2005 Chief Delphi Web Hug

[Brandon Martus]

It's that time again. Time for everybody to come face to face and get out from behind those monitors, keyboards, and hundreds of miles of Internet.

What: 2005 Chief Delphi Web Hug
When: Thursday, 12:00 Noon
Where: Courtyard between Hall C and the Dome. (details)
Who: You have a forum account? You're invited.

We will give a quick hello, let people meet & greet, and hand out some goodies. Shouldn't take up too much time.

This year, instead of forum-based awards, we will be having a raffle. You must be present to win. You will get a 'ticket' from a page on the forums, which I will be writing and making public this weekend. There are many chances to win, so .. stay tuned for details.

People have mentioned that in the past they forgot about the webhug because Thursday is a very busy day. So, coming soon (this weekend?) will be a page where you can put in your cell phone # and receive a reminder text page 1/2 hour before the webhug, so you remember to come.

If you don't know what the Web Hug is, and want to read about previous years, see these threads:

2004
2003
2002
2001

[Josh Hambright]

One of the things i am most disapointed about having to miss this year because of not being able to attend the championship event.

THE WEBHUG!

Someone throw some extra special hugging action in there for me, and snag me some of those goodies

[Katie Reynolds]

Originally Posted by oneangrydwarf

One of the things i am most disapointed about having to miss this year because of not being able to attend the championship event.

THE WEBHUG!

I second that! And this is the second year in a row I'll be missing the Championship.

Next year I'll be there .... I hope!!

[DUCKIE]

I'll try to sneak away from queuing to attend.

[dubious elise]

::hugs katie and josh::
You won't be forgotten!
And (kudos to Brandon) I won't miss the webhug this year if I get a text message for it!

[Ryan Dognaux]

I'm there, especially with the cell phone reminder. Great idea with the raffle

[Brandon Martus]

The location is TBA while I do some research. Anne Bergeron let me know that the pits moved this year, so I want to make sure we're meeting in a place thats central & convenient. I'll post a reply here, as well as update the portal announcement when we figure out for sure where.

[kjohnson]

Originally Posted by Brandon Martus

This year, instead of forum-based awards, we will be having a raffle. You must be present to win. You will get a 'ticket' from a page on the forums, which I will be writing and making public this weekend. There are many chances to win, so .. stay tuned for details.

Brandon - what if there are practice matches that we can't miss? (I'm the driver.) Would we still be able to win something since we are "present" at the arena, but not at the WebHug?

[Greg Needel]

Originally Posted by nukemknight

Brandon - what if there are practice matches that we can't miss? (I'm the driver.) Would we still be able to win something since we are "present" at the arena, but not at the WebHug?

oh come now the important thing isn;t the prizes it is the people...thats what you should be upset to miss

[kjohnson]

Originally Posted by Greg Needel

oh come now the important thing isn;t the prizes it is the people...thats what you should be upset to miss

Yes - I would hate to miss it because I've never been to one before. But who doesn't like getting free stuff?

[Brandon Martus]

Ok, we've come up with a better (hopefully more central) location for this years WebHug. Last year there was a large FIRST banner where teams took a lot of team photos, like this one. We are going to have it in that courtyard.

It is right between Hall C and the Dome, so it should be a pretty central location.

See attachment for a map of the facility.

Thanks to Ricky Q and Jeremy R for help figuring out where to relocate to.

[Kyle Love]

I will be there...I will grab as many of my "FIRST buds" as I can on the way there too! Cya all there!

I will be there too! yayyyyyy web hug! lol

[Conor Ryan]

can we have high fives instead of hugs?

[Sam Lipscomb]

oh no! i'm in france on thursday, and i'm not getting to atlanta until saturday morning...this is upsetting! i'm going to miss the webhug...