http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/norcalvex/ NorCalVex Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:40:57 GMT Pamela Ling http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/norcalvex/message/79 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/norcalvex/message/79 Hi all, *We are letting you know that:* *FREE Shipping for a Limited Time On VEX Robotics * From February 18th through June 30th, 2009, get Free shipping on Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:50:15 GMT jillw@... http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/norcalvex/message/78 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/norcalvex/message/78 I know that we have several teachers involved in these programs.... unfortunately, this is focused only Silicon Valley. [don't ask me to define the boundaries Sun, 05 Oct 2008 05:39:42 GMT Keith & Yolande Petersen http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/norcalvex/message/77 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/norcalvex/message/77 Bob Hoskins asked me to announce that Turlock High School (Turlock, CA) is hosting an official VRC Elevation competition on Dec. 6 (Saturday). Details are at Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:27:23 GMT jillwilker http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/norcalvex/message/76 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/norcalvex/message/76 We are transitioning the FTC to its own domain and yahoogroup. The goal is to have norcalvex focused on Vex robotics. There are fun and exciting competitions Fri, 15 Aug 2008 23:27:37 GMT Keith & Yolande Petersen http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/norcalvex/message/75 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/norcalvex/message/75 Jill, Sorry for the late reply -- I was on vacation. Here are a few video links we've collected -- unfortunately, there aren't nearly as many good ones as for Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:12:54 GMT jillwilker http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/norcalvex/message/74 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/norcalvex/message/74 I met today with a company looking to fund FTC teams (Yeah!) and was asked to point them to a few great videos that demonstrate what FTC and FIRST is all Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:54:34 GMT Swanson, Tammy http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/norcalvex/message/73 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/norcalvex/message/73 Any similar interest in the San Rafael area? I run an all-girls group in San Anselmo (we just started competing next year). We would be happy to work with Thu, 19 Jun 2008 04:22:41 GMT Jill Wilker http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/norcalvex/message/72 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/norcalvex/message/72 There is a new robotics interest group for girls (with funding from/with the Girl Scouts) starting in Livermore. This would be for middle to high school aged Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:25:31 GMT Abhi Sri http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/norcalvex/message/71 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/norcalvex/message/71 Hi Jill, I participated in FVC and FLL and I am interested in joining this group. I have some film making background so I think I might make myself useful in Sat, 31 May 2008 18:59:40 GMT Jill Wilker http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/norcalvex/message/70 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/norcalvex/message/70 We would like to see a Northern California youth robotics web broadcast channel and have been looking at mogulus. [www.mogulus.com] We would like to compile Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:37:55 GMT Gary Yeap http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/norcalvex/message/69 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/norcalvex/message/69 Jill, We would like to participate in the Maker Faire demo. Here's the list of participants: FTC #548 students: Allen Xiao Danny Yeap Kevin Yeap Jaemin Seo Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:26:41 GMT Jill Wilker http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/norcalvex/message/68 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/norcalvex/message/68 Interested in attending Maker Faire on May 3-4 ? We would like to invite a couple of teams on Saturday and Sunday to provide robot demos. In exchange for a Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:14:49 GMT Mark Edelman http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/norcalvex/message/67 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/norcalvex/message/67 All, We are holding a small scrimmage, mostly to give the 4 teams headed to the World Festival a final chance to practice before they head to Atlanta. We Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:36:49 GMT jillwilker http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/norcalvex/message/66 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/norcalvex/message/66 FIRST has started announcing details about next season's FTC robot equipment. Team registration including kit pricing will be available starting in May and Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:27:16 GMT jillwilker http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/norcalvex/message/65 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/norcalvex/message/65 We have these upcoming fun events for FTC teams - contact me if you are interested in participating. Saturday, March 15 day ~9am-4pm Demo Silicon Valley FIRST