I do know about the Best Competition, Texas Tech University is the
West Texas Best HUB. The Electrical Engineering Department runs it. My Academic Advisor heads it. I already knew those facts about Best. I think its a good orginzation. That last pargraph was not really serious. Hence all the Tech vs A&M rivalry comments and Bush family comments. Most people would agree that the expansion of FIRST to more schools is a good idea. I think it may be easier to expand FIRST to schools with a simliar progrm in place, hence the converting Best schools comment. Best is a good program, You have to drive pretty far out of Lubbock to find a school thats not invoved. For some of the schools out here Best is a better option because of the budget and student only aspects. Really my intentions about converting teams were not by forcefull means. My idea about converting teams was that maybe people in the univesity would see a better option for a particular school and think about trying it out. It dosent hurt to try, esp with programs that are supposed to advance the knoledge of science and technology. I was thinking along the means that if some people at Texas A&M saw a school that may be better suited to participate in the FIRST competion, that they be more apt to try it if Nationals were heald in houson. I know there are a few 118 alumni at A&M that would be willing to help mentor a team there. Really my intentions on that comment were tring to show the possiblitys of expanding FIRST and maybe getting a team close to my former teamates and best friend at Texas A&M. I know they do have the resources to sposor a team. Sorry about any missunderstandings, im not trying to diss Best. Im just mainly thinking about expanding FIRST.
Chris
One of the two radio toting, Leatherman carrying, webpage designing, EE majoring, FIRST junkies on 118's college student Alumni team.
10/18/02 