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Re: 2012 Awards/Trophies
I have been thinking about this a lot since we received one. Our team has A LOT of the old style trophies.
Last year's style: They seem to fall apart rather quickly. We have had to glue the pillars back on quite a few of them. With the number of presentations we try to accomplish, this is difficult to keep up with. We like to show these off to our sponsors and it was embarrassing having them fall apart when they are shown.
This Year's style: Looks as though they may hold up better without the pillars to come loose. They will fit in our school showcase a little easier and will definitely travel easier. Not as impressive as the latter but has it's own benefits.
To me, the benefits of the new one's out-weigh the quality of the older ones.
It would have been nice to have something a little more impressive but we are all suffering from funding issues and we can't expect FIRST not to. As the program continues to grow, they need to come up with a way to allow it too do so in an affordable manner.
I will support FIRST's decision on the new trophies if it allows for more trophies to be given out to recognize more students across he country in their brilliant efforts to win them.
GO TRUCK!
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