pic: FIRST in CT

[Alex Pelan]

For some reason, this image is not displaying properly...its the only image i've ever seen malfunction on this computer...
(All i get is red x in white circle)

EDIT: I got it to work, and it looks great! I really don't have a very good mental map of CT,so I got to see where some of these people I talk to actually come from. Also, what Elgin said about the teams being alphabetically ordered by sponsor was correct, but I'll add a bit. Only the first 191 teams are done like this. Team numbers were randomly assigned until the 1998 season when the teams were given static numbers based on sponsor alphabetically. Team one had a sponsor of 3D systems, and 191 had/has Xerox. Based on our website,their were random team numbers for one year, in 97. Ours was 59. One day I was walking through the shop when I see this monocaulk (spelling) arm in the corner, which has a big 59 on it. I'm not sure as to why it was there. After that,they assigned team numbers randomly (except perhaps by date of joining the program.

[Michelle 236]

awwww, look at 236, 521, and 500 together in the corner!!!! we're bestest buddies!

[Jeff Rodriguez]

Originally Posted by MisterX

P.S. what are those arrows for between towns?

I got the image from here:
http://babbage.clarku.edu/~djoyce/ge...conntowns.html

It seems the arrows point back to the 'parent towns'. Isn't that cute? The towns had babies!
It's referring to which towns were created first and who created, well, rookie towns.

Map for tomarrow: New Hampshire, I'm claiming it now.

[Andy Brockway]

Originally Posted by Jay H 237

Now if we could get another team up near Norfolk or Colebrook we could have the northwest corner taken care of. The problem is these towns have more farm animals than people!

Team 716 is Region 1, basically the northwest corner from Canaan to Kent. Norfolk and Colebrook are in Region 7 with New Hartford and Barkhamsted. I have been talking to different schools and Gilbert (Winsted) and Litchfield are interested in starting teams. Not much industry up here so fundraising is full time!

[Elgin Clock]

Originally Posted by Andy Brockway

Not much industry up here so fundraising is full time!

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I secretly hope that fundraising is a full time effort for all teams, whether they have big industrial corporate sponsors (NASA, Delphi, GM) or not.

I think that fundraising is a key ingredient in a team's development and growth, and hope that the teams with large corporate sponsorships are not just "handed everything on a silver platter" so to speak.

I know personally with our team, we have a wonderful main sponsor that has been with us for all 6 years of the teams existence, and they help out in any way they can, and we are greatful.
But I think that having the team members having to go through the process of applying for grants, and writing to new sponsors and even holding fundraising events like car washes, and ziti dinners is key to the team's togetherness and it's success.

But.. this topic is for another post all together.
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[SarahBecker]

In regards to the questions about 716, Falls Village is the other name for Canaan. I suppose we should state that huh? And, if you want to get really technical... we are a combination of a bunch of towns... North Canaan, Canaan, Sharon, Kent, Cornwall, and Lakeville/Salisbury. Haha! Have fun covering that!