UFH: Brandon Martus

[Steve W]

Originally Posted by Karthik

Brandon,

With all the great work you've done, you totally deserve this recognition. We all speak a lot about the "FIRST community", well this community wouldn't be as tightly knit if it weren't for all your efforts. This website brings a lot of people together, I don't think it's impact is really fully recognized. You've done an amazing job over the years.

It's TOTALLY against my nature to agree with Karthik BUT he hit the nail on the head.

You are the best! Just don't let it go to your head. See you at Wonderland.

[Ashley Weed]

Congratulations Brandon!
....You have made CD an absolutely amazing place, thanks for all you do.

[Joe Matt]

On behalf of all my teachers, you deserve a slap...

for all the time I've spent on CD.

Good job, and keep up the good work. Remeber, because you're the UFH, you have to work *even harder*. So now it's Make Brandon Work Half Month!!!!!


PS- What type of cold medicine were you on in that picture?

[Jay H 237]

Congratulations Brandon!

It's been said before and I'll say it again. Without you this forum wouldn't be the forum it is today. Heck, without you Chief Delphi (.com) wouldn't exist at all! The UHF award is long overdue but well deserved by you.

Keep up the great work!

[JVN]

Brandon,
Without you... the FIRST community would not be the way it is today.

Thank you for ALL you have done, not just for the community, but for me personally. You've certainly had a positive impact on my life, and I really do appreciate it.

I'm happy to see you honored (finally).
It just shows that worthy candidates can't hide from this honor forever.

You really are the man.

Your Friend and Un-worthy Fan,
John

[AndrewMorrison]

I know you have probably heard enough of it but... Congratualtions Brandon, you definately deserved this.

[Max Lobovsky]

Brandon,

I have only been involved in FIRST for a year, but I can already see that you deserve this. In your own unique way, you have help to expand the FIRST community beyond competitions and teams. Thanks for everything you have done for FIRST.

[Ken Patton]

Congratulations, Brandon!

You have done so much for this community - you created it's nervous system, you helped it grow and build so many new inter-connections, you've given all of us a place to go where we can experience all of the great FIRST feelings.

Thank you for doing it! What an amazing set of accomplishments you can be proud of!

Ken

[Will Hanashiro]

its been said a few times before, but i have to repeat it... this honor is long overdue. i've never even met brandon, yet he somehow managed to change my whole FIRST experiance for the better. without the work that he put into CD, there would have been a giant hole in my FIRST experiance, and for that i am truely grateful.

thank you brandon martus for your dedication, inspiration, and genuine love for FIRST; and may your hard work continue to change the lives of today's youth!

[Andy Baker]

Brandon is great.

When he and David Kelly set up the WFA website (http://www.firstawards.org/), it was amazing to see Brandon's effort.

Once the WFA committee got done giving their input on the site, nominators began to to through the process to input their entry. Brandon attended to each person's question and concern in a very timely manner, just like he does on this site.

Brandon is an amazing benefit to the FIRST community. Countless teams benefit from his efforts each day.

Thank you Brandon!


Andy B.

[Astronouth7303]

Congrats!

Despite the short time i've been on, I know you so deserved this. ChiefDelphi is great. (Read: really wicked awesome) Big thank you for hosting FIRSTwiki. And thanks for the patience to read through all my questions/comments/bugs.

I think we all agree:
Thanks for everything!

[LauraN]

Karthik said it best- without the Chief Delphi forums, FIRST would most definitely not be the same. For one thing, I wouldn't be half as addicted to it as I am now. =)

My first reaction when I saw Brandon's name as the UFH was "You mean he hasn't gotten it yet?!"

Granted, there have only been a handful or so thus far, but even FIRST rookies like myself recognize Brandon as one of the "big names" in FIRST. (Now there's something to be proud of. )

I mean come on, how many spotlights are there about how much work we make you do? =D

Congratulations!

[Beth Sweet]

Brandon, one of those people who stays on the sideline, but does everything. What a great person to give this award to. Congratulations Brandon!

[Eric O]

Congratulations Brandon!

This network of relationships that have been created due to this Chief Delphi website is amazing. Your dedication to this site is also incredible. To have developed and improved the chiefdelphi.com website to what it is today makes you ever so deserving of this award. It was excellent to meet you in Atlanta this year. Keep up the good work!

Eric

[D@ve]

Wicked Awsome Guy! We just recently met in Atlanta and I realised how tall you realy are .............But in all honestly you totaly suprised me how much you enjoy doing first as much as i enjoy it. You my Friend are a First class act.

Dave Ferreira