Hello Ohio region.
I am Jeffrey, your First 2009 control system training representative for the Ohio region.
I spent this weekend in Austin an the NI training seminar. This new control system changes everything. Wait until you see it, especially the camera processing tools! As soon as I can find a venue, early ship kit, and set up a few demos, we'll have our first day of training. This will likely be at CWRU or Cleveland state, but I'll keep you informed (if you subscribe to the mailing list). I am going to discuss this with our regional director tomorrow and see if she has a preference for other locations etc. Also, I need some help from the teams close to me so that I can get demos set up etc., for our training.
There were not any beta teams in our state, but the early ship kits should be on their way out. I cannot remember the number, but Frank said something like 700 teams were getting the kits in an early shipment, so I expect to be able to find a few in our region (and, I hope, close to me) to set up some demos for training.
1) I can be reached via email at
jmann-FIRST@case.edu. Even if you know my other email addresses, use only this address for FIRST email.
2) teams in my region: please subscribe to the ohio controller training mailing list. Send an email to
lists@case.edu with the subject, "subscribe frc-ohio-control". I will be will keep you informed of our region's training events using this list.
3) Let me know if your team is getting an early ship kit, especially if your team is on the east side of Cleveland. I'll need your help to ensure that training is a success.
4) help me get this information to all the other teams in ohio.
5) I'll maintain our training seminar schedule and notes on
this web site
email me if you are trying to reach me. as you can tell, I am not a regular user of this forum.
*yes, I know that period in item two above goes inside the quotes, but I did not want to confuse you*