FIRSTcast Needs YOU! Looking for Regional Correspondents.

[Joe Matt]

We're gearing up for weeks of regional coverage. Since Adam still hasn't perfected our matter trasnferance device yet, we can't make it to all the regionals (let alone class on time). As such, we are employing, nay, EMPOWERING the great users of CD to be senior regional correspondents for regionals they are going to.

Now, we tried this last year. It didn't work to swell, we had some problems going on on our side, but we have cleared that up for this round. So we are looking for people going to ALL regionals. Even if someone has signed up for your regional, we still want you report! We will include multiple reports in episodes and/or chose the best one.

Here's what we're looking for...

-Someone who has a laptop and the means to record (microphone & audacity)
-AT LEAST one person to record (better if it's a round table format)
-Can be live from a regional, but make sure it's somewhat quite (check out episode 1.8 for example), or can be taken shortly after a regional.
-Informative, entertaining, and overall fun to listen to
-Audio - not fully edited, we will add you to an existing episode so just having you start out with a "hello I'm *name* from *team*..." is great, and a sign off "this is *name* saying see ya!" is good. If there is a lull or other mistakes or parts that need to be removed, you will need to do this. It is simple in an application such as Audacity.
-Video - we are looking for video of individual matches and event overviews. This allows for more freedom, as you can do a round table format in a regional, you can show highlights, regional overview, etc. Be creative.
-People with personality

If you think you can help us out, drop us a line at firstpodcast@gmail.com or post in this thread. We will get in contact with you soon to discuss how you can help.

Thanks, and hope to see you guys at the events!

[Michael Corsetto]

Hey Joe, I'll be going to Pacific Northwest, Silicon Valley and Davis and I'll have my Macbook Pro with me. I'm willing to put something together, but I will be driving the robot during the competition, so I doubt I could do a "live" recording, it would have to be a recording after matches are done. I'd really like to have some other people to talk with, so if anyone going to the aforementioned 3 regionals would like hang out and chat I think it would be fun. I might even be able to get my hands on some video, since we record all of our team's matches, so I could put a little bit of that in too if you want.

Let me know if you'd like me to help out,
Mike C.