FIRST For Dummies

[Arefin Bari]

Chapter 2, part 2: Florida

Come on Drew, you can't forget your own team and people from your own team...

Team 1251- This 4th year team have come a long way. Along with 233 and 1902, they were invited to attend IRI. They probably need to buy another trophy case by now.

Drew Disbury - Maybe he stays behind the scene, but this designer and machinist helped 1251 get where they are now. He is a great friend and a hard working person. Part of the Mayhem committee, Alumni and mentor of team 1251, Drew attends Florida Atlantic University with a full scholarship from FIRST.

David Guzman - Sometimes I really want to strangle this guy, but at the end he always convinces me to get along with him with everything he does. A very good designer, also an alumni and mentor of team 1251, David attend University of Central Florida.

Eric Halleus - The director of Florida regional committee, this man stays behind the scene and makes Florida regional happen.

Lauren Lichtenberg - A passionate woman who never stops working. She is also on the Florida regional committee who makes sure the regional runs smoothly.

Nancy Knobbs - Florida regional volunteer coordinator. If it wasn't for her, Florida regional would have hard time finding volunteers.

Brian Camp - An alumni of FIRST, graduate of Georgia Tech, who works at Honeywell and mentors team 79. He is also part of the regional committee as well.

Kent Stolley - A mentor of team 744, who always offers his help to make sure the field doesn't break down at Mayhem.

Gautam Chandarana - An Alumni of Team 180 who attended University of Central Florida, works for Bellcan and a full time mentor for Team 180.

Mike Dinini - A mentor of team 233... enough said.

Marian Passmore - The team mom of team 233 who coordinates and organizes really well. She also helps other team in the area as well.

Andy Bradly - Programming mentor and Drive Coach of team 233... enough said.

There are way too many people that I am forgetting on the list, but I have to study for my exam and work on Mayhem. Maybe I will edit this post later.

Maybe we don't have the best robots in Florida, but we do have a lot of passionate people and a book can be written about them.