Florida Off-season, Mayhem @ The Museum

[Arefin Bari]

I am proud to present the Florida Off season Competition 2005, Mayhem @ The Museum which will take place on 8th and 9th of July. The Competition will take place at the Museum of Discovery and Science in Broward County downtown Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. South Florida FIRST has taken the responsibility to run this Off season Competition. Broward County is represented by...

Team 108 (SigmaC@ts - Motorola/Dillard HS/Taravella HS)

Team 408 (Roboticks- Blanche Ely High School)

Team 710 (Paw- Apex Machines & Westminster Academy & Pine Crest School & North Broward, Coral Springs Christian)

Team 1251 (TechTigers- Sonny's Enterprises Inc. The Car Wash Factory/First Service Realty Int'l & Atlantic Technical Center Magnet High School)

Team 1345 (Platinum Dragons- NASA/D & D Millwork/Dragon Heat - a 21st Century Program & Stranahan High School).

Agenda:

July 8th (Friday- this day is optional for teams):
- Team showcase
- Free Imax Movie Ticket
- Team conducted workshops
- PR outreach
- FLL demonstration
- Go into conjunction with the animatronic dinosaur exhibit.
- Late afternoon/evening, BBQ at the beach.

July 9th (Saturday):
- Qualifying Rounds
- Elimination Rounds
- Entertainment (Performances, Mentor driving)
- Awards
- We should be done by 4 p.m.

Maximum Capacity of teams (as of now) - 25

Museum of Discovery and Science will open up the whole place to us for this off season competition. There are many restaurants and fast food places available around the museum (there are few at the bottom floor). Arrangements are being made right now. We need your help. We want you there. We would like to know who would be interested in coming (we definitely want the Florida teams to be here as well as teams from other states). As of right now, we are looking at $200 - $250 registration fee. If you have any question, feel free to contact me at arefin.bari@gmail.com or Mr. John Burke (Magnet Coordinator, Broward County Public Schools) at john.burke@browardschools.com