[chbot] Christchurch Robotics Group at the Nationals Event

[Mark Atherton]

Oops, I misread the date.

-mark



On 21/03/2021 9:49 PM, Andrew Errington wrote:
> Um, it was yesterday?
> 
> Andrew
> 
> 
> On Sun, 21 Mar 2021, 21:37 Mark Atherton, <markaren1 at xtra.co.nz 
> <mailto:markaren1 at xtra.co.nz>> wrote:
> 
>     Hi All,
> 
>     Anyone interested in following up on this offer ?
> 
>     Regards,
> 
>     Mark
> 
> 
>     -----------------
> 
>     Kia ora koutou,
> 
>     It sure feels like a lifetime since I was last down in Christchurch
>     meeting you all at your den, meeting the team and exploring the neat
>     Men
>     Shed space you have there!
> 
>     I must apologise that I haven’t been more connected since that initial
>     meeting. As you can imagine, the year got somewhat distracted with
>     other
>     htings to manage and I wasn’t able to prioritise working with your
>     group
>     more.
> 
>     In a turn of events, our large event, the VEX Robotics Competition
>     National Championship has been postponed twice, and we are now
>     splitting
>     this into a series with the main larger event staying in Auckland and
>     then a South Island one in Christchurch on Saturday 20^th March hosted
>     at Christchurch Boys’ High School.
> 
>     Alongside the competition, I’m hoping to showcase a number of booths
>     with neat activities for the public, or a chance for people to learn
>     more and find out more stuff about things going on in Canterbury in the
>     STEM space. I recall that recruitment of younger folks into your group
>     was something you wanted to work on, particularly when there is so much
>     knowledge and talent amongst your group that can go back towards
>     mentoring younger teams who have never given radio or electronics
>     tinkering a go.
> 
>     Anyway – all that to say, would the Christchurch Robotics Group be
>     potentially interested in joining us at our event with a stand, maybe
>     with various radios over the years to display, or a small activity that
>     people can pick up and try and have a play with?
> 
>     Shy of that, even a few A5 style pamphlets you might have about getting
>     involved with ham radio could be of interest to people who may not know
>     about your group and wish to come give it a go?
> 
>     Would be lovely to have you there if you might be interested in joining
>     us as part of the outreach space for this day 😊If not, please do feel
>     free to drop by the school and check out the competition regardless. I
>     believe Sophie should be able to sell you all on what VRC is
>     compared to
>     VEX IQ a lot better than I can – I’ve seen some awesome photos of her
>     working on the VEX IQ stuff!
> 
>     Cheers,
> 
>     Janet Van
>     National Manager
>     KIWIBOTS New Zealand
>     j.van at kiwibots.co.nz <mailto:j.van at kiwibots.co.nz>
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