Hi George!
Yup, it's me. PTR folks are working with 4 teams this year. Because Herndon High is just up the road from me, I'm working with Team 116. Great bunch of folks. But, this snow is killing us. The school with the milling equipment, etc. has been closed for almost 2 weeks! We're slogging on, but the going is tough and the robot's got to ship in a few days. The DC regionals might be fairly empty this year I'm afraid, unless a miracle occurs. Especially given that the weather wonks are forecasting more snow for Monday!
Good to know you're working with FIRST. We need to grow all of the embedded engineers we can, so guys like you & I can retire knowing that the world won't come unraveled without our contribution to the struggle against entropy.
Hope to see you at the DC regionals.
Mike