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Re: Elitist Teams
I don't know how many teams do it, but since last year, we have had a student act as an image consultant alongside some mentors. We want to project a positive image to teams during competition, so we use this student to police others on FIRST values throughout any event we participate in.
This is a direct result of things that are discussed to death on these boards: mentor-built hate speech, casting a dark shadow on an entire team over one heated comment, how to handle teams of varying calibers, how to not scare away potential alliance partners, and the like.
It's something I've been running out of the PR branch like how the build team runs safety out of their branch. Make inter-team activity during those 3 days as strong as the intra-team activity you have built up over at least 45 days. Make being friendly, considerate, aware, and open a priority like you do safety (Though safety clearly takes precedence. People who are bleeding due to unsafe actions probably won't be very friendly at all)
Sure, people can get a little testy and you have to be standing gingerly on your toes when the competition environment is breaking your back. That's just real-life lesson #64,350 you learn in FRC.
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