**FIRST EMAIL**/Reminder - FRC Workshops Available on the Web

[Mark McLeod]

Greetings Teams:

Each year, FIRST hosts a series of Workshops & Conferences to assist teams in their efforts in the FIRST program. The goal of these workshops is to give all FRC members support in building their robots and maintaining their teams.

Through the support of WPI, several sessions of our most recent workshop were pre-recorded and were posted on http://first.wpi.edu for individuals and teams to download and view. Along with the videos, all available presentation slides from our workshop sessions have been made available for download. Some of the videos include Effectively using Pneumatics, Mechanisms, Chassis Design, and Innovative Fundraising.

Also, thanks to the generous support of Rolls-Royce, the 2007 FIRST Robotics Conference sessions were recorded and made available on the same website. Rolls-Royce will continue to support the Conferences in 2008 in order to provide all FIRST teams better access to this information.

To view these presentations, please visit http://first.wpi.edu and click on "Workshops and Conferences" in the menu. You may also access the information, including many other past presentations and information, by clicking on "FIRST Robotics Competition" and pick the appropriate category.

This website will continue to be populated as more training material becomes available and any feedback or suggestions is welcome by emailing firstresources@wpi.edu.