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Re: "i.am.FIRST -- Science is Rock and Roll" airs August 14th
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Originally Posted by JohnBoucher
I hope and pray that this has a very positive impact on FIRST. I hope it leads to sustained growth. Growth has to include sustaining veteran teams. FIRST needs to keep it's core. Mark McLeod's chart of mean team age is flattening out. I would hate to see it trend down.
If we get 30% growth from this, who is going to tell them how few rookie teams get to go to Champs? I hope they join for the right reasons.
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Yes, growth without sustainability is worse then no growth at all. I would suspect that Dean would have thought of this before taking on such an ordeal. Perhaps this will be the homework for this year? There are many things FIRST can do to prepare for this many new students, but it is up to the community as well. As Travis has stated, it would be of great help if the veteran teams helped prepare the rookies. This is going to be an interesting year. Good or bad, I look forward to seeing what happens.
Jason
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