2009 Kickoff Attendance

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by GeorgeTheEng

It was two years ago... close to 70 degrees out...

It was warm enough that Dean decided to open the helicopter hangar door at the Founder's Reception. We were essentially outside. (Those servomotors are smoooooth.)

[JohnBoucher]

Originally Posted by Alan Anderson

It was warm enough that Dean decided to open the helicopter hangar door at the Founder's Reception. We were essentially outside. (Those servomotors are smoooooth.)

We were hanging out outside the cupola for a long time.

[TD78]

this isn't good news. we normally bring a few car loads of people up to Kickoff. looks like we're going to have to rethink our plans....

[JohnBoucher]

I got a clarification from FIRST. The Founders reception is now limited to three people. Kickoff is not affected.

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by JohnBoucher

I got a clarification from FIRST. The Founders reception is now limited to three people. Kickoff is not affected.

Cutting back from four per team to three is understandable. If the crowd at Westwind got any larger than it was last year, there wouldn't be much room to breathe. Moving from the hangar to handle more people at once would probably be a bad thing -- I've noticed that Dean Kamen tends to be a much more interesting speaker when he's talking to a smallish group.