FIRST Convention Thoughts

[RogerR]

off-topic....

Originally Posted by Erin Rapacki

Actually, almost nobody went to the NASA Conference... and it was pretty good too (I stepped in a few times because their room was between both of mine).

i never heard about this conference. any video, or other info? what was it about?

[DCA Fan]

I learned a lot from these conferences, got new ideas. My main problem was finding the time to go to them, I missed like three of them because I lost track of time. Perhaps get the pit announcers to make an announcement just before to remind everyone who wants to go.

[KathieK]

We loved the idea of the conferences and had people signed up to attend almost every one. Our Human Player was really interested in the History of FIRST one, but couldn't get away to attend it. Several others were held during our matches so we didn't go. We arrived late Tuesday night and would have enjoyed attending some on Wednesday, prior to the chaos of the competition.

[tiffany34990]

i agree the conferences were a great idea--the only problem is i wanted to go to some but i couldn't cause of match times--but they were really great and i have heard that some of the power point presentations will be online so we can look at them

I also just want to say to congrads to making the 1st time running pretty smoothly and the speakers were really good-- congrads to the engineers and other mentors that got the honor of speaking. Team 180 is proud that our engineer James Jones was able to speak and share his knowlegde to the FIRST community.

[RLopez]

i didnt get anytime to attend any conferences.. but it was a great idea, especially for newbies who were interested in getting involved in new areas with their teams.. we had a few people that went there to learn more and take their knowledge into their next year with our team..they were really helpful... i heard about a few "sleepers" in the conferences.. but overall.. it was a good thing ot come up with.. if i had time, i wouldve attended... i was in the pits and in the field taking pictures ;D