Please welcome to the FIRST Family...

[Phoenix Spud]

So... you are probably all wondering what the team name is.

We are now team 3132--Thunder Down Under. For those of you who enjoy The Outback Steakhouse, this name might have more meaning to you...

Anyhow, we are looking forward to seeing you all at GSR in March!!!

[Karibou]

Originally Posted by Phoenix Spud

So... you are probably all wondering what the team name is.

We are now team 3132--Thunder Down Under. For those of you who enjoy The Outback Steakhouse, this name might have more meaning to you...

Anyhow, we are looking forward to seeing you all at GSR in March!!!

That's an awesome name! I'll be excited to see what you guys come up with for your team imagery; you can do a lot with "thunder" and the general Australian image/stereotypes. Good luck!


Also, if any of the new users use the search function and look at old threads, GLR was the very competitive Great Lakes Regional, which was abolished with the rest of the regionals in MI when the district system was put into effect last year. (however, the MI State Championship is at the same venue)

[timytamy]

Thanks for clearing that up. One more thing is BAE a sponsor or something, I've something about sponsoring our team (one of the mentors works there... I think)

So as you've been told we've got a name now and we are looking at getting a domain for the website.

I checked the member page and it looks like we have a grand total of 5 team members on Chief Delphi (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/me...&s ort=field5 look for 3132in the teams field)

Thanks
timytamy

[timytamy]

Thanks for clearing that up. Is BAE a sponsor? (one of our mentors works there)

As you no we now have a name. Thunder Down Under got chosen against RoboRoos 15-4 and there were a few other ones that got one or two votes. So we are now Thunder Down Under!!!!
We also have 5 people on Chief Delphi (look for 3132 on the member page)

Thanks again
timytamy

[EricH]

Originally Posted by timytamy

Thanks for clearing that up. Is BAE a sponsor? (one of our mentors works there)

Yes.

Some regionals have sponsor names as part of the name, like the SPBLI Long Island Regional. (Don't ask me what SPBLI stands for; I don't know.) Others state the sponsor name after the regional name, like the San Diego Regional (sponsored by Qualcomm). VCU and UCF are old names for the Virginia and Florida regionals, respectively; those codes are for the sponsoring universities.

Kara: You forgot WMR, the West Michigan Regional. It's now a district event.

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by EricH

Yes.

SPBLI Long Island Regional

School-Business Partnerships of Long Island, Inc also just as Trenton used to be the Johnson&Johnson Mid-Atlantic Regional


Also, with a BAE employee on the team you could possibly get BAE funding. It might be a little late, but there's no harm in finding out. Note in my signature that there are many teams BAE sponsors from all over.
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[BrendanB]

Yes, BAE is a large sponsor in FIRST. As mentioned they sponsor several regionals including the one your team is going to (it's full name is BAE Granite State Regional). Almost all the teams in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and lots of other teams around the states and possibly a couple around the world are or have been sponsored by BAE.

[Phoenix Spud]

One of the reasons we have so many BAE Systems mentors is that they are a sponsor of our team. If it were not for all the help BAE Systems has given us (both back in NH, and here in Sydney) this team would not have happened. Right by Macquarie Uni--where we meet--there is a HUGE technology park so we are looking at what other companies are there that might know about FIRST from the USA.