[hzheng_449]

Just as an observation:

I noticed in this thread that there really seem to be two different perceptions of FIRST as an organization.

On one end there is a "the small town" or "small company" perception of FIRST, where people feel a real give and take with FIRST HQ and see FIRST HQ in a very personal light.

On the other end there is a "big city view" or "corporate" of FIRST. The relationship with FIRST is much less personal. This view sees FIRST HQ as the organization that releases the game rules, runs worlds, and that's about it.

I wonder where the position on this spectrum of an "average team" is and where it will shift as FIRST continues to grow.

Again, this is pretty irrelevant to the main topic of the thread (though so is much of the debate on this thread anyways). It's just something I noticed, and I was wondering if anyone else noticed it as well.