A F.I.R.S.T. Thanksgiving...
From left to right…
Bill Gold, in FIRST since the 2000 season.
2000-2004 - Team #258
Currently on Team #254
Mark Whitehouse, in FIRST since the 1999 season.
1999-2001 - Team #232 (won Nationals as a driver in 2000)
2002 - Team #814 (founder)
2003-2004 - Team #258
Ken Leung, in FIRST since the 1999 season.
1998-2001 - Team #192
2001-2002 - Teams 100, 192, 258, and 419
2002-2003 - Western Region Robotics Forum, Score Keeper @ Sac, Az, SVR, SC, CE, IRI
2003-2004 - Western Region Robotics Forum, Score keeper @ Sac, SVR, CE, IRI
2003-2004 - California Robot Games Manager
Steve Taylor, in FIRST since the 2002 season
2002-2004 - Team #192
Currently on Team #229
James Gold, in FIRST since the 2001 season
2001-2004 - Team #258
Currently on Team #1693
That’s an average of 4.8 completed competition seasons per person, with our oldest being just barely 22…
It was good to have a [late] Thanksgiving dinner with family tonight…
Among many things I’m thankful for, I’m thankful for FIRST, and the great people I probably wouldn’t have had the pleasure of meeting without FIRST (Mark, Ken, and Steve being just the three most convenient examples of them).