Strengths/Weaknesses In Your Region

[Bethie42]

Originally Posted by Bob Steele

Bethany
That is a great write-up about the growing program in Oregon...
Don't forget that the Oregon teams come up here to Washington and put on a great show too!! 1425 won the Seattle Regional last year!!

Oregon has a great robot family and we always enjoy coming down and playing robots with you guys!!

We will see you at the Autodesk Oregon Regional
Just 3 weeks away!!

Thanks My team hasn't been able to afford a second regional for a few years now, but eventually we will attend the famed super-regional in Seattle!! In the meantime...see you in Portland!

Eee, can't believe I forgot 1425...they surely do have a great program and I am so excited that they have such great support from their hometown of Wilsonville [my dad, who mentors our team, remembers the days before the economic downturn when Wilsonville offered free hotel rooms to any teams attending the nearby AOR, that's how excited they were about robots...]


That reminds me...if I remember right, Oregon's amazing Regional Director Deb Mumm-Hill was/is affiliated with 1425. What are some ways other areas' RDs are involved with teams and events? We really love our RD... Deb tirelessly sends emails with info about upcoming events, reminders during build season about things like robot inspection, team updates, and classes offered in CAD etc, attends off-season and regional events, and works on legislation to support STEM, just to name a few things. As far as I've interacted with Deb, she's shown great concern about individual teams and students just as much as the larger Oregon FIRST population, including finding grants for teams in financial difficulty.