OH NO! I forgot to meet all the people I had on my list! I was so busy in the pits and scouting that I lost all track of time! I do know that DJ came looking for me. My teammates described him as the “Dude from the TechnoKats that had the fro in Chicago and had his face painted”. From there I just knew it was him. Maybe I will go to IRI and meet him personally.
Jeez… I was privileged to meet so many of you! I had the pleasure of meeting:
Matt Leese
Steve Shade
Al Skierkiewicz
Gary Dillard
John Boucher
Kenny Ardizzone
Paul Copioli
Ryan Albright
Nelson Green
Mike Walker
Rick Blight (Ricksta)
Karthik Kanagasabapathy (Kindergarten was hard 
)
Kyle Fenton
Tom Dolan
Joel Johnson
Brian Lucas
Kyle Hughes
Raul Olivera
Andy Grady
Anne Bergeron
Jeremy Roberts
Elgin Clock
Jeff Wetzel
mechman108
DCA Fan
I met so many more of you than this lets on. Thank you to everyone who introduced themselves or took time when they were busy to just say hi (especially Kyle Hughes - she was so busy that I was afraid to talk to her!) Thanks to everyone who made Atlanta really special for me.
AM
People I met:
DJ
Big Mike (ok, not meet, but more like attacked by)
Dave (read big mike’s notation)
The Lucas
Erin Rapacki (remember that guy talking to you while you were locking up your Segway? 
)
Brandon Martus
Not many people, but I was very busy, hopefully next year will be the year. muahahahahahah
I met…
Amanda Morrison
David Kelly
Dj Fluck
Ken Leung
Brandon Martus
JVN
Dave from 121
Andrew Roberts (native)(it’s an inside joke)
Woody Flowers
and others
I don’t know if they all remember me, I was kinda a tag along with the first 3 people on my list.
I met dave lavery too. i had sprained my thumb that day :ahh: and i got him so sign my bandage 
We met Steve Wozniak! When they announched him as a judge, I ran down to the pits to find him and get a picture. While I was rooting around for the camera, he walked up to our pits. He insplctied our robot and was interested in our use of fiberglass. He asked about our school ans such. We asked if we could get a group picture and he was real accomodating. He had to move on – man teams to judge.
I printed a couple of digital pictures at the cop center, ran back and we got a couple of autographs – the Woz!
We were ver impressed!
We met Steve Wozniak!
That’s awesome!
I remember meeting J.T. Battenberg, Dave Kelso, Karthik, JVN, and Andy Brockway in particular.
I met quite a few people there. In fact I can’t remember all of them. So if I introduced myself but forgot to write you down don’t be offended. These three really stuck out as fun people though that I remember very very well.
Tytus Gerrish
Andy Baker (Sorta…I was a bit of a tagalong)
Blue Orion (Jess from Miss Daisy)
Next year sign my sign so I remember you! :). - Genia (Free Hugs girl)
A lot of people came by our pit to ask about our steering system (4 whl ackerman) that had seen posts about it on CD… I forgot every single time to introduce myself as RoteAugen instead of Chris…
also, those reps/mentors from MOE were pretty cool. It’s always a good feeling to talk to someone with a genuine interest in what you are talking about