2009 New York City Regional

[hawk_11]

Team 1302 will be attending!

[Rich Wong]

3 1/2 weeks left for the BIG Apple event:

There will be
NYC FRC REGIONAL- 66 Teams
FTC COMPETITION- 48 Teams
FLL COMPETITION- 72 Teams
JFLL Exhibit- 10 Teams
CAREER & COLLEGE EXPO (30 booths)

ALL UNDER ONE ROOF!!!!!!!!!

And YES we need VOLUNTEERS
(Especially for FLL on Saturday and FTC on Sunday)

For FLL volunteering, feel free to contact me; I need trained referees, queuers and pit folks.

[neoshaakti]

If you were to ship a tool box with extra parts to the competition, how would you go about doing that?

thank you

[Rich Wong]

Originally Posted by neoshaakti

If you were to ship a tool box with extra parts to the competition, how would you go about doing that?

thank you

Just a note about shipping spare parts- if it adds a lot to the weight of the crate, you will pay for it!! Teams have gotten big bills for packing too much into their crate.

Since you are bring spare parts and I am not sure what kind of spare parts they are, there are rules on how and when robot spare parts get to the regional.

Since you live in Edison, NJ; that is a hop, ship and jump from Manhattan. You can probably carry some of the stuff.

I hope that helped.

[thefro526]

I think I'm going to go up there. I love the Fact that NYC is a Sat and Sun so I can go both days without missing work. I'm dying to see 237 is action again.

[millerm277]

Team 41 will be back again, looking forward to it. We had a great time last year.

[Elgin Clock]

Originally Posted by thefro526

I think I'm going to go up there. I love the Fact that NYC is a Sat and Sun so I can go both days without missing work. I'm dying to see 237 is action again.

Come look us up while we're there Dustin. We always aim to please our adoring fans! lol
We'll be glad to host you for a while if you want a team to cheer on as well!

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by Elgin Clock

Come look us up while we're there Dustin. We always aim to please our adoring fans! lol
We'll be glad to host you for a while if you want a team to cheer on as well!

Is it cool if Dustin and I can be adopted for the day?

[Rich Wong]

Go Green!

At the NYC Regional we are encouraging everyone to bring their favorite refillable water bottles instead of the disposable stuff.

My son thank you for saving the polar bears.

[jonny2112]

This was posted on the general forum but we have yet to get receive any replies.

This was the post:
Stuypulse, Team 694, invites you to a team social at Chelsea Piers Thursday, March 5 from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM. There will be ice skating, pizza, and a party! Entrance will be $20 for each person. We would like to know who would be interested in coming, so if you are or have any questions, please respond to this thread or email us at events@stuypulse. It will be awesome!

[Elgin Clock]

Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi

Is it cool if Dustin and I can be adopted for the day?

Hahaha! Sure... You, Dustin, Danny from 816 as well if he shows up can all be adopted by my team.
Heck, anyone can be part of 237 for a day (or 3)! Why not? lol
We'll have to put you all to work helping us scout though*, so be prepared!

*I'm only half kidding about that helping with the scouting part. lol

Originally Posted by jonny2112

This was posted on the general forum but we have yet to get receive any replies.

This was the post:
Stuypulse, Team 694, invites you to a team social at Chelsea Piers Thursday, March 5 from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM. There will be ice skating, pizza, and a party! Entrance will be $20 for each person. We would like to know who would be interested in coming, so if you are or have any questions, please respond to this thread or email us at events@stuypulse. It will be awesome!

I saw that yesterday & meant to reply actually.

Where is Chelsea Piers in relation to the competition site?
About how far away?

[jonny2112]

Originally Posted by Elgin Clock

Where is Chelsea Piers in relation to the competition site?
About how far away?

Its actually quite close. 10 blocks downtown (about 1/2 mile for those of you not from NY. I am almost positive that there is a public bus that goes from the Javits Center down to Chelsea Piers.

[mom1155]

Colleges & Universities - Saturday March 7, 2009


Bucknell University
Boston University
Capitol College
The City College of New York
DeVry University
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Fairleigh Dickinson University
Johnson & Wales University
Hofstra University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Parsons The New School for Design
Pace University / Seidenberg School of Computer Science and IS
Polytechnic Institute of NYU
Rochester Institute of Technology
Stevens Institute of Technology
University of Delaware
University of Massachusetts Lowell
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
William Paterson University



Companies – Sunday March 8, 2009

Bloomberg

Con Edison

Goldman Sachs

Make Magazine

NYC Transit Authority MTA

Popular Mechanics

Port Authority of New York & New Jersey

Verizon



Organizations / Other – Sunday March 8, 2009

American Society of Mechanical Engineers - ASME

New Jersey Technology Education Association - NJTEA

Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers – SHPE



Princeton Autonomous Vehicle Engineering – DARPA Car

[Rich Wong]

In memory of Tony Paxton, a great champion of FIRST in NYC and a dedicated volunteer at the NJ Regional and NYC Regional, the NYC volunteers are collecting Team T-shirts to make a special quilt in honor of Tony.

If you wish to contribute, please drop your Team T-shirts off with Thea at the PIT Admin Desk and she will sew the shirts together.

The quilt will be presented to the Tony’s family.

[XANA]

263 will be there last year we couldnt go