[Libby K]

Originally Posted by Richard Wallace

The FRC community, like many volunteer-fueled organizations, is rich in talent and passion. Also like many such organizations, it embraces quite a few strong egos.

Frank Merrick has a rare gift -- he can harness the talent and passion, while gracefully deflecting the egos. The result is nearly invisible but highly effective leadership.

Add my name to the already-long list of FRC volunteers and mentors who would like FIRST to remove the 'acting' from Frank's title.

This is said so perfectly.

Another +1 for Permanent-Good-Guy-Frank.
He embraces community input, and solves any problems FRC encounters with a smile.
He listens to the students, mentors, and volunteers that make up this organization, and he articulately responds through the proper channels.

Frank Merrick has my utmost respect, and I hope he doesn't plan on going anywhere for a long long while, because FRC will go far if he sticks around.