As we plan for the Epcot experience we need to decide how to get the BEST Web Hug ever.
I am open to any and all ideas.
Place?
Time?
Creative experience?
a what?
Opps!
I should explain this…
The web Hug is a meeting of all persons that uses these boards at Epcot. We have meeting to see the actual faces behind the messages. A great experience. I give a very short, very short update about the website and future plans.
At the end we all gather in one large mass group hug to start the competition.
This is the unifiying of the “Community of FIRST”.
Last year there were between 75-100 people.
I plan a loud speaker (amp) this year so all can hear.
My goal this year is 200 forum users.
Lets have fun! I need help in the planning.
Place: Probably needs to be a large area, there seems to be a lot of CD posters now a days and who knows how many will show up
Time: Maybe during a lunch period 
Idea: Anyone remember the “Sumo” matches post from awhile back?? We could have a team (local or team going down with a trailer) rent one set of Sumo outfits (might be kinda $pricey$) and we could all vote on what 5 matches out of the ones listed that we would want to see… Personally, i think this might be a funny thing to see at the end of the whole webhug thingy
*Originally posted by Mike Martus *
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I guess that means it will be Thurs…or Friday??
I’ll just be there Saturday :rolleyes:
My team didn’t qualify…but I really wanted to see some robots I’ve read about & the Championship matches!!..its an illness…
LisaT 
Someone should contact FIRST and see if they can add it to a handout they give to people. They’re probably gonna give a little package to all the teams. So, include a sheet that says when this Web Hug would be.
Any Possibility into talking FIRST into having it during luch one day on the einstein stage???
I attended my first web hug last year and was a little disappointed only because I couldn’t put names with many of the faces (except for Ken, the pink hair made it easy 
It might be kinda’ cool if we form a circle early in the webhug and quickly intoduce ourselves so we can place a face on those that we conversed with.
I’ll be there! I am the one in the colored t-shirt.
Good Luck All, pack your sunscreen.
As much as I will probably get refuted for saying this…
can we please have it friday? Or maybe after rounds are over on thurs?
237’s alums dont get there until mid-thurs, and if anyone wants me to deliver more cookies then the best place to do so would be at the webhug.
Thats all
-Jessica B
I’ve always looked forward to Web Hug at Nationals… It’s one of the reason why I go to Nats every year!!!
Really great chance to meet fellow posters and see what they look like, before going around the pit looking at robots and shaking people’s hands… So, we’ve got to get as many people for this as possible!
The thing about thursday is, there are always practice round through out the day, and no lunch break… And friday is really when competition is intense, and people want to be with their team at all time…
Mean while, we might need quite some time for web hug if we are going to do the introduction thing. So…
I say the best time could be after thursday practice matches when everyone is done fixing the robot, and just a little bit before Dinner. That way, some of us can even decide to go out to dinner together if we want to.
Any time after that is just too much trouble for everyone…
What do you think?
200 people at 10 seconds an introduction means 33 minutes of introductions.
Anywho, I look foward to the webhug. After rounds on Thursday sounds like a good time to me. Lunch I’m kinda wavery on…If I don’t eat then, I wont eat at all prolly.
Just my copper.
I remember last year, I think it was on that Saturday morning before the opening ceremonies, that there were many people not doing much and dancing in front of the Einstein Stage. That could be a good time, or perhaps Friday morning. Just some ideas, but unless a team is doing some desperate changes to their robot at those times, most people won’t be too busy.
From the caveman talk to Adam:
“Morning bad, afternoon gooood”
I say name tags shall do nicely, and I’m sure there are some of us who will be recognized with our absurdly colored hair…
*Originally posted by Mike Martus *
**As we plan for the Epcot experience we need to decide how to get the BEST Web Hug ever.I am open to any and all ideas.
Place?
Time?
Creative experience? **
This will be my first nationals…and I am looking forward to a web-hug.
Count me in…!
*Originally posted by AdamT *
**From the caveman talk to Adam:“Morning bad, afternoon gooood”
I say name tags shall do nicely, and I’m sure there are some of us who will be recognized with our absurdly colored hair… **
Or my lack of absurd color might be easier to pick people out. 
Instead of introductions how about really big name tags? (Like 3" lettering =) )
*Originally posted by Brett *
**Instead of introductions how about really big name tags? (Like 3" lettering =) ) **
yES. Big name tags with real names and screennames
~Amy Ross (AKA AmyBeth330)
i’ll be there just say when and where
I’ll be there…look for the cheeseheads!! lol
Name tags are good. I like the idea of having the web hug on Thursday. If it is in the evening it would allow for a bit more time to talk to each other and there is always the option to go somewhere after the hug. I think the fliers that were handed out last year were helpful and I think that same place near the trees was a good place to have the web hug.