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Re: Poor Dean's Homework 2013 Turnout

I can tell you that it was on our radar but it never happened. I brought it up to students but none of them really ran with the idea. Video production has never been a strength of ours. I even went as far as to start learning video editing software over the summer. By the time the new year rolled around and we had 20 fresh faces to train up for the FRC season and numerous events to attend and help run during the fall. This got pushed to the bottom of the list. Is that right, no. Did it happen, yes.

I definitely think HQ could have done more to incentivise teams, even just a video or a note from Dean or Woodie sometime in August would have bumped this higher on the todo list for a lot of teams. If HQ wants teams to think something is important they need to make it important.

I also think releasing sample videos would have helped a ton. A few times our team talked about what the video would look like and with so many options we never really settled because we had no real sample ideas to draw from.
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