Re: FRC Blogged - FIRST Choice: Progress
 

Back to the topic of this thread....

Thank you FIRST for keeping us in the loop and I am glad to hear the progress being made to produce a better system for everyone!

Re: FRC Blogged - FIRST Choice: Progress
 

Who designed the FIRST Choice site? Was it the same outfit that designed Healthcare.gov? :deadhorse:

Re: FRC Blogged - FIRST Choice: Progress
 

Ouch?

Re: FRC Blogged - FIRST Choice: Progress
 

One thing that I wish FIRST Choice would do is to open the 3D printing lottery now so that those teams will not be waiting to get their printers after kickoff. I don't think it's fair that our team has one now and we are able to design and print parts currently to learn how to use the printer when there an award that is now available for it. I would suggest that FIRST and AndyMark allow the teams that wanted to participate in the lottery to have their main lead mentor send an email with a priority list of their printer choice to the FIRST Choice email. This way would also provide FIRST Choice with less traffic when they fully open up *hopefully on the 28 as well as give those teams a chance to "mess around" with the new technology.

I would also like to thank the hard work and straight forwardness that the FIRST KOP staff as well as the AndyMark staff has been with the FIRST Community involving FIRST Choice. I hope that you all know that the service that you are providing is VERY helpful for many teams. Again Thanks.

Re: FRC Blogged - FIRST Choice: Progress
 

Really?

I don't really think theres anything anyone can do about it. Its not so much unfair, maybe an advantage, but the lottery costs credits and we're not getting credits until FC opens up.

This really, REALLY, has not been said enough lately. I double this.

Re: FRC Blogged - FIRST Choice: Progress
 

Not to long ago, there was group of mentors who spearheaded a transparency compaign for FIRST. Over the last couple years, I believe we've seen the fruits of some of that labor. That includes honest admissions when problems arise, and insightful reports like the einstein report where FIRST was not afraid to identify what they had done wrong and right.

This is exactly how they should continue to operate going forward. It's a phenomal improvement. It's also an example of a company that's stated undeniably "We are not afraid of being wrong." It's a lesson a whole lot of engineers could learn.

Thank you to that group of mentors for creating such a huge culture shift in FIRST, and thank you to Frank and the rest of the folks at FIRST for doing it right.

Re: FRC Blogged - FIRST Choice: Progress
 

This was actually what I thought of upon reading some of the comments in this thread. For those curious, here's a link to the original thread with the letter sent to FIRST