[Sean_330]

I used to feel that there may very well have been a massive change in the attitude of FIRST in the past couple of years. However, I made several observations when contemplating this idea. In this thread and in general. most of what we are talking about here happens on CD. While CD is huge and has about 3,500 members, the FIRST community has more than 30,000. That means that about 10-11% of the people involved in FIRST are on CD. Of those, my guess is that only about 2% at the most are the ones causing a lot of the trouble. That means that maybe 70 people on a bad day are bashing and fighting with each other. My point is this: while the attitude on CD may have seemed to change, we should not get discouraged about FIRST in general because the actions of a few who truly do not understand the meaning of gracious professionalism do NOT reflect the views of the vast majority of FIRSTers who embrace it wholeheartedly. If we base our observations of a large organization, such as FIRST, based on the actions of a few, we miss the bigger picture, that FIRST is helping thousands of people succeed.

Anyway, that’s just my opinion!