From an Email to Mid-South B.E.S.T. participants from Dianne Langford:
It is with regret that I am writing to let you know that Mid-South will be unable to be the host hub for BEST Robotics this fall. Due to an increase in enrollment and a number of new programs in our technical center, we simply don’t have room. We hope to host again after our new diesel building is completed in 2010. I have contacted John Martini to let him know and I would like to encourage each team to hook up with another hub closest to your school. Ed Hammerand at Crowley’s Ridge BEST at ASU in Jonesboro said that they are trying to expand and would welcome teams. If you are interested in the Jonesboro Hub, go to best.cs.astate.edu and he said you will find registration information. There is Music City hub in Nashville and a new hub in Little Rock at UALR (contact Vernard Henley vwhenley@ualr.edu or Jing Zhang jxzhang1@ualr.edu for more info on the Little Rock event).
Of course there are many other hubs and you can find them all listed with their contact information on the BESTinc.org website.
I hope that each of you register with a hub and participate this fall. It has been a pleasure to work with you.
It is a shame that the only robotics competition in Memphis is ending (for now), but I for one would like to thank Dianne and Mid-South Community College for host B.E.S.T. for the last few years.