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Originally Posted by ZehP
In Jim Zondag's FiM FAQ White Paper he said that in FiM teams are required to supply two volunteers to each tournament that they attend. Assuming district events have around 40 teams in attendance, that's an additional 80 volunteers per event. That still doesn't necessarily fill the Key Volunteer and event planner positions, but FiM, MAR, PNW and NEF must have run into that issue as well and overcome it.
I guess what I'm really trying to say is that, as a member of a Wisconsin team, I really want to see more cool semi-local action. |
I want to see increased local action as well, just we have a ways to go yet before we get there. I think by 2017 we will be in a better position to go to districts but that requires a lot of dedication from teams. Soon Minnesota will have a plethora of FIRST alumni graduating from college, I just hope we can find some way to keep them involved and keep them in MN.
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Originally Posted by PayneTrain
People forget that the growth in Minnesota is a result of having a series of programs available for schools and organizations to start teams and keep them relatively sustainable, but the teams themselves across the entire state are rather inexperienced in comparison to the entirety of FRC, much less the two areas that currently support a district.
Minnesota is a relatively dense location and is representative of the success teams can generate to support more teams, but a lot of teams in the state, in addition to the organization as a whole is like bread that hasn't fully risen yet. The ingredients are already in place and the environment is right, but it takes time and care.
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You have it exactly right - I first learned about FIRST in its second year of existence in Minnesota. I am going to be graduating from college next year in which case I plan to increase my role with FIRST in Minnesota. There are other people exactly like me throughout the state that want to do more for FIRST but haven't graduated yet or are simply too busy with school.