2011 Florida Regional

[techtiger1]

I want to commend the Regional planning committee and all the regional volunteers this year for their hard work. Many of them are close friends of mine I have come to know throughout the years and Florida would not be the same without all of you year in and year out. 179,233, and 108 you guys rocked out there and 1251 has a special appreciation for each and every one of you. 179 has taken 1251 under their wing ever since 2005 making sure that we are sustaining and doing well. 233 you guys will always be a benchmark and inspiration for us as far as design goes, we have learned, and continue to learn from you guys the "little things" in robot design. 108 you guys are a South Florida neighbor of ours that continues to be active in the FIRST community despite some trials and tribulations along the way you've managed to keep a great program going. 103 and 341 what a pleasure to have two chairmans championship teams visiting, you both show us the standard for a great team model. Thanks to 1523 for choosing 1251 to be a member of your alliance sorry we couldn't be more help this year because of our field communication issues, we thought it was completely fixed our last qualification match but it wasn't. Keep building robots like you guys did this year though and you'll be around on Saturday afternoons pretty frequently though . Finally, I want to publicly congratulate the 1251 students this year for doing an outstanding job at the regional and keeping their heads up even though we seemingly had a problem that was beyond our control with the robot. Remember it's always easy to be proud when your winning, but it takes something special to keep going when things aren't so good.