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Well, having been back from Atlanta for a while, but busy with other stuff i haven't brought it up. Atlanta hosted the youth gathering i was at extremely well. It was a blast. Unfortunately i don't know if i shall have any pictures due to loosing some stuff on the flight back. I can say this, if you walk at a normal pace it takes u about 2 minutes max to get between the Georgia Dome and the GWCC. I don't know exactly how they plan to set up the site for FIRST, so things may change around, but if you go out the doors of the GWCC around the C section, (which is nearest to the Georgia Dome) this is all by memory so hopefully the names are accurate, and walk directly across there is a small grassy area much like a small football/frisbee field, yes we played frisbee on it one bad thing is its got a line of brick every some odd feet, but it still worked out. There is no elevation change other then maybe one step between the GWCC and the Georgia Dome, i can't say this for sure, since the GWCC is a multifloored and expansive building. They may end up putting us up a level, i dont know. Also, about a 5-10 minute walk depending how slow you are from the GWCC and the Georgia Dome is the CNN Center, which has an extremely large food court that could easily hold a large percentage of FIRST'ers. MARTA worked out extremely well. You can use it to get pretty much anywhere. Superman at Six Flags Over Georgia was great. Its a flying coaster so you are laying down during the ride including a large loop that results on your back being towards the ground if you get the picture. What else? The whole "take MARTA to see the cows thing" is about a city wide art thing going on. I know my city did it too. Different companies and other groups took a cow and then painted/whatnot to it to make it there own cow and the cows are spread out throughout the city on display. Also, MARTA security guards don't appreciate volleyball or frisbee being played on the train or at stations, and I had to climb down onto the tracks in order to retrieve a frisbee. The Sheraton Colony hosted us very well, didn't see a roach or anything disturbing. There is a small mall connected to it for food and such, as well as a Starbucks, Dunkin Donuts and Baskin Robbins. One thing about this hotel is, its in the Midtown area, and since less people will be there for FIRST, everyone will probably gravitate towards the airport/Georgia Dome section. Marriott Marquee i believe was the most praised hotel of any one the ELCA was at. The GWCC for the youth gathering, had ropes courses hooked up, 8 or so basketball courts, a few volleyball courts and one sand vball court, an ultimate frisbee court, ping pong, dodge ball, kickball all set up along with stages for bands, an area selling stuff. Those were just in the main exhibition hall. There were plenty of meeting rooms 2. Obviously we will use most of the exhibition hall for pits etc, but it would be nice to see some team/multi team building activities. I think nationals should be extended (which won't happen this year) add an extra day in so that things are quite as rushed, and allow more social time. How often do you get some of the brightest high school students united under common goals under one room? Make the most of it and meet people, which is alot harder when u r putting in so much work on the robot just to keep it working. If they spaced things out and had a little more social time I think it would vastly improve nationals, and it builds another skill involved in business, networking. Meeting new people that may end up being a good friend/helping u later on.
Can't think of much else to say at the moment, request any info u want and i'll let u know if i have an answer in regards to the Georgia Dome/GWCC/Atlanta

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