Kickoff Plans

[Billfred]

I'll be at USC for Kickoff; 2815 is watching it in the big lecture hall in the engineering building (and invited over 1618). Donn Griffith is going to Clemson (site of the FIRST-sanctioned remote kickoff, and thus our collective kits of parts) to pick up both teams' kits; figuring for the distance, the kit will arrive around 3:00. In the interim, I'll be eating lunch (maybe run up--and I do mean up--Main Street to Moe's unless food magically appears at Swearingen), reading the manual incessantly, dreaming up what a few teams would stereotypically do, calling Stephen Kowski (who will be in Manchester) for measurements and a feel for things on the field, and hopefully otherwise being productive.

[Vikesrock]

I'll be at the University of Minnesota for the MN Kickoff, then I'll be heading over to Williams Arena to watch the (currently undefeated) Golden Gophers take on the Buckeyes of Ohio State. After the game I'll join back up with my team for our brainstorming/design meeting back in Woodbury.

[ATannahill]

I'll be with my team in a room at Honeywell, watching the kickoff on their big screen and reading the manual on my labtop (it is as old as stones) and planning with my team.

[Dan2081]

2081 Will be at the Caterpillar Tech Center in Mossville, Illinois watching on a big screen in a lecture hall-looking room. Other teams Robot Casserole 1736, Argos 1756, Dert 2040 and Roboteers 2481 will all be with us.
After that, 2081 is going to our shop for brainstorming

[Joe G.]

I'll be at the WPI kickoff event, and then most likely host a rule review, strategizing, brainstorming, and design session with my team.

[Tetraman]

I was going to RIT to watch, but since team plans had changed I'm going to stick around at home and watch the reveal with my sister who is starting robotics for her first year. Afterwards I'll be visiting good ol' 174 and helping with some inital robot designs on the annual design get together sunday.

[thefro526]

Going to the annual kickoff hosted by 357 in Upper Darby. After that I'm probably going to hang with a few friends and kick some ideas around and see if we can pick out some strategies.

Btw, I'm going to get a good nights sleep before then. It'll probably be last last one I'll get until the end of February.

[=Martin=Taylor=]

Teams 100, 253, 776, and 2144 and are attending the kickoff at Woodside's Performing Arts Center. There will be complimentary bagels, donuts, and drinks! We'll exchange ideas for a while and meet other teams before running down to Osh to buy parts for the field.

If you're interested in attending let me know. We've been doing a group kickoff the last few years and its been a great way to bring in new ideas.

Hopefully we'll build the field on the first day this year, instead of waiting till the last week... or as in 2007, the offseason !