What do we do now?

[Mike Norton]

I really think the meeting place has done more harm to the teams then if team did it on them self.


These are my opinion and not fact so take it as you wish

FIRST want you to use the meeting place because they get so many room free for there personnel. Because in the past the meeting place has never gotten cheap rooms. there price has always been high even at the regionals.


We will be at the Orlando regional. The Meeting place has nothing less than $80 for regular rooms. and miles from the campus.

We are saying only 1 block from USF and paying $54 per room per night. These rooms are Suites. so we get a kitchen and living room per Room.


Why did not the meeting place get this hotel on there list. Maybe because there were no free room kick back to help the FIRST people.

we save just on the rooms over $1500. and this is just a regional. Are we going to teach our kids to waste money, or our we going to teach our kids how you can make money go alone way. Engineers fly and travel. I hope they would not just go and spend the company money just because they did not spend the time to find the less expenses way of going. In no means am I saying to go cheap. because we are going to be in suites which are a lot better than just a plain room. the kids have more room for themselves. but find a less expenses way.


I am sorry but I know people will say it is all for the good. but I will say everything we show and teach these kids is what they will do when they become the future work force.



so to answer your question. Have a party for you team and invite everybody you want. You can have a better party then what they can give you. I know from the past 9 years. every year the party have gotten worse and worse. We use to have a sit down dinner when the awards where given out on Friday. now it is take your award and move on.