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Re: 2009 Troy District Event

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Originally Posted by FoleyEngineer View Post
What a great weekend!

To anyone from FIRST reading this... the new Michigan District Structure is IT!
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Thanks SO MUCH to all the volunteers, judges, of of course the refs. Really professional job. I never heard or had one complaint the entire event. Awesome!
Agree 100%. Huge thanks need to go to Team 226, Athens HS, all the volunteers, all the teams that helped with set up and Teardown including the Athens Football Team and the Troy High Football Team, there is just no way to thank everyone. This was by far the smoothest running event I have ever been associated with. We had one bout of confusion with a restarted match, which was 100% my fault. (A lesson in why micromanaging doesn't work)
Athens High School was fantastic to work with, especially so since we took over all their indoor phys ed facilities much of their parking and generally mobbed their school during two regular school days. Many of the classrooms in the school were even watching the Code Red webcast.

The size of the venue was perfect. We packed the stands, the energy level was awesome, the pits were huge, the competition was amazing.
Overall, this is what it should be everywhere.

P.S. A special thanks to the VIP Guides, my Mom & Pop just won't shut up about how nice, professional, informative and impressive you guys were.