Didn’t see a topic 'bout this, so if there is on, sorry! 
Good Afternoon Teams,
As the countdown to kickoff enters the final days, I want to share some upcoming dates with you.
December 31st - Before the close of 2010, I want to thank all the volunteers (and my staff) who make FRC possible. The 2010 Season went very well (and is currently tied with Aim High for the best FRC game of the past 19 seasons survey). We were able to hire additional FRC staff (two of whom are FRC team alumni), we have more registered FRC teams than ever before (2081 at last count), we have 13,864 students registered in STIMS, we have 11,184 Mentors registered in TIMS and we have an exciting game lined up for 2011. Thank you all for a wonderful year.
January 1st – Happy New Year! May the 2011 FRC Season be the best yet!!
January 7th - If you can’t make it to Manchester for the Kickoff Workshops on Friday, you’re welcome to join the webinars. Click on the title of each workshop for sign up information.
January 8th - Thank you for all the video clips celebrating FRC’s 20th season. We’re going to include a few of the best during the kickoff broadcast. All the ones I know about are on the FRC Teams Global playlist here (If yours isn’t included send me the url at [email protected] so I can find it.)
We’ve are going include written messages from teams during certain portions of the show as well. I’m collecting comments here.
January 28th – I know the deadline to register for second (or third) plays has passed (the 28th is the payment deadline), but we do have a few slots open at the Regional Events listed below. (Events are listed from most spaces available to least spaces available.) If your team is interested in attending an additional event, send an email to [email protected] and if there’s still room, we’ll see what we can do about getting you in.
Bayou
Duluth
Oklahoma
Wisconsin
Seattle
Kansas City
Hawaii
Toronto
Las Vegas
Lone Star
Peachtree
Utah
Fingerlakes
Arizona
Palmetto
Buckeye
Oregon
Midwest
Washington DC
New Jersey
Silicon Valley
Connecticut
North Carolina
Colorado
Florida
Boston
In other news - My congratulations to Rebecca Kekelishvili of Team 375 Robotic Plague who I am told has been selected to receive both the Nation and Tri-State 2010-11 National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) Award for Aspirations in Computing.
10 days to Kickoff
See you then!
So, did anyone write any messages yet? I did one!