I think that 548's Steering Committee did a good job at responding to and handling the situation. Any mentor or student on a team is a representative of that team and officially associated with the team. This isn't just because you're wearing a team's t-shirt or branding, it's also because students and mentors officially register with a team through FIRST. If an individual on a team is involved in a negative situation, the leadership of the team is brought into the situation as well (ex-Football and Basketball players acting inappropriately).
Jon made a good point:
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Originally Posted by Jon Stratis
By stepping forward as a team, publicly apologizing, and clearly stating that the individuals actions were not representative of the team, this team is performing the necessary PR to move past the incident.
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I'm glad that FRC 548 has come forward and publicly apologized for the actions of the individual. I hope this will help to diffuse any potential negativity that could occur at future events towards students and mentors on the team.
As for the individual, Jon and Andrew make great points:
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Originally Posted by JVN
There are any number of things which could have been done after Einstein to fix this issue. Don't fall into the trap of "he spoke up and was ignored so he had to make his point." There are plenty of ways to get "unignored" (later on) without knowingly sabotaging an event.
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Originally Posted by Andrew Schreiber
As it stands the person went from doing the right thing to being an attacker when they tried to "demonstrate" the vulnerability.
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Renee