[Ed Law]

I had been quiet on this topic for some time. For those of you who followed the 400+ posts about mentor burnout and robot access, IKE (Isaac) and I have submitted our letter to FIRST with our proposal. It was sent to Frank through the Frank Answers Fridays email and to a number of others at FIRST. My daughter Kristen, a 2013 Dean's List winner, fully embraces the proposal from a student's perspective and is an advocate for it. She presented the proposal to Woodie at the 2013 Dean's List Summit at Mancester and is in email correspondence with him.

This may be one of the reasons why it has been on Frank's mind lately. I have heard through the grapevine that Frank and others at FIRST is indeed discussing this. While I acknowledge that not all 400+ posts all agree which way to go, I thought there was a good consensus from both sides that what Isaac and I proposed was one possible good compromise. I hope Frank and others will be able to read through the 400+ posts before concluding that there is no consensus.

Since I came back from New Hampshire, I have been quiet on this issue. I think Frank and others at FIRST are already aware of this issue and that many in the FRC Community are very passionate about this topic. I decided to step back and give them room to fully explore it. They may come up with an even better solution. I have confidence in Frank and others at FIRST to do the right thing and come up with something that will help improve this great program even more.