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Posted on the FRC Blog, 3/19/15: http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprogr...blog-FRC-Staff

The FRC Staff

Blog Date: Thursday, March 19, 2015 - 14:48

I have a great job. Whenever I go to an event, everyone is smiling (usually) and friendly (almost always), and occasionally people will thank me for some aspect of FRC. I often get constructive feedback as well, which is a primary reason I go to events in the first place. The feedback is always welcome, as that’s what helps us improve, and the thanks are also, although I’ll admit that sometimes I’m somewhat uncomfortable when people direct their thanks to me personally. The success of FRC is built on a broad foundation of Teams, Volunteers, Sponsors, Suppliers, supporters, FIRST Leadership, Senior Mentors, Regional Directors, the several departments at FIRST HQ outside the FRC department, and of course, the FRC department itself. The FRC department staff eat, drink, breathe, and occasionally bleed FRC. As I’ve said before in this blog, it’s not just a job to them. They could probably find less challenging ways to bring home a paycheck if that’s all they were looking for (just don’t tell them I said that). And I can’t tell you the number of great ideas they’ve come up with for which my solitary contribution toward implementation was saying something along the lines of “Sounds good, let’s do it”. The community may rarely, if ever, see some of these folks, but I am personally thankful for them every day. Here are their names:

• Jonathan Bryant
• Lori Burkhamer
• Toby Clarke
• Monica Cyr
• Doug Denoncourt
• Danny Diaz
• Daniela Dimova
• Derek Foster
• Hannah Foust
• Chuck Harris
• Alex Herreid
• Charlie Jacobs
• Dennis Mitchell
• Kevin O’Connor
• Kate Pilotte
• Matt Pilotte
• Krista Pratt
• James Rahaim
• Harry Robinson
• Nick Skripsky
• Jack Sleeper
• Miriam Somero

Thanks, all.

Frank