Gearing Up! (FIRST documentary)

[RoboMom]

Looking forward to the release! It seems like a long time ago now....
Nice promo, and nice snaps. The photo of the Robodoves talking with a man in a blue blazer- he is the Governor of Maryland.

[Rick TYler]

Originally Posted by RoboMom

The photo of the Robodoves talking with a man in a blue blazer- he is the Governor of Maryland.

I haven't met the other three teams, but I had the privilege of inspecting the Robodoves' VRC robot at the World Championships in Dallas. On their Website they say their VEX robot managed 29 points in the Programming Skills Challenge at a regional event, which is the second-highest score I heard of last season in VRC. That's some good programming. I'm looking forward to seeing the documentary.

[RoboMom]

I don't have a complete mentor list for 2528 but one male mentor (featured at the end of the promo) is a retired engineer from Bethlehem Steel (a longtime FIRST mentor and event volunteer), and other mentors (female) were from a small local company in Baltimore - Key Tech - which does product development. They are amazing role models for this all-female team.

[xitaqua]

Very cool !!!.

Here is what I have so far :

Team #1706 the “Ratchet Rockers”
Three mentors from aerospace industry, one of them a retiree.

Team #341 "Miss Daisy"
One of our mentors is a physics teacher at Wissahickon High School
One of our mentors is a machine trades teacher at North Montco Technical Career Center (county technical school)
One of our mentors works for Lockheed Martin
One of our mentors is a US Army retiree
One of our mentors is a professional web designer/multimedia designer with a small firm in Philadelphia
One of our mentors works for an HVAC company
Four of our mentors are currently college students studying engineering-related fields.

Team #2528 the “Robodoves”
One male mentor (featured at the end of the promo) is a retired engineer from Bethlehem Steel (a longtime FIRST mentor and event volunteer).
One other mentors (female) were from a small local company in Baltimore - Key Tech - which does product development. They are amazing role models for this all-female team.

[RoboMom]

I have been instructed that FIRST will be sending the procedures to the Regional Directors for the process to be followed for contacting local PBS stations (to ask to show the documentary). The RD's will distribute to their local areas.

[xitaqua]

Anyone that follows this thread lives in Alabama ?
If so, contact me on private message on chief delphi.


Cheers,
Marcos.

[OZ_341]

Originally Posted by RoboMom

I have been instructed that FIRST will be sending the procedures to the Regional Directors for the process to be followed for contacting local PBS stations (to ask to show the documentary). The RD's will distribute to their local areas.

Definitely wait for direction from FIRST before contacting a PBS station. There is some serious protocol to follow there.

However, we have been working closely with the folks at KETC St. Louis and it is OK to use your social networking skills to contact friends, family, other FIRST teams, sponsors, and others to let them know about the upcoming release. They are definitely at a point where they want the general public to know about the Facebook site and the upcoming Gearing Up website.

[OZ_341]

Originally Posted by xitaqua

Very cool !!!.

Here is what I have so far :
.......
Team #341 "Miss Daisy"
One of our mentors is a physics teacher at Wissahickon High School.....
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Just an FYI that the Physics teacher for team 341 is also a Master prepared Mechanical Engineer (retired) with 10 years in the packaging and food industry.

[Ted Weisse]

Reminder......

Date: 12/30/09
Time: 1:00 PM CST
Where: Wisconsin Public Television

[1986titans]

KETC just put the entire documentary up on Youtube yesterday. Here are the links:

Part 1 | Meet the Teamsl
Part 2 | Countdown
Part 3 | Facing Challenges
Part 4 | Regional Competitions