UPENE 2011: Register this week! :Robotics Contest Added!
Oldbitcollector (Jeff)
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Registration for the Unofficial Propeller Expo 2011 is OPEN:
http://www.propellerpowered.com/expo
Consider this thread the official discussion point for UPENE 2011
====== UPENE Propeller Robotics Contest =====
Attendees will vote on their favorite robot to win a Stingray robot with the new battery charge pack!
http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?132591-UPENE-2011-Propeller-based-Robotics-contest&p=1013154#post1013154
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(Best Western Norwalk) offered me a special rate of $79.99 for Friday night and $111.99 for Saturday night. I think that this is a $20 discount for each night. All American Suites has offered the same deal.
She also said that she would extend the same rate to anyone who made a reservation by August 21 and mentioned that they were with the UPENE group.
Best Western Norwalk
351 Milan Ave
Norwalk Ohio 44857-1159
Phone 419-663-3501
All American Suites
415 Milan Ave
Norwalk, Ohio 44857
Phone 419-663-1922
.OBC
http://www.propellerpowered.com/expo
Consider this thread the official discussion point for UPENE 2011
====== UPENE Propeller Robotics Contest =====
Attendees will vote on their favorite robot to win a Stingray robot with the new battery charge pack!
http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?132591-UPENE-2011-Propeller-based-Robotics-contest&p=1013154#post1013154
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(Best Western Norwalk) offered me a special rate of $79.99 for Friday night and $111.99 for Saturday night. I think that this is a $20 discount for each night. All American Suites has offered the same deal.
She also said that she would extend the same rate to anyone who made a reservation by August 21 and mentioned that they were with the UPENE group.
Best Western Norwalk
351 Milan Ave
Norwalk Ohio 44857-1159
Phone 419-663-3501
All American Suites
415 Milan Ave
Norwalk, Ohio 44857
Phone 419-663-1922
.OBC
Comments
Also, my son wants to go, he is 16, does he qualify for a child's ticket, or is he an adult (tough to tell with adolescents - they swing from baby to adult in milliseconds.)
Because he's not 18, his ticket is free.
We switched to purchased tickets this year for two reasons.
1) It helps offset some of the costs (food, etc)
2) It insures that folks are "serious" about being in attendance. (ie: UPEC 2010, 129 signed up, 75 showed)
OBC
Tough to swallow (I'm a bit of a Scrooge), but these have always been well worth the new price. Thanks for your work OBC.
Also I think I remember something about a group dinner or am I remembering something that never happened?
When you print the Name tags can you ask for a fourm name or leave a space to Write in a forum name?
Robert
Is there an Event Bright option that you can turn on so that we can see who's registered?
- James Ronald
MiRobotClub.com
(formerly YAAARC)
Ray0665,
You are correct, there was a group dinner on Friday night and then a few other times over the weekend. I was wondering if anyone was interested in doing it again. I think it was Sailman that set it up last year, but he moved to Florida and said someone else would have to set it up this year.
Subs for lunch, Pizza for dinner. Free pop and water.
And I also won a Propeller starter kit and one of them new Quickstart boards.
It was a great time and well organized.
The elevator was a little creepy.
Thanks you to all that put the event on and thanks to Parallax for the donations.
John
Hopefully i can make it to Ohio for the next one.
Everything's on the ground floor at UPENE (not the case for the very first UPENE). No creepy elevators to worry about (except for the people setting up who need to get chairs down from the second floor).
I was betting the thought that no one would leave me trapped in a malfunctioning elevator. (Would they??)
The one at UPENE is very modern in comparison, and we only use it to move chairs from the original UPENE meeting room to the gym.
OBC
We have a Stingray with the new battery charge pack that Matt just designed up for grabs with a attendee voted "best of show" for your Propeller powered robot.
http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?132591-UPENE-2011-Propeller-based-Robotics-contest&p=1013154#post1013154
OBC
Don,
That's a good idea (Ray seems to have a lot of those) - I'm going to have to remember that for next year.
In the mean-time, I guess that I will pen in my forum name on my nametag.
We're going with Fried Chicken for lunch this year.. Should spare us setting fire to another grill.
OBC
This must be part of the save the grill campaign.
Good thing he's a volunteer firefighter as well as an EMT.
OBC
Looking forward to this year, last year was my first and I had a blast and made some new friends.
Thanks OBC for your hard work!
I have a family event that occurs on the day of UPENE.
I'm afaid I won't be able to make it this year guys.
I'm really going to miss seeing everyone this year.
Have a great time.
Bean
OBC usually puts the information in the first post. I need to think about booking, so it would be good to find out if OBC has arranged any deals.
OBC
There is an issue a bunch of other NE Ohio hotels, I won't go into here, but it was serious enough to do some research. (Let's just say, don't rent a hotel room in Cleveland for a while.)
Best Western, Norwalk has extended us a good rate until August 21st. (See top thread for details)
I'm comfortable enough with their quality to have them posted now. (Thanks for the assist Doug!)
OBC
Best Western & All American Suites. Both will offer the same rates. Just specify UPENE when you reserve your room.
I've also gotten reports back from multiple sources that Norwalk is clean of the problems presently being experienced by Cleveland. (So you can sleep in comfort!)
OBC