2008 Chesapeake Regional

[Akash Rastogi]

MORT is officially registered and paid for.

[E. Wood]

Team 1629 (GACO) will be attending for the fourth year in a row.

[waialua359]

To Robomom and others who have participated in the past:
1. How can we confirm that we completed the vehicle forms for entering the USNA? I did this back in October and just printed a copy of what i submitted. Is this sufficient to show the guard when entering, along with ID, etc.
2. The instructions were to drop team members off at the gate if using a personal vehicle. How far is the walk to the arena if you have a personal vehicle? We may have some members doing this.

Can someone provide some tips on how they enter daily and what kind of delays should we expect?
Thanks,
Hawaiian Kids

[RoboMom]

Originally Posted by waialua359

To Robomom and others who have participated in the past:
1. How can we confirm that we completed the vehicle forms for entering the USNA? I did this back in October and just printed a copy of what i submitted. Is this sufficient to show the guard when entering, along with ID, etc.
2. The instructions were to drop team members off at the gate if using a personal vehicle. How far is the walk to the arena if you have a personal vehicle? We may have some members doing this.

Can someone provide some tips on how they enter daily and what kind of delays should we expect?
Thanks,
Hawaiian Kids

I will have lots of info for you about the bus procedures and forms, the shuttle bus process, and about walking onto the "Yard."

Let me get through everything that needs to be done for our kickoff and then I'll start posting the updates on the Chesapeake website and sending all the details to the team contacts in the next couple of weeks.

Halsey Field House is right next to Gate 1 where walk-ons can be dropped off and need to pass through security.
Thanks.

[waialua359]

Thanks for the updated info Robomom. For all of your hard work, we will definitely save some Hawaiian snacks specifically for YOU!!!!
Hope you like chocolates, macadamia nuts, pineapples, etc. ALOHA.

[4throck]

Everyone always seems to forget that their are two major colleges in Annapolis. Sure, no one at St. John's is an engineer per se, but we are still (I humbly submit) one of the most important colleges in the U.S. Message me if you want a tour or description of our 309 year old institution. Our campus is a beautiful place to chill whenever you have a chance. We destroy the USNA at basically everything.

[Wetzel]

Originally Posted by 4throck

Everyone always seems to forget that their are two major colleges in Annapolis. Sure, no one at St. John's is an engineer per se, but we are still (I humbly submit) one of the most important colleges in the U.S. Message me if you want a tour or description of our 309 year old institution. Our campus is a beautiful place to chill whenever you have a chance. We destroy the USNA at basically everything.

Everything being reading the most books by a bunch of dead white men, and maybe croquet?

Anyway, I'm sad I'm not going to miss the Chesapeake Regional for the first year ever, especially with missing the aloha spirit of my birth place.

Wetzel

[MOE]

Helloooooo from the the north east
FAST BABY FAST
oh yeah ? YEAH YEAH !!!!

[RoboMom]

Update - January 2008
Welcome to the 62 Chesapeake Regional Teams, representing 8 states, and DC and from England! Special greetings to the 6 rookie teams participating this year.
=>Paperwork needed for the Chesapeake Regional:
• Bus and tool vehicle request forms for entering the USNA. [Due March 2, 2008] http://www.usna.edu/FIRST/
• Site Info and Consent forms: http://www.usfirst.org/uploadedfiles...D_SiteInfo.pdf
Website: www.chesapeakefirst.org
Hotels: The Annapolis Conference and Visitors Bureau can serve as a clearinghouse to assist the teams seeking hotels. 1-888-302-2852 for Joyce Baki (ext 106) jbaki@visitannapolis.org or Andrew Heidt (ext 107) aheidt@visitannapolis.org Joyce and Andrew assisted many teams last year. Annapolis has been chosen by National Geographic Adventure magazine as one of the country's top ten waterfront towns! http://www.visitannapolis.org/
Food: Unlike other regionals (and what is posted) as long as the teams continue to clean up, the teams are allowed to bring food into the pits. No food allowed in the stands. http://www.usna.edu/FIRST/
Schedule: [not yet posted but will be similar to previous years] NEMO resources page has some great papers, including “Competition Tips-What to Expect” http://www.firstnemo.org/resources.htm
Shipping: [not yet posted]
Volunteering: Anyone traveling with your team interested in Volunteering? Sign up here (and be sure to designate CHESAPEAKE) https://my.usfirst.org/vims/logon.lasso?page=logon Lots of positions still open.
Student Volunteers: We will be requesting student singers and student ambassadors. [More details to come]
Team Social: There is no team social scheduled for the Chesapeake Regional but the planning committee is still investigating.
See you in Annapolis!

[RoboMom]

Greetings to all!

* The Chesapeake Regional has sudden openings for 2 lead positions. Training for these positions will be beginning soon.
* Please pass this on to anyone who you think might be interested.
* Happy to answer any questions!



Scorekeeper/Field Power Controller
http://www.usfirst.org/uploadedFiles...ler%202008.pdf

Lead Team Queuer
http://www.usfirst.org/uploadedFiles...%202008(1).pdf

To Learn about all Volunteer Positions
http://www.usfirst.org/community/vol...t.aspx?id=6090

To sign up in the VIMS (Volunteer Information Management System)
https://my.usfirst.org/vims/logon.lasso?page=logon

[RoboMom]

Lisa, the Volunteer Coordinator is experimenting with a blog

http://01111ab.netsolhost.com/blog1/

[4throck]

Originally Posted by Wetzel

Everything being reading the most books by a bunch of dead white men, and maybe croquet?

Anyway, I'm sad I'm not going to miss the Chesapeake Regional for the first year ever, especially with missing the aloha spirit of my birth place.

Wetzel

Maybe a trip to SJC will help you figure out how to make sense. You're sad that you are not missing the Chesapeake Regional? Then get out of here.
Furthermore, it is a mistake to look at the authors of our entire curriculum as white. On just the basic reading list for the first year, we have such non-Europeans as Homer, Herodotus, Aristophanes, and Galen. And the first year is supposed to be exclusively Greek.

Anyhow, anyone who is interested in broadening their horizons outside of what textbooks and professors of science and engineering tell you about the humanities should drop by.

[GaryVoshol]

Originally Posted by 4throck

On just the basic reading list for the first year, we have such non-Europeans as Homer, Herodotus, Aristophanes, and Galen. And the first year is supposed to be exclusively Greek.

Err, maybe you should take a geography class along with literature ...

[4throck]

Originally Posted by GaryVoshol

Err, maybe you should take a geography class along with literature ...

Homer was from Ionia, Herodotus was from Halicarnassus, and Galen was from Mysia. Aristophanes' birthplace is unknown, but traditionally he was also from Ionia.

All of these locations are in Asia Minor, which is in Asia, which is not Europe.

[GaryVoshol]

Originally Posted by 4throck

Homer was from Ionia, Herodotus was from Halicarnassus, and Galen was from Mysia. Aristophanes' birthplace is unknown, but traditionally he was also from Ionia.

All of these locations are in Asia Minor, which is in Asia, which is not Europe.

Sorry about that. You have to admit, though, that they are from a European culture. A now ancient one, but European.