[Steve Ketron]

I would like to thank everyone that came to this event and made it so much fun for me. I enjoy watching everyone have such a good time and the competitiveness/socialism mixture the goes on between the teams.

I would like to thank;
Lisa Perez: for coordinating the volunteers (excellent work)
Ann Kowalczyk: for helping me run the event
Ronnie Tront/Keith Jones: Excellent work keeping the field up and running
Chris Hunt: Thank you so much for accepting the responsibility of the bad guy role. You did an excellent job handling the toughest job at any event.
Announcers: excellent job keeping the excitement of the game flowwing
Volunteers: THANK YOU to each and every one of you for your hard work and dedication to making MARC a success. Because of your committment MARC is what it is today.

Comments that I have been hearing:

The gym is smoking hot and needs to be addressed. Trust me, I know and felt this (as I passed-out friday afternoon and hit my head on the bathroom floor). Still trying to clear my head after that one. Currently, this is an item before our school board to have A/C installed in the gym. If that doesn't work, then next year we are going to try and get some rental AC's for the gym.

Mentor rounds are to long: I agree that it was to much and next year we are going to limit it to the first twelve teams. We might do a charity thing like IRI and charge a fee ($25-$50) per team and give the money to the winning alliance charity of choice.

Pig roast was awesome: I think the pig roast was great and we are definately going to make this a yearly part of MARC. However, with everything new you learn from some mistakes. I am sorry for those people that were not able to get some of Wilbur and had to wait for the pulled pork. It was brought to my attention that people went back for seconds/thirds before everyone got some food. For this I apologize. Next year, each team will have to sign-up for the pig roast ahead of time and pay $1 per person (wil be part of registration) and tickets will be given to the team at registration. This will help us know how many people we will need to feed. After everyone has had their meal, then we will open the line for second/thirds. The $1 per person fee will just go towards our event charity.