So.. Who's not going to Atlanta this year???

[Josh Hambright]

I'll join your support group.

*sigh*
And i could have gone is the worst part...

[melitami]

I'll join.

With three midterms next week, and my parents coming to Philly for the first time since I moved up here my freshmen year....oh, and the whole college-brokedness thing....no Atlanta for me. I haven't been to a Championship since 2001, my senior year of high school.

[Beth Sweet]

Add me to the list. If my team would have qualified I would have found a way, but it's too much money and my finals start next week. Grrrrrr finals...

[shyra1353]

im in ...

i plan on staying home and watching the webcast all day thursday friday and saturday ... look up to the camera and yell out "hi shyra!" (or have it on a sign .. etc. ...) and ill give you a free shirt!

[Bcahn836]

I am not going this year . I went for the last two years and it was a blast but not this year, there is always next year. Besides if everyone goes to Atlanta who is going to keep up the posting during the competition?

[dhitchco]

For all rookie teams NOT going to Atlanta:

1) We're hosting the all-rookie meet & greet on Thursday at 11:30 on the West Plaza between the dome and the Congress Center (the pits). If you're not coming to Atlanta, please send me an e-mail at work (douglas.hitchcock@harris.com) or via this chiefdelphi address and we'll see that your team gets the same information packets we'll be handing out to all rookie teams in Atlanta.

2) As part of this event in Atlanta, we'll be doing a paperback book collection drive to support the troops overseas. We're asking everybody to bring a good "mystery" used paperback and a buck (for shipping). In the future, your team in your home town can do the same thing. Just visit www.operationpaperback.org and you can be one of their volunteers also.

3) If there's something specific that you want from Atlanta, shoot me an e-mail. I'll be taking lots of pictures, etc so if there's a certain photo you need that won't be on the NASA broadcast, etc let me know and I'll add it to my laundry list. We upload all our team photos to rollingthunder.smugmug.com

ps: I'm not trying to EXCLUDE non-rookie teams, but the rookies are near and dear to my heart. Don't take it the wrong way...y'all.

[brandy836]

Im in with Brad. It sucks that we wont be going this year, especially because our team is made up of so many seniors. Oh, well, I dont think that our team had the funding to go anyway.

Although I dont think one more trip with Brad would be a bad thing. . . .

[Goobergunch]

God I needed a thread like this....

*curses fate and his school's budgetary priorities*

[Not2B]

Originally Posted by Philmont629

I won't be down there neither will my team, and we even had a competent robot for the first time in years.

DOH! I know... Maybe we'll have to build a good robot next year too.

Add me to the list. We need the champs on TV.

[Christina]

I'll jump on this bandwagon. Unfortunately, I will not be down in Atlanta, either. I'll be Texas, actually. Who knew. I have another competition to head to this weekend. I'm part of my school's SAE Aero Design Competition Team (*gasp* another engineering team?!) and our competition is at the same time. I thought I would try out a college competition for once. I was hoping to get down to Nats...ermm...the Championships (showing my age there) this year. Haven't made it down in a while. And this is my last year in college, but oh well. Maybe some other time.

[shyra1353]

Originally Posted by Bcahn836

I am not going this year . I went for the last two years and it was a blast but not this year, there is always next year. Besides if everyone goes to Atlanta who is going to keep up the posting during the competition?

Ha ha .. I like this point of view .. I am staying back for the good of chief delphi ....

[dangerousdave]

I am very sorry that some teams can not attend the Championship's either because of finances or not meeting certain criteria because there are so many teams. It will be a lot of fun but it sure would be better with you!

Perhaps you can attend next years event.

Dave

[Rich Wong]

Originally Posted by Elgin Clock

So sad.. We need a support group. Who's joining my support group?

I would like to join your group, I just dropped some people off at the airport and waved bye bye & Good Luck to them.

Now, I'm back at my desk.... just... hanging out.... on CD.... not knowing what to do with myself.... hoping to get a call.... maybe at 6pm maybe 8pm... from a fellow mentor.... or a student.... or ANYBODY to tell me.... how great it is down here... how nice the hotel is.... how much fun it was at the airport.... when 100 teams arrived.... the teams they are meeting in the lobby or game room.... the restaurant fun....
I need support.... NOW!!!!!

[team222badbrad]

Scratch a big BSR down on the list too, with a big crying smiley face.

Sadly this year, college says no and so does $.

This would have been my 6th year in a row attending the Championship event too!

Maybe next year I will come to nationals for my 6th time!

Hopefully I will find the time to watch at least parts of the webcast!

I guess for this year I will just have to walk for several miles and just imagine the heat, the scenery, the spirit, the enthusiasm, the hotel, the fun times, the people, et cetera....

Wishing I was in ATLANTA!

Good luck 222 and all other teams!

[Alaina]

I'm not going. We couldn't raise the money for the registration fee.

I'm not just feeling sorry for myself, I'm grieving for my team, too. Half of my team this year are rookies and they TOTALLY deserve to see Atlanta.

I guess I'll have to next year as my team's #1 mentor!