CT FIRST University Day

[KathieK]

CT FIRST University Day sponsored by Webster Bank and McCormick, Paulding & Huber LLC, is an opportunity for mentors from all FIRST programs (Jr.FLL, FLL, FTC, FRC), parents, sponsors, volunteers and high school students to participate in a day of training and networking. It will be held Saturday, September 17, 2011 at Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT.

Attendees will be able to select among a number of general and program specific, technical and non-technical workshops. Ample time will be available for networking.

For more information, and to view the workshop schedule, please visit the CT FIRST University Day website:
http://www.ctfirst.org/first-ct-reso...ityDay2011.cfm

To register, visit: http://events.constantcontact.com/re...qf6golbdf2a77f

[KathieK]

The schedule has been updated. We have a great day planned for Connecticut and Rhode Island FIRSTers. If planning to come, be sure to register for the event so we have an accurate headcount for planning purposes.

[Chris is me]

I'm glad to be presenting at this event! Thanks CTFIRST for giving my little presentation a chance.

Jack Sneeringer (senior on 2791) and I will be doing a presentation advocating simplicity in competitive robot design.

[Rosiebotboss]

Any teams interested in 501 c 3 non profit corporation formation? Make sure you get there early, I have a CPA presenting with me to answer question.

[Chris is me]

Originally Posted by Rosiebotboss

Any teams interested in 501 c 3 non profit corporation formation? Make sure you get there early, I have a CPA presenting with me to answer question.

2791 will be there! We've just incorporated and our working our way through the 501c3 process right now.

[plnyyanks]

1124 will be there! See you all Saturday.

[jwfoss]

Students and Mentors from FRC2168 will be attending as well as presenting.

Our Presentation Topics:
- Drivetrain Design
- FRC Competition Scouting and Strategy

Both are basic overviews with some insight and expecting some questions and discussion at the end.

See you there.

[jwfoss]

On behalf of my co-presenter Josh and myself we would like to thank those of you who attended our two presenations. We enjoyed it and hope that those who attended came away with a postive experience and good information.

We are working to get the presentations hosted on our teams website.

Also a huge thanks to the CTFIRST organization for putting this together, I expect this event to grow from year to year and encourage more teams to attend as well as present.

[Chris is me]

Thanks to CTFIRST for putting on a nice informative event, and thanks to everyone who came and saw Jack and I spend thirty minutes repeating the word "simple" as many times as we possibly could. We rushed the presentation a bit because we thought we had 30 minutes instead of 45, but it came out a bit better than I expected regardless and I'm glad people at least acted like they enjoyed it.

I got several requests to post the presentation online. I'll put up something in this thread when I do. I want to add a bit more background and examples to the actual presentation, since a lot of the content was "talked but not written".

[smurfgirl]

I had a great time at CT FIRST University Day - I look forward to seeing it grow and I'll definitely be encouraging more teams and individuals to attend and present in the future.

[plnyyanks]

Originally Posted by smurfgirl

... and present in the future

like me!

EDIT: ...wow Ellen, you have 1380 more posts that I do. That's a lot...

[Bill_B]

I saw Uberbotish people but I was having too much fun wrestling with CCSU audio-video Dalek projector controller thingie for the FLL room to do much networking. I think I got the last lunch served and had to do my wolf impression to get back for the afternoon sessions.

Perhaps we should have a CD meeting next year. (?)

[smurfgirl]

Originally Posted by Bill_B

Perhaps we should have a CD meeting next year. (?)

Even having nametags that give your name, your team number and your CD username (optional) could be a helpful place to start from.

[jwfoss]

Our presentations (Drivetrain Design/Strategy & Scouting) were recorded by a mentor from another team. If anyone has any contact information or has seen the video replayed to you at one of your team meetings can you please contact me, I would really like a copy of the recording.

Thanks.