Chief Delphi - FIRST Is Going To Be 20 In 2009!

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Originally Posted by Libby K (Post 770182)

Nope, FIRST Place didn't exist until '98 or '99.

The way I've been told the story, FIRST the organization was started in 1989 and basically spent the year and a half-ish getting companies involved and raising money/interest in the program they wanted to start, which we now know as FRC.

That's why it's 18 this year & not 20.
However, '11 should be a HUUUUUGE party. Already looking forward to it. :)

I would have thought we'd acknowledge it as it's twenty to give credit to the many people who worked to get the program going in the first place. Though I suppose if FIRST recognizes 1992 as it's first year then it's all good.