Essential items to pack for Atlanta?

[KathieK]

This year's packing is going to be very different for me (I've always packed a suitcase full of games, pit displays, goodie bags for the students, team buttons, etc. in my previous years as mentor on a team!)

This year I need to remember to bring:
NEMO buttons
NEMO CDs
NEMO business cards
clipboard
sharpie
Vex lanyard
Vex earrings (if I finish them in time!)
My specialty buttons- "I support CT FLL", "I Found NEMO", "Ask me about FIRST", my CD profile button, n.e.rd. button, 5-yr FIRST volunteer pin
My shirts - NEMO, n.e.r.d., RAGE Travel shirt (I'm traveling with them)
Money to buy something at LogoLoc store
CD raffle tickets
Sudoku book for on the plane
Other clothes, toiletries, etc.

[JaneYoung]

Originally Posted by KathieK

This year's packing is going to be very different for me (I've always packed a suitcase full of games, pit displays, goodie bags for the students, team buttons, etc. in my previous years as mentor on a team!)

This year I need to remember to bring:
NEMO buttons
NEMO CDs
NEMO business cards
clipboard
sharpie
Vex lanyard
Vex earrings (if I finish them in time!)
My specialty buttons- "I support CT FLL", "I Found NEMO", "Ask me about FIRST", my CD profile button, n.e.rd. button, 5-yr FIRST volunteer pin
My shirts - NEMO, n.e.r.d., RAGE Travel shirt (I'm traveling with them)
Money to buy something at LogoLoc store
CD raffle tickets
Sudoku book for on the plane
Other clothes, toiletries, etc.

I think instead of trying to clone, you should triplicate
NEMO, Vex, FLL, n.e.r.d., FIRST, RAGE, CD
no make that - septuplicate (is that a word?) -more suitcase room and it would give Big Mike something to do trying to find all of you to hug.

[KathieK]

I think I may just sew the front of one shirt to the back of another and then do the same with another set and sew THAT into the inside of the first set and make it reversable. Then I'd have 4 shirts in one and could just switch it around when I needed it! (how's that for thinking outside the box?)

[JaneYoung]

Originally Posted by KathieK

I think I may just sew the front of one shirt to the back of another and then do the same with another set and sew THAT into the inside of the first set and make it reversable. Then I'd have 4 shirts in one and could just switch it around when I needed it! (how's that for thinking outside the box?)

I'm sorry I just can't help myself -
that would be a really n.e.r.d.-y shirtbox.

[Rick TYler]

As is true for any trip, for Championships I would bring half the stuff I think I need and twice the money.

[RoboMom]

Originally Posted by KathieK

This year I need to remember to bring:

My shirts - NEMO,

We have a NEMO shirt? Where was I

Most important is the "the vest" for those times I'm working.... 13 pockets, about 2 lbs (before adding the radio) ready to go: business cards, nemo cards, tiny first aid kit, waterless hand cleaner, zip ties, pens, markers, safety glasses (2), reading glasses, sun glasses, distance glasses (it's tough getting old), chapstick, gum & breathmints, one really old granola bar, quarters, ibuprophen, earplugs, thumbdrive, tissues, raffle tickets, cell phone, even holds a clipboard, and finally, those all-important color-coded index cards

I guess I will also need a suitcase for my toothbrush, bathing suit, and socks..

[KathieK]

Originally Posted by RoboMom

We have a NEMO shirt? Where was I

You were too busy with other FIRST things when I was doing the NEMO Fall 2005 East Coast tour so you missed the boat on the shirt, Jenny, sorry!

[Billfred]

My planned packing list:

-Clothing (including dark pants--khakis get too dirty too quickly around robots)
-Toiletries (obviously)
-iPod full of some good music for the four-hour drive each way, plus the obligatory FM transmitter. (Maybe by the end, I'll have the entire White Album memorized. Hellll-tah skellllll-tah....)
-Swim trunks, if I can find them. (I haven't broken them out in about a year, so it'll be an experience trying to hunt them down.)
-Webhug raffle tickets, natch
-My good tennis shoes, handy for playing catch with Genia

[Jay Trzaskos]

For me there isn't an extensive list, but here it goes anyways.

-MONEY
-Team awards to hand out
-pocket knife and multi-tool (Remember to pack these in my checked luggage)
-t-shirts I owe people
-Clothing, including jeans, shorts, and the all important 217 shirt for Saturday.
-Toiletries
-gum and breath mints
-camera... if I can find it
-iPod and headphones
-three frisbees, you can never have enough frisbees
-Industrial grade sharpies
-the few pins i actually wear at competition. (including my "Dave says'That's pimp too!'" button)
-scouting sheets
-room for FIRST store stuff

That about covers it I think

[Cynette]

If you've got a little spare room, pack a used paperback book to drop off at the All Rookie Meet and Greet for OperationPaperback. Or pack a new one and read it while you are traveling and then donate it!

The event is planned for the Rookies, but anyone can bring a book and a buck!

Friday at 11:30 on the mall between the pits (GWCC) and the Georgia Dome

Team 1511 is again sponsoring the All-Rookie Meet & Greet event; a well-attended fun event started in 2005.

***bring a used paperback book and a dollar. We'll be shipping the collected books to OperationPaperback for the US troops overseas! (No romance novels please)
here is the link to the info on the all rookie meet and greet!

Happy Packing!