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Re: FIRST Choice- Why do we have this problem?
Just throwing it out there:
FIRST Choice is a bonus that has been added (did not exist a few years ago) that generous donors are providing for FIRST teams. The parts are mostly surplus from previous years and should be thought of as a team donation.
Our registration fee doesn't guarantee getting the best parts from FIRST Choice, nor does it help cover the PDV vouchers (except the AndMark one). These are all gracious corporate donations that we should be lucky to get. Registration pays for the teams to attend a Regional or District competition and receive the standard KoP.
I'm sure FIRST and AndyMark could have simply sold or threw away all these surplus parts, but they choose instead to hopefully distribute whatever's left to as many teams as possible. They are effectively sponsoring the teams they give parts to and we should be happy to get whatever we're given...
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My FIRST legacy:
Team 204 Student 2001, 2002 (Voorhees, NJ)
Team 1493 College Mentor 2006 - 2008 (Troy, NY)
Team 2150 Intern/Professional Mentor 2007, 2009 (Palos Verdes)
Team 4123 Lead Engineering Mentor 2012 (Bellflower, CA)
Team 4276 Engineering Mentor 2012-2016 (Huntington Beach, CA)
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