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Re: Team Update 4

As someone who has spent a fair amount of time seeing unfortunate things happen with the intermediate program, despite the best efforts of great people, I'd ask those of you who are having "visceral" reactions toward what you're reading to think carefully before acting (My buddy Chris has some great ideas on how to deal with things, later) and help your team and its students to be successful as best you can - first and foremost - now.

Also, be very thoughtful and careful as to what terms you use and who you direct your displeasure toward. The "GDC" is a general term many people throw around here. Please remember that this committee is largely made up of volunteers, but also includes some FIRST employees for obvious reasons. I spent a few years working on the intermediate program GDC.

So, any time you associate the "GDC" with an activity and assign credit or blame, please understand, for those of us on the outside of that process, that there's no way of knowing, for certain, what information and decisions are coming exactly from where or who's recommendation leads to what action/ruling. Be mindful, if it's here or in a letter later, that there's no way for us to know what information comes from which portion, or all of the "GDC" under certain circumstances.

Peace ... go build robots with kids and show them a better way to live their lives in the process. Years ago there was a local cover band I loved to go see play, The Vultures. On the back of their shirts was the motto, "Passion in the face of adversity." It was good advice then, and it's good advice now. Take your passions and direct them where they are most needed right how - toward your teams .

Now...about minibots going vertical ....
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