I'm looking forward to meeting the West Coast and Mid-west robots that don't make it out my way for competitions. I'm excited to see all of the robots that I read about here on CD. At the regionals it's very cool how teams will take the time to explain (for the 1000th time) how their robot works, how they got the design ideas, things they tried and failed at, etc. I spend very little time in the stands, I'm back prowling the pits for ideas that we can use.
For specific people, I'll try to find Jane Young, since my sister is always talking about her and Jane and I've exchanged some interesting emails. Chris Fultz to talk about event planning and try to get some tips on how he manages big events. Of course JVN, a rock star in both the FIRST and VEX world. Just to name a few ...
I'm expecting that all the meet and greet will really cut into the robot competition time.
I hope that our robot continues to hang together across the two days.
I like the idea of wearing a badge with the CD names on them, it will make identifying people much easier.
18 days to go!