[Mr. Lim]

The answer to this question lies in team 188.

There is one thing they do better than any team in all of FIRST: producing mentors.

Mark Breadner
Roly Anderson
Karthik Kanagasabapathy
Tristan Lall
Ian Mackenzie
Shankar Manoharan
Steve Warren

...and those are just the people you've heard of... WFAs, WFFAs, VoYs aplenty

Kajeevan Anantharajah
Hinkel Yeung
Honson Lam
Karsin Lam
Parth Patel
Shifa Abbas
Carol Huang
Pranit Trivedi
Sharven Muralidharan
Leo Qu
Priyank Purohit
Waqar Muhammed

...and there are plenty that I'm missing. These are just some of the individuals who are actively mentoring other FRC teams currently, and I can just about guarantee there are many more WFFAs in the waiting on that list.

There are countless more who are serial volunteers (but not active mentors), who attend competitions religiously, and who still find a way to stay connected despite leading very busy lives.

The program continually produces exceptional people who remain dedicated to the FRC program. 188 has always produced pretty good robots, but their true strength has always been in building people...

All these people have had a profound effect on our program here, and they in turn have inspired others to do the same. Producing strong alumni like 188 is a pursuit that every team should model, including ours, and you're seeing the effect spread throughout Ontario.

Speaking from experience, I've had the opportunity to be around young alumni mentors from 188, 610, 1241, and 1310. Spend 5 minutes with them, and you'll quickly understand why the program is flourishing up here. They are simply great people, knowledgeable, hard-working, passionate, who are a pleasure to be around, and I'd take any one of them to build an FRC program around in a heartbeat.