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Re: 2009 Waterloo Regional

As always, Waterloo was a blast. For the third straight year all of you at the event made this American feel welcome. I blew off two Michigan district events to come to Waterloo, because it is that special to me.

Karthik - You and I have a unique MC / announcer combination that I really enjoy being a part of. I hope the Waterloo people in charge let us continue for years to come. Thanks for being our chaperone this weekend.

Jonathon Norris - I am really glad you decided to come to Waterloo to do the webcast. It was awesome as always.

2056 - Thanks for inviting me to your super secret strategy session. You have a great robot and a great team. I also want the GTR scouting sheets from Victoria if you can gather them up. The sheets from Waterloo were hilarious.

2200 - You guys were really the highlight of my weekend. If someone told me at the beginning of this season that the #1 alliance at a regional would play defense on a robot that could not score any balls in a trailer, then I would have called them crazy. However, that is what happened during the eliminations at Waterloo. You guys were great. A nice, simple, effective machine that focused on a particular part of the game challenge.

All of the folks responsible for Waterloo: it is a great event and I hope to be invited back next year.
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