[Marc P.]

My feelings on the splash page have been adequately summed up by virtually everyone else in the thread. It does seem contradictory to FIRST's mission to change the culture away from one that values entertainment over scientific merit.

However, consider the timing of the change. The splash page shows up earlier this week, and from what Meredith said, it sounds like it'll be reverted at some point next week. What major event involving will.i.am is occurring soon that could leverage his involvement with FIRST to reach hundreds of millions of people...

It may be wishful thinking, but if he does plan to namedrop FIRST at some point during the Super Bowl half time show, having something as the splash page temporarily to highlight his involvement may not be a bad thing. Of course, the key word there is temporarily.


Edit: Just read Karthik's post on the previous page. Don't know how I missed that, but he explains it well.