**FIRST EMAIL**/Register Now for the Fifth Annual FIRST Robotics Conference in Atlant

FIRST General Forum
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Greetings Teams:

The fifth annual FIRST Robotics Conference, sponsored by the CIA and Rolls-Royce, will take place April 16-17, 2008 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta in conjunction with the FIRST Championship. Please register in advance to ensure a spot for you or your team at the Conference!

We’re gearing up for a great conference that will provide current and prospective FRC, FTC, and FLL teams, coaches, students, and mentors with the technical and non-technical information and advice they need to be the best they can be. With over 35 presentations from professionals, sponsors, colleges and university representatives, and experienced *FIRST *community members, there should be something to help everyone!

This year’s Conference will include some new and diverse topics along with some past favorites, including:

FIRST Scholarships: How Will Your Family Pay for College?
NXT Sensors - Building and Programming Tips and Tricks
How to Motivate Yourself & Your Team Members
Overall FRC Robot Design & Strategy
Special Needs Children and FIRST Robotics Programs
Blogs, Podcasts, and Community Service: Extending the FLL Theme Beyond Competition
Essentials of Effective Graphic Design
Designing Competitive Manipulators: The Mechanics and Strategy

Registration for the Conference is as follows:

* **Single Session Pass - $10** - This will allow any individual to attend any one 45-minute Conference session.    
* **Individual All Access Pass - $35**- This will allow the person with the pass to attend as many of the 45-minute Conference sessions as they choose.  This pass may be shared among individuals but cannot be used by more than one individual at any given session time. 
* **Team of 5 All Access Pass - $140** - This a bundle of 5 of the individual, all access passes

Registration CLOSES ON Sunday, April 6 at 11:59 PM.

For more information on the Conference and to register visit http://www.usfirst.org/community/firstplace/content.aspx?id=7520.

For more info about the Championship and accommodations, visit http://www.usfirst.org/community/frc/content.aspx?id=432&menu_id=80.

Questions? Send an email to [email protected].

Go Teams!

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What is the Essentials of Effective Graphic Design class about?

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I will be giving a presentation called “The Mighty Four Bar” on Wednesday. It will be full of information regarding varieties of the 4 bar linkage and how it can be applied by all FIRST teams.

Many big names will be presenting this year: Raul Olivera, Ken Patton, Greg Needel, and Karthik Kanagasabapathy to name a few …

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Graphic design ;). Basically, it’s an introduction to some core concepts and ideas in graphic/typographic design. Nothing particularly strange or advanced (45mns isn’t that much), but it should provide a solid base to start making fliers and such more attractive and effective in getting info across.