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LRIG
SouthEast Chapter
February
6, 2008
SouthEast LRIG
PO Box
14727
Research Triangle Park,
NC 27709
Dear Applicants,
We would like to congratulate all of you in
taking part in the FIRST Competition in
Richmond
this year. It is very impressive and encouraging to see young
people taking an interest in something as important as robotics and
automation. In addition, we would like thank all of the teachers
and mentors for taking the time to be a part of this experience and
education. Finally, thanks to those who took the time to complete
and send in your Sponsorship Application forms to LRIG SouthEast.
As you are all aware from a previous email, our
committee was to review all of the applications received and a
winner of the sponsorship determined and announced by this date. In
determining a winner, our committee looked at the following
criteria, not necessarily in order of importance:
1) Financial need - amounts received compared to
amounts requested
2) Responses to specific application questions
3) Number of members in the club
4) Students own fund raising efforts
5) Distance of high school to Regional and
National Competitions
After long review and discussion, we have come to
a decision on the winner of the 2008 LRIG SouthEast Robotics Club
Sponsorship Competition. At this time, we would like to
congratulate the winner of our sponsorship competition, Grundy High
School Robotics Club from
Grundy,
VA. It was a difficult decision because there were a number of
clubs that provided us with well thought-out responses. Based on
all the criteria mentioned above however, Grundy High School
Robotics Club demonstrated that they have a clear vision and plan
for promoting education in the discipline of automation and
robotics. So congratulations to Grundy High School Robotics Club!
A sponsorship check in the amount of $750.00 will
be sent to Grundy High School Robotics Club during the week of
February 11th, 2008 and if they qualify for the National Competition
in
Atlanta,
GA, an additional check will be sent in the amount of $1250.00.
Previous LRIG SouthEast Sponsorship Winners:
2003 -
Orange
High School Robotics Club - Hillsborough, NC
2004 - Lloyd C. Bird High School Robotics Club -
Chesterfield,
VA
2005 -
Southampton High School Robotics Club - Courtland, VA
2006 -
Benedictine High School Robotics Club - Richmond, VA
2007 –
Atlee
High School Robotics Club – Mechanicsville, VA
Once again we would like to thank all of you for
being a part of FIRST and for your application submission. We plan
to have this sponsorship available next year and will advertise this
on our website:
http://www.lab-robotics.org/southeast
Good luck to all of you in March and we wish you
a safe and prosperous 2008!
Kind regards,
LRIG SouthEast Committee
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