[EricH]

Originally Posted by billbo911

OK, I know I should know the answer to this, but I can't seem to find the complete, correct answer.

It looks like this year the Kickoff at UC Davis will not be held. Instead, we may need to travel to San Jose'. So here is the question: Can the entire Kickoff broadcast be viewed on NASA TV via the Internet? If so, we may be better off just having a local gathering with just one or two teams and paying for shipping of the KOP's.

What would be your recommendations in this situation??

I would assume that NASA will once again webcast Kickoff. (They've been doing it since at least the start of the alliance era, why stop now?) It's definitely good to get together with other teams; even if they are picking up their kits, all teams benefit. You could, for example, send one team to the remote kickoff with a truck and all the letters for the teams. They pick up the kits and pass them out on return. Meanwhile, a group of teams watches the webcast together, starts talking about the game a bit, maybe even brainstorms together, then split up and go come up with their own designs.