in the Austin area and we're working on that. Hopefully, some time in the future we'll have some awesome FTC teams around to help showcase as well.

Maker Faire is a great event and we're all looking forward to having a great time. I'm going to look for a cotton candy vendor, myself - a large pink cloud of cotton candy has my name on it, I just know it. Yum.