[JaneYoung]

I'm never quite sure what to think when our team has left a Championship inspector scratching his head but using the word, innovative. The actual sentence was, " I've never seen that before but it is definitely innovative."

It had to do with our shooter a few years back and eventually, it passed inspection. After that experience, innovative became one of my favorite words.

A side story to the experience - one of the pit crew members was a senior on the team but a rookie member. We still talk about his year on the team and the contributions he made towards the design and building of that robot. He had never been to the Championship before and it was a huge learning experience for him as an individual and as a member of the team. When we left Atlanta, he was better for it. A lot had to do with working with the inspector, listening to him, and with talking with and observing other teams. It's one reason I hold ChrisH in such high regard. Because of the impact he made on a student's experience in Atlanta.

Jane