Outreach exhibit opportunities

[LinuxArchitect]

I am sponsoring a sci/tech educational exhibit that will be on display at a few major shows in the Washington DC area, and I have two announcements.

The big event is the USA Science and Engineering Festival, April 27-29, at the Washington Convention Center. We currently have two booths reserved. If any other FIRST team is planning to exhibit, or would like to sign up now, we can coordinate and ask the organizers to put us together or in the same general area. This is a huge event. We're expecting 20,000 visitors to our booth over the three day event. The cost to exhibit is not that much, less than $1000, but if you need help finding a sponsor to cover the cost, let me know.

Yes, the science festival is the same week as the championship event in St. Louis. In fact, we've planned to set up a set of large screens to cross broadcast the two events. If you plan to be in St Louis , let me know if you would like to coordinate the St Louis side of the broadcast.

My second announcement is an invitation to FRC and FTC teams to participate in the design and construction of our exhibit and/or to construct a satellite exhibit which we can tie into the primary exhibit via a webcast. We will also be giving a challenge to FLL teams to build a second half of the exhibit. Together the two exhibits tell a story... please visit the exhibit development website and let me know what you think. You can get a website account by clicking on the participate tab, or give feedback here. The website is still under construction, but we're ready to invite you to join now, to have you influence the rest of this project at an early stage.

Participation in the science festival, either directly or via our exhibit or a remote satellite event, is a major opportunity to show support for science and technology and to gain exposure for your team and your sponsors. April 27th is a special media day, reserved for school kids and local politicians. Of course, "local" for us includes folks like the President. Just saying.

Please contact me if you have any questions.

George
Coach, Team 53