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Team 1777 holds a Pancake Feed / Silent Auction / Kickoff event in our school cafeteria. We have fun with previous years robots, raise some money and then watch the kickoff on NASA TV. Current team members and any other family members are invited to do brainstorming, with a pizza lunch and then inventory the KOP.

By the end of the day, we will decide on the chasis, study manipulation options and start talking about the game strategy.

Our local Kickoff Event only allows 2 persons per team, so we send a couple of our mentors to go to that, which will include a couple workshops before delivering the KOP.