<div dir="auto"><div>Um, it was yesterday?<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Andrew</div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, 21 Mar 2021, 21:37 Mark Atherton, <<a href="mailto:markaren1@xtra.co.nz">markaren1@xtra.co.nz</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi All,<br>
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Anyone interested in following up on this offer ?<br>
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Regards,<br>
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Mark<br>
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Kia ora koutou,<br>
<br>
It sure feels like a lifetime since I was last down in Christchurch <br>
meeting you all at your den, meeting the team and exploring the neat Men <br>
Shed space you have there!<br>
<br>
I must apologise that I haven’t been more connected since that initial <br>
meeting. As you can imagine, the year got somewhat distracted with other <br>
htings to manage and I wasn’t able to prioritise working with your group <br>
more.<br>
<br>
In a turn of events, our large event, the VEX Robotics Competition <br>
National Championship has been postponed twice, and we are now splitting <br>
this into a series with the main larger event staying in Auckland and <br>
then a South Island one in Christchurch on Saturday 20^th March hosted <br>
at Christchurch Boys’ High School.<br>
<br>
Alongside the competition, I’m hoping to showcase a number of booths <br>
with neat activities for the public, or a chance for people to learn <br>
more and find out more stuff about things going on in Canterbury in the <br>
STEM space. I recall that recruitment of younger folks into your group <br>
was something you wanted to work on, particularly when there is so much <br>
knowledge and talent amongst your group that can go back towards <br>
mentoring younger teams who have never given radio or electronics <br>
tinkering a go.<br>
<br>
Anyway – all that to say, would the Christchurch Robotics Group be <br>
potentially interested in joining us at our event with a stand, maybe <br>
with various radios over the years to display, or a small activity that <br>
people can pick up and try and have a play with?<br>
<br>
Shy of that, even a few A5 style pamphlets you might have about getting <br>
involved with ham radio could be of interest to people who may not know <br>
about your group and wish to come give it a go?<br>
<br>
Would be lovely to have you there if you might be interested in joining <br>
us as part of the outreach space for this day 😊If not, please do feel <br>
free to drop by the school and check out the competition regardless. I <br>
believe Sophie should be able to sell you all on what VRC is compared to <br>
VEX IQ a lot better than I can – I’ve seen some awesome photos of her <br>
working on the VEX IQ stuff!<br>
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Cheers,<br>
<br>
Janet Van<br>
National Manager<br>
KIWIBOTS New Zealand<br>
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