UFH: Eric Rasmussen [Archive]

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11-01-2005, 06:33 AM

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MikeDubreuil

11-01-2005, 06:34 AM

Wow this is awesome. Eric is the man when it comes to FIRST. I remember back in the day when he actually designed the control systems. That was before IFI and when you had to return the control system to FIRST. Congradulations Eric!

Steve W

11-01-2005, 07:09 AM

Eric is a living example of GP. He is one of the nicest guys at FIRST and one of the most helpful. This award could not have gone to a better choice. Congrats to you and hope to see you again back in Canada.

Al Skierkiewicz

11-01-2005, 07:57 AM

Congratulations, Eric!

Brandon Martus

11-01-2005, 08:34 AM

Congratulations, Eric. Well deserved.

Amanda Morrison

11-01-2005, 08:44 AM

Congratulations to Eric Rasmussen for being honored as our next Unsung FIRST Hero.

tiffany34990

11-01-2005, 09:17 AM

Congrats to Mr. Rasmussen. You like all of the UFH deserve this award.

Andy Brockway

11-01-2005, 10:03 AM

Congratulations Eric! Thanks for all your help through the years!

Greg Ross

11-01-2005, 12:20 PM

It's about time! Congratulations!

Andy Grady

11-01-2005, 04:03 PM

Andy Baker

11-01-2005, 04:15 PM

I remember back in the day when there was no new fangled question and answer message board with procedures for blah blah blah. Back then...you would call Eric up on the phone, and you would get your answer! To many of us old timers, Eric is right up there with Dean and Woodie. Its good to see him get his due.

Amen. Those days are missed, as that is a casualty of having more teams in FIRST. While those were "the good old days", having more teams is better (imo).

Eric has been a valuable contributor at FIRST ever since the beginning, and he seems to enjoy being behind the scenes. Therefore, he is the ideal "Unsung FIRST Hero". All of us owe gratitude to Eric, as the robot controller, field controller, robot software, scoring system (the old ones, not recent), event planning (the technical portion), and other parts of FIRST have all benefitted from Eric's expertise. All of FIRST has Eric to thank, and many FIRSTers don't know who he is. This recognition is a good start.

Congrats, Eric.

Does anyone have a pic of Eric with his "fish tie" he used to wear at WDW?

Andy B.

Mike Martus

11-01-2005, 04:38 PM

Eric is a legend in FIRST for sure.... wait he is still giving 150% at all times. Can he be a legend?

Congrats Eric, you are a very special person in the Community of FIRST.

Karthik

11-01-2005, 04:58 PM

Congratulations Eric!

Andy and Andy summed it up best. Back in the day, Eric was FIRST team support. If you had a question, you phoned Eric and he answered it. I have no idea how Eric accomplished everything that he did, because it really seemed like he was doing it all.

FIRST would not be where it is today if it wasn't for all your amazing efforts in the early days. For this, you cannot be thanked enough.

David Kelso

11-01-2005, 07:00 PM

Eric...
Congratulations....word on the street is that when the FIRST Action Figures hit the market next year, you will become a true legend.

As one of two or three remaining FIRST Staff members from the real old days, it was always interesting to go in and visit you....but not beyond the special door way.

I also recall bringing back the FIRST control system and r nets that got destroyed when my house got struck by lightning in the mid '90's. I figured I was out some real money. Eric did not harass me at all.

Again...good luck and I hope you stick it out another 10 years.

Wayne C.

11-01-2005, 07:57 PM

Eric has been on the phone in NH as long as I have been around. It wouldn't be FIRST without him.

(we might have been that NJ team he mentions!!)

Congratulations !

WC :cool:

Justin

11-02-2005, 10:30 AM

Congratulations Eric!! This has been a long time coming. For as long as I have been in FIRST, almost 10 years now, Eric was always the behind the scenes "man of mystery" type of guy everyone knew if you had a problem you call Eric. I think legend is really the right word. I've always thought of Eric as kind of the bedrock of FIRST we've all watched people come and go but the day Eric Rasmussen moves on will be a troubling day for FIRST indeed.

One of my favorite Eric memories is the first Bash at the Beach in 2000, it was a really low-key off season with lots of unique quirks. Eric was there as a ref and they ran out of black balls and couldn't find any extras. As I recall Eric called for a Sharpie and I have a picture (which I will post in the gallery later tonight) of him actually coloring a yellow ball black with a Sharpie.

Thank you Eric for all you've done for so many of us.

Justin

P.S. Mentioning Rumble at the Rock makes you truly old school.

Vince

11-02-2005, 08:39 PM

Congratulations Eric.

One more Eric story....

Midway through the 1999 season of the floppies there was a discussion to add the third team to the alliance for the finals. The idea arose the previous weekend in Hartford and the discussion on what to do was being finalized at the next weekend's event in Detroit. As the finals neared on SAT AM Dean and Woodie decided to go for it and add the 3rd team to the alliance for the finals.

But how would it be done? How could the alliance Captain be noted? How could the scoring system display the new team?

True to form, Eric had thought this all through the few days he wasn't on the road that week and had it all sorted out, including an updated scoring system, a script to explain the change and markers for the alliance Captains.

Oh, for the good old days when Eric could simply do it all......