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Re: Another Culture Change

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Originally Posted by Andrew Schuetze View Post
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Having just helped organize the brand new Alamo Regional, it was difficult to explain to VIPS new to FIRST why immediately after opening ceremonies on Friday that we only had 4 or 5 robots on the field and one of them wasn't doing much. Very anti-climatic. This regional planning committee and folks associated with FIRST in Texas began team sustainability discussions immediately after grant money was found to grow both FTC and FRC in Texas.


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I hope those VIP were still around by the end of the day to see how many competitive teams were on the field thanks to the hard work of everyone there, including those "powerhouse", "mentor built" teams discussed in the OP.

That's the real magic of a FIRST competition.
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